Over one million American Express, Royal Bank of Scotland and Natwest customers' details have been sold on eBay.
The Best Western hotel chain has given details of a hack involving one of its hotels, but downplayed reports that eight million customers have been affected.
From Olympic ticketing scams to sophisticated operations stealing credit card details, the internet has become a place where criminals can operate undetected, according to Australian Federal Police chief Mick Keelty.
The mastermind behind the Beijing Olympics ticketing scam is a 49-year-old Briton with a long history of internet-based fraud, according to a Sydney private investigator.
Macs are banned from many government departments because there aren't any 'approved' applications to encrypt them. So why doesn't Apple CEO Steve Jobs do something about it?
So, it seems the WOW -- for Microsoft's Windows Vista -- is not now, but sometime in the future, maybe.
As CSIRO stands firm on its refusal to freely license key patents relating to WLANs, I'm reminded of the joke: what do you get when you grab a man by the testicles? The answer: his full attention.
If you ran a software company and an independent security researcher contacted you with proof that your product contains security vulnerabilities, how would you react?
Today's systems increasingly blend the digital and the physical -- and the convergence is spawning industry alliances that might have seemed unusual in the past.
Cisco Systems, a multibillion-dollar player in security tools for businesses, is planning to move into the consumer market.
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.
An Intel security architect explains how the chipmaker's labs plan to take on sophisticated threats.
Mergers and buyouts are muddying the lines between security and other industries. Will purely security-focused providers be a thing of the past?
Security software specialist Zone Labs has bought IMsecure to capitalise on the growing problem of security flaws in instant messaging software, the company announced Tuesday.
Despite a rocky beginning, intrusion detection and prevention systems are an important part of any security arsenal. We road-test six hardware and software-based systems.
Commentary: It's sad, but true. We'll see plenty of e-mail viruses in 2004, despite expectations that these pests would disappear in 2003. Here's why viruses won't go away--and how to protect yourself.
Here's what you need to know about wireless networking, from the standards and technologies to the best products for your home or office.
Would you put the security of your company into someone else's hands? ZDNet Australia finds out what benefits and peace of mind a managed service can provide.
Visa CIO touts new transaction technologies
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