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Spam declines as malware rises: report

Spam declines as malware rises: report

Global spam volumes continued to decline throughout 2011, but web-malware encounters appear to be growing steadily, according to new research from Cisco.

January 25th, 2012 in Security by Rachel King Comment Vote
Nokia connecting people to SMS spam

Nokia connecting people to SMS spam

Nokia has vowed to improve its SMS marketing systems after it was found to be breaching the Spam Act for "tips" sent to customers.

January 24th, 2012 in Nokia by Josh Taylor Comment Vote
Qantas spams followers after Twitter hack

Qantas spams followers after Twitter hack

Qantas' Twitter account has been sending direct messages (DMs) to its followers about weight loss, but it's nothing to do with reducing flight weight — its account was hacked by spammers.

October 26th, 2011 in Security by Michael Lee 1 Comment Vote
Broadband aiding malware devs: Sophos

Broadband aiding malware devs: Sophos

Small businesses are not the only ones to improve their bottom line from better broadband services, with malware developers changing their methods to also reap the benefits.

June 15th, 2011 in Security by Michael Lee Comment Vote
Microsoft, feds bring down spam giant

Microsoft, feds bring down spam giant

Rustock, purveyor of more email spam than any other network in the world, was felled last week by Microsoft and federal law enforcement agents.

March 18th, 2011 in Security by Edward Moyer Comment 1 Vote
Inside the minds of Facebook security

Inside the minds of Facebook security

The nerve centre for Facebook's security team is a room tucked away on the lower level of the company's main building in California. The word scalps is painted in big blue stencilled letters on the back wall, which serves as a kind of scrapbook of legal and other wins for the social-networking company.

February 1st, 2011 in Security by Elinor Mills 1 Comment 2 Votes
Aussie spam levels drop

Aussie spam levels drop

Australia's spam rate has fallen by more than 15 per cent since July 2010, and it's now 1.3 percentage point below the average 78.6 per cent registered globally, according to a report published today by Symantec's MessageLabs division.

January 27th, 2011 in Email by Marina Freri Comment Vote
Virgin Blue fined $110K for email campaign

Virgin Blue fined $110K for email campaign

Virgin Blue has paid $110,000 in fines and has given the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) an undertaking committing to an assessment and overhaul of its email marketing systems after sending consumers unwanted emails.

January 12th, 2011 in Email by Suzanne Tindal 5 Comments 2 Votes
Dating website spammer fined $2m

Dating website spammer fined $2m

The Brisbane Federal Court yesterday handed out $2 million in penalties to Scott Gregory Phillips for sending SMS spam to people and then charging them around $5 per message if they replied.

December 2nd, 2010 in Legal by Suzanne Tindal Comment Vote
ACMA hosts global anti-spam pow-wow

ACMA hosts global anti-spam pow-wow

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will this week host a series of meetings between international anti-spam regulators.

October 18th, 2010 in Security by Josh Taylor Comment 1 Vote

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McAfee Total Protection 2010: Photo gallery

McAfee Total Protection 2010 is the latest in McAfee's security stable to offer all the bells, whistles and options that the company can squeeze into one security suite. This program is nothing if not extensive, as the following screenshots show.

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LOL, you wanted the money I was going to donate to the "bubububu please stop the nbn waste fund" Since I was only going to donate somethi...

3 minutes ago by Hubert Cumberdale on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

I think everyone is missing the big picture here and that is the anti-NBN zealots have effectively admitted defeat by complaining about t...

14 minutes ago by Hubert Cumberdale on NBN's Tassie upgrade to cost $1.3 million

Internet users certainly want the speed once they can get it#NBN

NBN users opt for 100Mbps http://t.co/JTQbWghv via @zdnetaustralia

It will be intersting to know what residences will sign up for when the NBN Co stops subsidising it all. 'NBN Co, the public-private par...

1 hour ago by advocate on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

RT @zdnetaustralia: NSW outs datacentre deal details: http://t.co/DmebN1on

Australian NBN subscribers are opting for 100/40 over 12/1 speeds: http://t.co/QsWk7u6Y That's the least surprising news I've ever read! :)

UK 'cookie law' takes effect: What you need to know http://t.co/u7LZZ1oM

RT @juhasaarinen: NBN users opt for 100Mbps http://t.co/T7uk1hbK by @joshgnosis

Poor Oracle, poor, poor Oracle, I feel so sorry for them. I really hope they don't go bust, for at least another 5 or 6 months. Sucked in...

4 hours ago by Rex Alfie on Google didn't infringe on Oracle patents: jury

The point of pilot schemes is to determine the best practice and save money in the broader picture. The Tasmanian rollout planning actua...

