Security firm F-Secure has discovered a password stealing trojan targeting Commonwealth Bank users -- and the malware isn't being detected by the free antivirus software the bank is offering its online users.
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
Chinese authorities, with the assistance of the FBI, have cracked a piracy ring allegedly responsible for manufacturing and distributing more than US$2 billion-worth of counterfeit Microsoft software.
Serious unpatched security flaws exist in certain Oracle products, according to a German security researcher who said the software maker has not fixed the bugs despite knowing about them for two years.
Microsoft released a new version of Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications on Tuesday in the US and detailed how to remove the controversial antipiracy software.
FIFA's networking partner said today it was expecting hackers to launch huge denial of service attacks against the World Cup football network as the first game of the long-awaited tournament in Germany draws closer.
A German teenager accused of creating an Internet worm that affected millions of computers, including Australian rail services, goes on trial today charged with sabotage.
Antivirus companies discovered a fifth version of the Sasser variant this weekend, within hours of German police arresting an 18-year-old man who confessed to being the Sasser worm's author.
Security researchers say they're starting to find flaws in Microsoft's latest major update for Windows XP.
A suspected vulnerability in Microsoft's point-to-point tunneling protocol, if confirmed, could leave corporate intranets open to attack, say security experts.
Yet again denial-of-service attacks, spam, viruses - driven in part by an apparent war between virus writers - and cybercrime have hit the headlines over the course of the past 12 months.
Anti-virus companies are warning of a virulent new worm, Sober.C, which spreads by mailing itself to its victim's contacts.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a warning to consumers to be wary of a new e-mail scam that's in circulation that invites users to participate in a "work from home" money transfer scheme.
The Sasser worms continued to wriggle into computers on Tuesday, hitting home users hard while affecting companies to a lesser degree than previous attacks, security experts said.
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