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  • Queenslanders develop IT security kit

    The Queensland government has developed an IT security kit it hopes its agencies will use to self-assess their compliance against government security standards.

  • AU: Feds praise "alternative" security conference

    The Australian Federal Police are taking firm steps toward forging closer ties with the underground hacking community as evidenced at a recent security conference.

  • AU govt calls in experts on Internet security

    The Australian government's Internet security strategies would benefit from federal agency participation in information-sharing and increased collaboration levels, according to visiting representatives from global Internet security company, Internet Security Systems (ISS).

  • Physical security integration can increase risk: CA expert

    Head of security software for Computer Associates, Ron Moritz, has warned the convergence of physical and IT security can increase a company's exposure to risk if not managed properly.

  • CA rules out becoming managed security provider

    Computer Associates (CA) today launched two new security products at its CA World conference in Las Vegas, and has firmly ruled out following Symantec's footsteps in becoming a managed security provider.

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    A socially engineered e-mail, which contains a Trojan file that exploits a zero-day vulnerability and then hides behind a rootkit, might be the perfect attack and impossible to defend against.

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  • Microsoft learned from open source: Security boss

    The director of Microsoft's product security, George Stathakopoulos, has told ZDNet Australia that the software giant has learned security lessons from the wider software community.

  • Internet Security Systems confirms Web hack

    One of the world's largest IT security companies, Internet Security Systems, has been left with egg on its face after one of its servers was defaced by intruders.

  • Microsoft upgrades threat rating on server flaw

    Microsoft has been forced to upgrade its latest security advisory after a problem it originally classified as a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability was found to be much more serious by security researchers.

  • New IE bug crashes browsers

    A simple flaw in Internet Explorer 6.0 causes the browser to crash when it views pages containing malicious HTML code, a security researcher has found.

  • PeopleSoft glitch exposes business-critical info

    A serious vulnerability affecting PeopleSoft's widely used PeopleTools software has been identified by Atlanta based security company Internet Security Systems (ISS).

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  • Mobile phone hacking set to spread: AU experts

    United States-based security company @stake (atstake.com) has released a security advisory detailing a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the Nokia 6210 GSM mobile phone, and although the flaw isn't serious it could be a sign of worse things to come.

  • OpenBSD 3.3 released despite funding cut

    The latest version of the popular OpenBSD (Berkley Software Distribution) was released today, and is available for download from FTP sites.

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