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Hacker shows up Aussie education sites

Australian education websites are among those included on a list of sites vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks.

September 8th, 2011 in Security by Michael Lee 1 Comment 233 Votes

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.

January 29th, 2009 in Chrome by Liam Tung Comment 1 Vote

Adobe Flash 9 update to destroy and save Web apps

Adobe is issuing an update to Flash Player 9 that it hopes will prevent Flash-based Web applications being used to launch attacks against consumers — but the update may also stop Flash apps working if developers don't heed Adobe's recommendations.

March 26th, 2008 in Xss by Liam Tung Comment Vote

Howard 'hacker' pleads innocence

The so-called "Howard hacker", who has apparently been reported to the Australian Federal Police, told ZDNet Australia that he is innocent of defacing the Liberal Web site.

October 11th, 2007 in Hacking by Liam Tung Comment Vote

XSS flaw makes PM say: "I want to suck your blood"

The Web sites of Australia's two major political parties contain cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, which could be exploited to fraudulently acquire political donations, say security experts.

October 9th, 2007 in Liberal by Liam Tung Comment Vote

Google fixes Gmail 'ethical hacker' vulnerability

Three days after ethical hacker Petko Petkov announced his discovery of a cross-site scripting vulnerability in Gmail, Google says it has fixed the problem.

September 28th, 2007 in Gmail by Liam Tung Comment Vote

Gmail cookie vulnerability exposes user's privacy

Petko Petkov of ethical hacking group GNUCitizen, has developed a proof-of-concept program to steal contacts and incoming e-mails from Google Gmail users.

September 26th, 2007 in Google by Liam Tung 1 Comment Vote

Google uses Lemon to find holes in apps

Google is working on a security tool -- codenamed Lemon -- to detect vulnerabilities in its Web applications.

July 20th, 2007 in Google by Tom Espiner Comment Vote

Google Desktop Search inherently insecure

Google stitched up some gaping holes in its desktop search software recently but the nature of the tool's design means that the contents of users' hard drives will remain under constant threat of exposure.

February 22nd, 2007 in Google by Munir Kotadia Comment Vote

Google fixes security hole

Google has fixed a security flaw that had opened the door to phishing scams, account hijacks and other attacks, security researchers said on Wednesday.

December 23rd, 2005 in Error Page by Joris Evers Comment Vote

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But, yet again, Turnbull is clearly in error when he says that other companies cannot roll out copper. In South Brisbane Telstra chose to...

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Not much point running fiber back to the exchange if that exchange itself is connected by copper. It is access to fiber backhaul that de...

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So instead you want these estates wired up with fiber and then left, unconnected with no service, until the fiber rollout reaches them in...

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@paulbrislen @juhasaarinen Prices compared here: http://t.co/WnZzXP5Z

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Water, roads and electricity were all rolled out by government because there private companies weren't interested as the ROI in the early...

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The case you outline, South Brisbane, is in fact the coalitions prefered model. They WANT the incumbent telco, Telstra, to provide the f...

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Cybersecurity #collaboration between the US & Australia. http://t.co/p2uKLSBi

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Sorry HC, what is meant by "Cinders "?

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Thanks Beta, I could hear the nurse walking down the corridor as you posted. Much better now.

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Before accusing me of fudging the figures, that was the percentage in April, the latest available. It seems that as the advantage of the ...

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Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

9 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

Currently about 50% of connections are at the 100Mb/s rate.
As a consequence, ARPU is significantly higher than the projected figures.

9 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN FUD: will Abbott ever learn?

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