Security

McAfee outlines 'profitability initiatives' 
 
Spam causes lost productivity: IDC 
 
Worms still top threat list: Trend Micro 
Jun 1, 2004 | Comment Now 
The top 10 virus threats during May were all worm-related, according to a survey from security company Trend Micro.
 
WatchGuard to upgrade appliance line-up 
By Fleur Doidge | May 28, 2004 | Comment Now 
Security appliance vendor WatchGuard has outlined a big focus on improved product functionality and performance this coming year.
 
AusCERT: Microsoft’s security journey 
 
AusCERT: Corporates need mature security 
By Siobhan Chapman | May 26, 2004 | Comment Now 
While security risk management is no longer a dark science, Australian corporates still lack maturity around the model, delegates at a major security conference heard.
 
AusCERT: Security arms race 
 
Corporates keep mum on cyber crime 
 
Security costs CNII more 
 
Banks help govt fish the phishers 
By Nirmal Chandrasena | May 20, 2004 | Comment Now 
The Federal government, in conjunction with major banks and credit card companies, has launched a campaign to stamp out internet banking fraud.
 
Phishers’ latest internet banking scam 
 
Symantec does a partner shuffle 
By Fleur Doidge | May 12, 2004 | Comment Now 
Security vendor Symantec has shuffled the cards in its global partner program, re-categorising members and adding a spot for enterprise administration partners.
 
Budget highlights IT security 
By Siobhan Chapman | May 12, 2004 | Comment Now 
The Howard government's election budget holds few surprises for the IT sector, with security agencies the biggest winners for the third year running.
 
Sasser worm dubbed MSBlast of 2004 
 
How to protect PCs against the Sasser worm 
 
GE Access to distribute McAfee 
 
Network Associates sells Sniffer, changes name to McAfee 
By Byron Connolly, Steven Burke | Apr 23, 2004 | Comment Now 
Network Associates said it is selling its unprofitable Sniffer network management and analysis product line as part of a sudden restructuring and is changing its name to ...
 
ChannelWorx to push Trend Micro anti-virus box 
By Fleur Doidge | Apr 16, 2004 | Comment Now 
IP communications and networking distributor ChannelWorx has added anti-virus specialist Trend Micro to its stable of vendors in a bid to fill out its security offering.
 
ISP digs deeper into managed services 
Apr 2, 2004 | Comment Now 
ISP Pacific Internet has expanded its managed services grab-bag to include a managed firewall VPN and around-the-clock monitoring.
 
Govt probes computer theft 
 
Symantec flags Australian trial of lead-generation system 
By Fleur Doidge | Mar 29, 2004 | Comment Now 
Security software vendor Symantec is set to trial a lead-generation system for the 500 Australian resellers on its partner program – a move the company claims is long overdue.
 
Bagle.Q spreads its code 
 
More attacks coming from Aust: report 
By Vivienne Fisher | Mar 17, 2004 | Comment Now 
Australia is moving up the rankings in terms of how many attacks originate from this country, according to an internet threat report.
 
Security ISVs partner to tackle global market 
By Fleur Doidge | Mar 16, 2004 | Comment Now 
Perth ISV WebSpy and Canberra confrere ContentKeeper Technologies are tackling the world market together, signing an OEM deal that bundles web-reporting and filtering software ...
 
Police nab suspected ATM thieves 
 
Alcatel distributor adds security appliances 
By Fleur Doidge | Mar 8, 2004 | Comment Now 
Voice-and-data distributor VExpress has won an exclusive deal to on-sell an Australian-made range of network security appliances.
 
War of the worms 
By Tim Dean | Mar 5, 2004 | Comment Now 
Following on from threats made last week by the authors of the worms Bagle and Netsky, the war of the worms has escalated to a new level.
 
Card skimming costs Australians $100M: ACC 
 
Microsoft on security and code leak 
By Siobhan Chapman | Mar 3, 2004 | Comment Now 
Microsoft has talked up its new security initiatives and products, including its bounty initiative, yet executives in Sydney today admitted the recent code leak showed the ...
 
ASIC issues scam warning 
 
Niche security demand strikes WhiteGold 
By Fleur Doidge | Feb 20, 2004 | Comment Now 
Specialist security distributor WhiteGold Solutions is looking forward to a great year, on the back of some big wins and scheduled further expansion.
 
Bagle-B not rampant in Australia 
By Nirmal Chandrasena | Feb 18, 2004 | Comment Now 
Internet security organisations Trend Micro and MessageLabs have discovered a variant of the Bagle email virus, called Bagle-B.
 
Trend Micro launches virus app 
 
Email hoax targets federal police 
By Vivienne Fisher | Feb 17, 2004 | Comment Now 
A hoax email has been discovered that claims to be from the federal police, in what authorities believe is the first time a spam site has claimed to come from a law enforcement ...
 
Microsoft probes source code leak rumour  
By Siobhan Chapman | Feb 13, 2004 | Comment Now 
Microsoft is investigating rumours that the source code underlying its Windows NT and Windows 2000 operating systems has been leaked and is circulating on the Internet.
 
Friday 13: should you beware? 
 
Microsoft confirms source code leak 
By Siobhan Chapman | Feb 13, 2004 | Comment Now 
Microsoft has confirmed that portions of its source code for Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 had been leaked over the internet.
 
Two new Mydoom variants launch attack 
 
Symantec names top newly discovered vulnerabilities 
 
Microsoft faces Mydoom and lives 
By Siobhan Chapman | Feb 4, 2004 | Comment Now 
Microsoft's website remained online, despite a pre-planned attack by a Mydoom worm variant that infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide.
 
Mydoom tops the charts 
 
mcr signs another security vendor 
Jan 30, 2004 | Comment Now 
Services provider mcr computer resources has partnered US-based vendor RSA Security.
 
Aust MyDoom impact continues 
 
MyDoom predicted to be as bad as Sobig 
Security companies have predicted that the Mydoom mass mailing virus would have as large an impact as last year’s Sobig worm.
 
Mydoom, MiMail viruses on the loose 
 
Turning net security inside out 
By Fleur Doidge | Jan 21, 2004 | Comment Now 
A string of vendors are releasing products to the channel which they claim target a more pro-active security approach that customers will need in 2004.
 
Customers want security managed: Getronics 
By Fleur Doidge | Jan 20, 2004 | Comment Now 
Outsourcer Getronics Australia has signed with security vendor Clearswift to resell its Minesweeper content filtering and email management suite.
 
WebSpy prepares for growth 
By Fleur Doidge | Jan 9, 2004 | Comment Now 
Perth e-security ISV WebSpy has moved to bigger premises after six years in one spot, following a year of revenue and sales growth tipped to fuel further expansion in 2004.
 
DiData wins security partner award 
Jan 7, 2004 | Comment Now 
System integrator Dimension Data Australia has won a partner of the year award from internet security products vendor RSA Security.
 
Email fraud targets CBA customers 
Dec 22, 2003 | Comment Now 
The Commonwealth Bank has warned customers to ignore yet another fraudulent email message asking for personal account details.
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