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Local authority races to upgrade its system security as the second teenager in five months breaches its network defences, copying 55,000 records The laws on illegal downloading are due for a much-needed update, so make sure your voice is heard. A security researcher involved in defending against last year's Web attacks on Estonia has shared his account of the crisis, and is offering advice on how to prevent similar assaults in the future.. A new botnet which specialises in sending out phishing spam has prompted security experts to call for enterprises to review their security protection. Patching is dead and costly, according to John Stewart, chief security officer at Cisco Systems, who presented a keynote address at the AusCERT conference on the Gold Coast, today. Today, AusCERT released the results of its new home computer security survey, which it identifies is a growing target area for cybercriminals. Qantas claims it provides "more than adequate" online security even though a man was found guilty of having accessed child pornography in its Melbourne Airport lounge last year. Heisenberg fan boys are shaking their heads this week to the tune of a pair of Swedish mathematicians who claim to have broken quantum cryptography. The row between PC Tools and Microsoft over Windows Vista security escalated today with PC Tools attacking the effectiveness of Vista’s User Access Control (UAC) tool. THE CHAIRMAN OF Wick Hill Group in the UK, which sells security infrastructure for ebusiness, has written a whitepaper outlining his views on how IT security could become more environmentally friendly. Conference organiser reveals the hot topics and speakers at Australia’s premier security conference which kicks off next week. A vendor of anti-spyware and anti-virus software has released a report saying that Windows Vista, the latest version of Microsoft's latest operating system, is more susceptible to malware than the company's Windows 2000. In an aim to increase the awareness of best privacy practices in Australian businesses, the Rudd Labor government has launched the inaugural Australian Privacy Awards and Australian Privacy Medal sponsored by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
Virtualisation is showing some extremely compelling ROI and transforming the way corporate IT provisions and administers not only the data center, but also the user desktop experience. Sun taps National Security Agency for Flux Advanced Security Kernel. IBM's Rational AppScan 7.7 (Watchfire is now an IBM company) is a stand-alone web application assessment product that is part of IBM's Rational software group. Security firm Sophos has launched a Spam Pledge to mark the 30th anniversary of junk email, urging users to help stamp out the scourge of spam. IT security vendors' sole purpose is to generate revenue -- not offer complete security -- and they will only create solutions to stop dangerous threats when they are incentivised to do so, the principal security strategist for IBM Internet Security Systems said Wednesday at Interop in Las Vegas. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard presents serious legal challenges and risk for retailers. The battle between Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton extended to cyberspace when a prankster over the weekend exploited a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability on the website of the Illinois senator to redirect traffic to Clinton's homepage.