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• Teleworking: You'll never work alone

  Modern solutions are giving staff the option of using the virtual office. In this special report, we investigate what companies can gain from allowing employees to work remotely.

• Computer crime will get worse: AU police

  Proactive measures need to be taken to bring down high tech crime rates, according to detective acting inspector Peter Wheeler from Melbourne's Computer Crime Squad, following today's release of the 2004 Australian Computer Crime and Security Survey.

• Jetstar failure a good case study

  Qantas' budget carrier Jetstar made the headlines for all the wrong reasons when it launched two weeks ago. The root of the problem? Business basics gone awry.

• Plugging holes against cyberattacks

  New political and technological circumstances dictate the creation of a more complete system of information sharing which can inevitably protect individuals.

• Computer virus experts may learn from disease

  A worst-case disease for humans would have 100 percent chance of transmission, zero incubation time, and leave the host infectious for a long period.

• Report: IP networks easy prey for cyberattackers

  According to research by Gartner, the increasing use of IP technology in power stations, railroads, banks and other critical infrastructure could spell big trouble -- and soon.

• Internet worms and critical infrastructure

  Did MSBlast cause the Aug. 14 blackout? The official analysis says "no," but Bruce Schneier, one of the world's foremost security experts, isn't so sure.

• Security--why don't we get it?

  Zone Labs CEO Gregor Freund says a run of software worm outbreaks has exposed a broken security philosophy.

• Ex-cybersecurity czar issues gloomy report card

  This year alone, cyberattacks have shut down an ATM network, slowed the railroads, cancelled airline flights, and forced a nuclear power plant offline. If current trends continue, the cybersecurity situation will worsen exponentially.

• Virus writers: Lock them up and throw away the key'?

  The arrest of Jeffrey Lee Parson, the 18-year-old thought to be responsible for the spread of the Blaster worm, has once again sparked off the debate into how virus writers should be punished.

• Network Associates launches online security service

  Network Associates have launched an online security service for Australian consumers that allows its customers to use its software by paying a subscription fee.

• When war and IT collide

  As the conflict in Iraq wears on, businesses become more vulnerable to cyberattacks. At the Gartner ITxpo, research analysts reported that many companies are failing to secure their infrastructures. Here's a list of top IT security issues corporations and government agencies should consider in developing their plans.

• Stop attacks from slipping through your cracks

  In an IT world moving from intrusion detection to intrusion prevention, security management plays a critical role.

• CERT's 'favoritism' draws fire

  A group widely used by security companies as a clearinghouse for newly discovered software vulnerabilities has raised the ire of a well-known researcher.

• ZIP--and you're zapped

  You probably think your antivirus software can snare corrupt ZIP email attachments. But you'd be dead wrong. Say hello to a newly discovered--and dangerous--quirk in the ZIP file format.

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