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  • Kaspersky impressed by botnet slickness

    Cybercrime fighter Eugene Kaspersky can't help but be impressed by the slick operations behind the Conficker botnet, and says that it could have been worse had the botnet been after more than just money.

  • Customs security chief paints sober picture

    Hackers have started to target specific government personnel, as opposed to simply using broad scattergun approaches, the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service warned this week.

  • Govt to survey schools on e-security

    The Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy intends to survey school children, parents and teachers on e-security and cyber-safety threats from late July 2009.

  • Conficker worm strikes ANZ Bank

    Australia and New Zealand Banking Group today confirmed it had become the victim of a computer virus attack, with sources saying it was the much-hyped Conficker worm.

  • Spy botnet hits embassies down under

    Two foreign embassies on Australian soil have allegedly been infected by an espionage botnet dubbed GhostNet, according to security researchers.

  • Internet Explorer 8: Features & benchmarks

    With Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft is looking to stem the loss of market share to rivals like Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera. The browser has had a serious revamp, but has Microsoft done enough?

  • Microsoft IE8 released

    Microsoft has released Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 for download this morning.

  • Security vendors to block police hacks

    Major security vendors Symantec, Sophos and Kaspersky yesterday said their products would block legalised hacking attempts by NSW Police under new legislation as they would any other security threat to users.

  • Conroy's paternalism misses target

    Our great Communications Minister's limited focus on scary dangers like Facebook leaves many real net nasties unaddressed in Safer Internet Day activities.

  • Fannie Mae worker tried to nuke servers

    A former Fannie Mae IT contractor in the US has been indicted on charges of planting a virus that would have nuked the mortgage agency's computers, caused millions of dollars in damages, and even shut down operations.

  • Chrome, Firefox get clickjacked

    Security researchers have discovered a flaw affecting Google's Chrome browser which exposes it to clickjacking where an attacker hijacks a browser's functions by substituting a legitimate link with one of the attacker's choice.

  • Giant Aussie 2009 predictions round-up

    What will 2009 hold for Australia's ICT industry? We asked dozens of local leaders for their predictions; and this is what they came up with.

  • Kaspersky, Sophos to block UK police hacks

    Security vendors Sophos and Kaspersky Lab this week said they would block UK police attempts to hack into people's computer systems without a warrant.

  • MS patches zero-day IE flaw

    Microsoft has released a critical security patch to plug vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, a move that comes amid malicious attackers taking advantage of the security flaws.

  • Zero-day exploit endangers all IE versions

    An unpatched security hole in Internet Explorer that is being exploited affects all versions of the browser, making it more serious than originally believed when it was first publicised, Microsoft says.

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