Hard Drive Encryption Not All Its Cracked Up To Be According to researchers at the University of Washington, PC users using encryption software to keep part of a computer's hard drive private, may be fooling themselves.
Dirty Dozen Spammers Exposed As 1 In 28 Emails Prove Dodgy IT security and control firm Sophos has published its report on the latest trends in spam, and revealed the top twelve spam-relaying countries for the second quarter of 2008.
Banks Beware! -- WWW Found To Have Fatal Flaw According to a number of overseas reports, Internet industry heavyweights are trying to fix a flaw in the foundation of the Internet that could allow hackers to control traffic on the worldwide web.
US Invasion Wreaks Havoc On PCs Bitdefender is advising users to be careful of e-mails about the US Army attacking Iran as it contains a link that tricks a user into downloading a malicious exe file on their computers.
Symantec Says Word Attack Inevitable Symantec has posted a warning on its website that attackers are using an “undisclosed vulnerability affecting Microsoft Word."
Australia Losing Nearly $1 Billion To ID Fraud Over $980 million was lost as a result of personal fraud according to the first National Personal Fraud Survey, by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), which was released today.
Rudd Government To Review Its Own Online Security The Attorney-General Robert McClelland and the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Senator Stephen Conroy today announced a whole-of-government review of e-security.
Quality Pics From Surveillance Kit NVR-101 is said to be one of the few surveillance solutions that offers professional-grade video recordings, along with real-time monitoring and playback service.
Lodging eTax Can Be Hazardous Says F-Secure Security vendor F-Secure is warning Australian taxpayers to be cautious of end of financial year specific scam and phishing attacks. The warning comes after F-Secure’s Security Labs observed a new peak of malware this year targeting tax payers in the US at the close of the financial year.
Conroy Hints At International Web Security Pact Speaking to the OECD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Korea, the federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy hinted at greater cooperation between international governments over the issue of protecting online users.
Rudd Government Declares War On eTerror Experts from government, industry and community organisations today met in Sydney to discuss emerging e-security challenges and how to prepare for the future.
Senator Conroy Becomes The Cybernator The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has turned himself into an online superhero in a bid to kill off spam, malware, hacking and other online abuse.
The Most Dangerous Net Domain Is…? Security vendor McAfee has released the most dangerous neighborhoods on the Web with Hong Kongs, (.hk) domain jumping to the top of the list, followed by China's (.cn) domain. The safest domain is Finland's (.fi) and second is Japan's (.jp) according to toptechnews.com.
Bluetooth Device Unlocks Key Hassles ECKey has released a patented Bluetooth device that acts as a one-stop key device for home applications such as electronic doors, gates, alarms, vehicle central locking and garages.
Game Keylogging Trojan A Big Threat Eset is warning online gamers of a trojan with keylogging and rootkit capabilities. The Win32/PSW.OnLineGames Trojan is used to gather login credentials and other information relating to online games and send it to a remote attacker's PC.
Kids On-Line Safety, Key To Detective Cybermart Detectives is an online initiative being rolled out by the Australian Communication and Media Authority (ACMA) to help raise awareness amongst kids about online safety.
61 Percent Of Consumers Trust The Voice A study released today found that Australian consumers feel the use of voice biometric authentication is the most secure means of verifying personal identity over the phone.
Half A Million Web Pages Attacked Security software specialist Trend Micro has reported that over half a million web pages worldwide have been attacked by malware.
PayPal To Block Older Browsers When you are the worlds number one target for phishing scams, something has to give. And that something it seems is the old internet browser.
Apple Releases Safari Fix Apple has released version 3.1.1 of the Safari web browser to address several serious security problems.
Trend Micro And Cisco Get Even Closer Trend Micro has announced that it is extending its relationship with Cisco by integrating Trend Micro Web security services into the Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) platform.
Spam Webpage Warning From Sophos About 92 percent of all email send in the first three months of 2008 was spam, with security software company Sophos finding a new spam-related web page every three seconds.
Gone Phishing: Reality Of Life On The Net EMC has reported a record high in the number of global phishing attacks. This they say, was influenced by the spread of phishing to additional geographic regions and new verticals, including for the first time both Australia and New Zealand appearing in the regional breakdown of attacked global banking brands.
Symantec Says ActiveX Causes Most Bugs According to a report in Computerworld this morning, Symantec has said ActiveX controls caused nearly all browser plug-in vulnerabilities in the second half of 2007.
Symantec Says Use Your Head When Online According to security vendor Symantec, using commonsense when dealing online is one of the foremost methods of keeping malware and other computer nasties away from your system.
