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Trojans still most prevalent form. Essential tools for up-and-coming despots. Simple ways to avoid complicated problems. Despite conventional wisdom, Mac malware remains alive and well. Strong authentication has improved dramatically since its earliest days. And now more than ever, that comes as good news for consumers. Hackers are losing the battle against security professionals, Gartner analysts have claimed. Imagine you are sitting in front of your computer and all of a sudden you hear weird sounds coming from your hard drive. A report from a top UK government defence body is calling into question the security of the basic internet protocol. Nearly nine out of 10 corporate data breaches could have been prevented had reasonable security measures been in place, according to a report issued today by Verizon Business. The ACCC has released the latest edition of "The little black book of scams", a user friendly guide that draws attention to a wide variety of scams regularly targeting Australian consumers and businesses in areas such as online, over the phone and door-to-door. Trend Micro has warned that hackers are intensifying attacks on legitimate websites to spread malware.. Few can imagine going back to a world without tools for mobility. The ability to access and process digital information with laptops and other handheld devices has forever changed our lives. Malicious code is more likely to be hosted on local servers in the UK and US than in countries with less developed e-crime law enforcement policies, according to the latest report by Finjan. The Web Analytics Association (WAA) has adopted an anti-spyware statement of principles to help differentiate honest web analytics vendors from deceptive spyware makers. Your systems kick out a vast number of logs, but it’s getting harder to make sense of them. Jim Carr looks at the new face of aggregation: SIM Whether you have a SOX problem or a HIPAA ailment, it is becoming more tempting to enlist a SIM. But beware what you’re buying into. Vendors are heavily hyping their security incident management (SIM) wares as the cure-all for meeting regulatory compliance standards such as the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Acts (HIPAA). If anything, they’re half right. Good intelligence is the key to defeating cybercrime, Sharon Lemon, new head of the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, tells René Millman. But that will only happen when there is a true partnership between UK plc and the police Mastercard announced this week that the so-called "Cyber Monday" is a myth, but information security experts are still warning to businesses to keep an eye on their employees as they begin their online shopping en masse. One of the great things about mistakes is learning from them. Indeed, it can be argued that many of the greatest advances have come from mistakes. Of course, it's best to learn from the mistakes of others. Typically, IT security professionals couldn't care less about public relations. They are too busy trying to keep their companies' computer systems securely up and running. And that particular duty is not simple.