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  • Terror warning conceals virus

    A virus hidden in an email purporting to warn of planned terrorist attacks is spreading in Malaysia.

  • Bush proposes antiterror database plan

    A forthcoming government database will compile information from all federal agencies and the private sector on people deemed possible terrorist threats, President Bush said Tuesday evening.

  • UK beefs up huge snooping database

    The UK Home Secretary has stressed the need for even greater snooping powers for government, even as the country is planning a massive interception database of all communications.

  • AU$189m govt porn blocking plan unveiled

    Prime Minister John Howard last night announced a Coalition plan to clean up Internet porn, in an effort to woo Christian voters.

  • Budget: Eye on cyber-terrorism attacks

    More than AU$12 million has been allocated to fight high tech crimes and expand the Australian Government Computer Emergency Readiness Team. In addition, a "cyber-exercise program" is in the works to help the country cope with "cyber-terrorism attacks".

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  • Terrorism threat to Net overblown

    Security expert Bruce Schneier says the danger from cyberterrorism is "overblown."

  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • Uncloaking the US Patriot Act

    More information is dribbling out about the exercise of extraordinary powers granted to federal police since Sept 11. We unmask the Patriot Act.

  • Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

  • Feds: VoIP a potential haven for terrorists

    The US Department of Justice on Wednesday lashed out at Internet telephony, saying the fast-growing technology could foster "drug trafficking, organised crime and terrorism."

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    Phishing scams work on an embarrasingly low percentage of users -- but apparently that's enough to keep them profitable.

  • MS Palladium: A must or a menace?

    Microsoft's upcoming Palladium architecture for 'Trusted Computing' may secure PCs, but it also threatens to turn people's computers into spies.

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