Worried About IT Security?- Just Dont Ask The White House For Help! According to a report from the US, all White House e-mail containing staffers personal business passes through an unencrypted ISP based offsite- which has resulted in about five million White House e-mails sent between 2003 and 2005 going missing.
Sophos Utilises Webcams Against Hackers Sophos has announced the RAPIL (Recognition and Analysis of Potentially Intruding Lifeforms), a program which is able to ‘analyse’ a user's facial features to determine if they are hackers.
Spammers Deface Facebook Wall Fortinet is warning users of hijacked Facebook accounts posting deceptive messages on the ‘Wall’ that links to various spam sites.
Security Companies Attacked By Hackers Leading security Company Trend Micro has said that "not even security companies" are safe from attack. The comments follow revelations that the web sites of several leading security Companies have been hacked with up to 10,000 pages infected during the pa few days.
Clinton And Obama Used By Spammers Public figures, celebrities, celebrated events, and even branded items are now being used by spammers to solicit personal data. This is according to Symantec’s recently published report on the current state of spam.
More Online Apple Mac Attacks Predicted A new survey by security software company Sophos has revealed that computers users predict Apple Macs are likely to be targeted more by cybercriminals in future.
Official Release: Vista Service Pack From March, Vista users will be able to purchase a Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack that aims to secure the over 100 million Vista licenses sold since launch, the owners of which have experienced problems with compatibility and reliability.
Telstra Provides $2mil To Deter Cyber Bullies In a connected world where bullying, suicide pacts and stalking is rife, Australian telecommunications company Telstra has invested $2 million into a program which aims to reduce the harassment of children who use the internet and mobile phones.
Hackers Exploit Heath Ledger’s Death The recent shock news of the death of Australian actor Heath Ledger is now being exploited by cyber-criminals hoping to entice fans to malicious sites when they do a search online with the actor’s name.
K9 Maximum PC Protection For Free The new Blue Coat K9 Web protection software is designed to help parents prevent their children from accessing explicit and inappropriate websites. It is available as a free download.
Beware The Pre-Valentine Love Bug Looking for love on the Internet may be a good idea, just don’t get bitten by any malicious computer bugs by opening any love related e-mails sent to you by an anonymous lover.
Flirting Virus Getting Romantic In Chat-rooms Watch out next time you’re flirting in online dating sites and chat-rooms – you could be chatting up a virus called CyberLover which conducts fully-automated, suggestive conversations with users, luring them to malicious websites or convincing them to share their identity.
QLD Man Arrested For Hacking Neighbours' WLAN A Rockhampton man who reportedly used his neighbours’ wireless internet connections to send dubious emails in an effort to extort money has been arrested in an undercover sting, according to the Associated Press (AP).
Top 10 Ways We Ruin Our Gadgets Revealed Australians do strange things to their technology, often in an effort to act as Mr Fixit, with a leading data recovery company revealing a list of the 10 deadliest sins performed on computers this year.
Tips To Avoid Viruses This Xmas Online shopping is predicted to increase in the lead up to Christmas, with spammers looking to cash in on the action. Security software company Symantec has published the top 12 products spammers are likely to push this month, and tips to avoid getting viruses or other nasties from the emails.
Symantec Lists Security Trends Symantec has developed a list of Internet security trends to watch out for next year. The list includes phishing, fraud, bot zombies, and even invasion of privacy.
Avoid Scams When Xmas Shopping Online More Australians then ever are purchasing Christmas presents online, to avoid the pre-season shopping rush. However, with increased traffic comes increased danger, so following are five sure-fire ways to cover your backside this festive season.
MP3 Spam Gets A Trial Run With the number of spam emails promising pictures of nude celebrities and any number of other sexual enhancements, it is clear that sex sells. Now spammers are seeing how well music sells, with a new wave of MP3 spam coming your way.
Bogus Bin Laden Virus Bites Back An email which has spanned the globe warning businesses and individuals of a virus-laden email containing images of Osama Bin Laden hanged is a hoax in itself, according to a spokesperson for the Australian Federal Police (AFP).
How To Download & Install The New Vista Service Pack We all know that Windows Vista is painfully slow and full of glitches and shortly, Microsoft says it intends to fix the problem by rolling out the first of several major service packs. Currently with Beta testers, the service pack is being downloaded by hackers. We show you how to access this service pack.
Secure Your Internet The Easy Way Trend Micro has applied its background in internet security solutions and threat management systems for large corporations to a range of antivirus software for the average consumer and small business user who wants an easy solution to keeping their computer hardware and files safe.
Sophos Claims Hackers Hijacking YouTube IT security company Sophos is advising computer users to be wary of spam from YouTube after it identified various instances of spammer using the popular video-sharing website to promote their own products and online services.
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