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IT security continues to be a concern for Australian businesses. There are numerous new threats appearing each month, which could potentially impact people and organisations in Australia. Companies need to keep up-to-date with the latest threats, to help them protect their infrastructure from potential hacks, viruses and vulnerabilities.

iTnews helps keep Australian businesses informed about what is happening in the IT security space, with a range of stories about both the threats, and articles about research into their impact on companies around the world.

Latest on Virus Alerts

Computer virus hits space station

28 August 2008 07:42

A computer virus has made it onto the International Space Station (ISS), but Nasa says there is no danger to critical systems.

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Faked CNN spam blitz pushes fake Flash

8 August 2008 07:44

Bogus alerts purporting to be from CNN are luring victims to over 1,000 hacked websites pushing fake, malware-infested Flash Player software, Internet security watchdogs have warned.

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Emerging countries to take spam lead

7 August 2008 16:28

The majority of the world's spam continued to be sent from the US during the second quarter of 2008 but experts predict it won’t be long till developing nations take the lead.

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Spam around 150bn messages a day

7 August 2008 07:39

Although down in recent months, around 150bn spam messages are sent every day, according to the latest quarterly Secure Computing Internet Threats Report.

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New worm targets notworking sites

5 August 2008 07:38

Insecurity researchers at Kaspersky Lab have detected two variants of a new worm – Win32.Koobface.a. and Win32.Koobface.b.

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Fake 'Yahoo sold to Microsoft' spam boosts Rustock botnet

25 July 2008 14:40

A new large-scale botnet has been spotted forwarding what appears to be real news headlines about Microsoft, George Bush and Al Qaeda in an attempt to infect users.

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Spammers tout 'nude' Angelina Jolie pix

18 July 2008 09:10

A new wave of spam messages related to Angelina Jolie are spreading with the intention to trick users into downloading and installing malware.

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Cloudmark warns on new spammer techniques

17 July 2008 07:47

Spammers are using increasingly inventive ways to circumvent email systems and find their way into inboxes.

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Spam surged in second quarter, US remains biggest culprit

16 July 2008 16:08

Spam significantly increased in the second quarter of 2008, security vendor Sophos reported today.

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Chinese Red Cross hacker gets two years in jail

15 July 2008 09:18

A Chinese man has been sentenced to two years in jail after hacking a Red Cross web site launched for the victims of China's recent earthquake.

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McAfee publishes spam test results

2 July 2008 06:52

McAfee has released the results of its Spammed Persistently All Month campaign..

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Warning over Olympics Storm virus

20 June 2008 07:59

Security organisations are warning of a new virus attack that uses the upcoming Chinese Olympics to spread a new variant of the Storm malware..

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Kaspersky pinpoints workaround for ransomware virus

17 June 2008 14:08

While Kaspersky Lab is yet to crack the 1024-bit encryption key used to blackmail unwitting victims of the Gpcode virus, the security research firm has created a free utility to restore files that may have been deleted by the ransomware variant.

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Social networking spam on the rise

11 June 2008 07:48

Four out five social network users have received unwanted 'friend' invitations, messages or postings over the past year, new research suggests..

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Ransomware virus uses 1,024-bit key

7 June 2008 11:42

Security specialists are warning of a new virus that encrypts data on infected machines and demands money for the decryption key..

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Government launches alert service to kick off E-security Week

6 June 2008 15:01

The Federal Government kicked-off National E-security week today with the launch of a new security alert service for internet users and small businesses.

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Storm spam floods inboxes again

23 May 2008 07:24

The infamous Storm botnet has been linked to a new spam run recorded earlier this week.

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Security firms 'celebrate' 30 years of spam

5 May 2008 07:41

Security researchers around the world are giving a tongue-in-cheek salute to the 30th anniversary of the first spam message..

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Hackers launch Trojan spam attack

2 May 2008 15:33

Security experts have uncovered a spam-sending scheme described as being of "Byzantine complexity"..

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Spam Pledge calls for end to junk email on Spam's 30th birthday

2 May 2008 15:33

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..



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