4 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN's Tassie upgrade to cost $1.3 million

I think that a CBA is unlikely because with the high proportion of customers now electing for the highest rate (50% of connections in Apr...

4 hours ago by GregoryB1 on NBN cost-benefit analyses are so 2011

Pentaho adds native integration with MongoDB http://t.co/uJCqDA9B

RT @pussyeatingclub: Why you should pay for porn. A good read. http://t.co/PfhedCQs

DDoS works because you have enough compromised machines to clog the pipe or servers of the victim. If, the victim's pipe is widened by a ...

4 hours ago by GregoryB1 on National Botnet Network coming: Earthwave

Please stop with the analytical, common sense and facts, Gregory. Those opposed to the NBN don't want to hear such things, which is why ...

4 hours ago by Beta on Blowing the digital dividend on wireless NBN

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

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Copper greenfield dominance irrelevant: Conroy

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...

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Copper greenfield dominance irrelevant: Conroy

+1

5 hours ago by Beta on Copper greenfield dominance irrelevant: Conroy

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

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Copper greenfield dominance irrelevant: Conroy

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

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

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

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Five pros and cons of the NBN

NBN users opt for 100Mbps http://t.co/T7uk1hbK by @joshgnosis

Chrome beats Internet Explorer in global Web browser race | ZDNet http://t.co/3XfMdUXM

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

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Five pros and cons of the NBN

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

So, over time, the Coalition policy will cost much much more than Labor's because they intend to subsidise the broadband of farmers and t...

5 hours ago by GregoryB1 on Malaysia held up as NBN king

Any form of science training counts against you as a politician, in the coalition parties, doubly so. There may be others who keep quiet...

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

Qld govt IT to be cleaned up by audit http://t.co/r4oNuNW8 #qldpol

Travel Tech Q and A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray http://t.co/7ZfXZk19

Microsoft is serious about open source: 10 proof points | ZDNet http://t.co/2OtDR11D

Sorry HC, what is meant by "Cinders "?

7 hours ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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

7 hours ago by Doubt on NBN users opt for 100Mbps

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Sex Tech: Faceporn win, Parental revenge porn, Google: No Porn ...: Google opposes UK porn filters, a fake porn ... http://t.co/0OR87oEt

Q&A of the Week: 'The current state of the cybercrime ecosystem' featuring Mikko Hypponen http://t.co/6lUYFs0X

You say that the golden age of cyber crime will be over by 2014/2015. I would like to differ. I believe that cyber criminals are getting ...

8 hours ago by Staden on Cybercrime golden age over in two years?

RT @DellEnterprise: Dell Secureworks talks with ZDNet about Android's biggest #security flaws - http://t.co/LSFLQVFq #infosec

NBN users opt for 100Mbps: Customers are picking the top fibre plan that is available on the National Broadband ... http://t.co/sjtFSU3g

"Customers are picking the top fibre plan that is available on the National Broadband Network (NBN), more than a... http://t.co/M3P24Htn

RT @CorrieB: An iPad for every child: Inevitable or impossible? http://t.co/I7uS8l9s Thx to @timbuckteeth for this; http://t.co/jxkqIRIp

RT @MADinMelbourne: roxon "will enable more families to access credit" @MLolderandwiser: Privacy Act amendments http://t.co/Mv4c7PC2 via @zdnetaustralia

NBN users opt for 100Mbps - ZDNet Australia http://t.co/fLfHMzPn #australia #technews

RT @konradski: Whaddayaknow - turns out Wi-Fi CAN interfere with a plane's navigation systems http://t.co/ospQCU2S

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18 hours ago, NBN's Tassie upgrade to cost $1.3 million

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NBN users opt for 100Mbps http://t.co/xKqEb4bE via @zdnetaustralia

Biometric bugs too dangerous for public? http://t.co/8JLz5tdF via @zdnetaustralia

Exploring: http://t.co/rT7RPZLA

War talk dominates #AusCERT 2012 - http://t.co/SlBpMj0c - #security #cyber

Travel Tech Q&A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray http://t.co/vYexrDwu #ipad

Exploring: http://t.co/YNVjdrct

Exploring: Travel Tech Q and A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray: Ewan Gray, Skyscanner's director for Asia ... http://t.co/bNLCyobv #ICTChallenge

Exploring: Travel Tech Q and A: Skyscanner's Ewan Gray: Ewan Gray, Skyscanner's director for Asia ... http://t.co/HEPuJgyt #ICTChallenge

#NewSouthWales ditches registration stickers 4 light #vehicles in favour of #technology http://t.co/xX5N0Rp9

Anonymous hacks Reliance's Internet filtering server - ZDNet (blog) http://t.co/uObU1HBP http://t.co/0UBXxwX4

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