Tag: blacklist

Networking

UK, France move to filter the internet

By John Hilvert | Dec 21, 2010 | 3 Comments

Separate bills to end "Wild West" approach.

Security

PDF vulnerability lingers despite patch

By Shaun Nichols | Jul 5, 2010 | Comment Now

Still open to social engineering attack.

Strategy

Conroy promises filter review at 10,000 URLs

By Liz Tay | May 4, 2010 | 17 Comments

Technical review planned if blacklist gets bloated.

Telco/ISP

Blacklist referrals cost up to $685 to classify

By Ry Crozier | Apr 16, 2010 | 16 Comments

The price of mandatory filtering.

Security

AFP abandons legal pursuit over blacklist leak

By Ry Crozier | Feb 8, 2010 | 3 Comments

Communications watchdog beefs up security after incident.

Security

Skype banned by IT departments: survey

Jul 8, 2009 | Comment Now

Risk of information leaks too great.

Telco/ISP

Conroy to opt for tiered Internet filtering

By Brett Winterford, Ben Grubb | Jun 2, 2009 | Comment Now

Senator Conroy's office has confirmed the Government plans only to introduce mandatory internet filtering for web content that is Refused Classification (RC), with all other ...

Software

Businesses chop Facebook to save internet costs

By Ry Crozier | Jun 2, 2009 | Comment Now

Australian employers have turned to URL blocking to cut their internet costs with social networking sites high on the corporate blacklist.

Telco/ISP

Conroy mulls review of ACMA blacklist

By Brett Winterford | May 27, 2009 | Comment Now

Senator Conroy has revealed the Government is considering appointing a panel to conduct a regular audit of ACMA's blacklist of banned web sites.

Telco/ISP

Wikileaks domain holder raided

By Brett Winterford | Mar 25, 2009 | Comment Now

Wikileaks claims the homes of the owner of its German domain (wikileaks.de) has been raided by Police in what the whistle-blowing site claims is a reaction to the publication ...

Telco/ISP

Hacked filter reveals blacklist in 30 seconds

By Brett Winterford | Mar 24, 2009 | Comment Now

A 30-second hack of a NetAlert-approved family-friendly filter exposes a list of websites banned in Australia.

Telco/ISP

ACMA blacklist proves too popular for Wikileaks

Mar 23, 2009 | Comment Now

An updated version of the ACMA blacklist has proven too popular for the servers at whistle-blowing site Wikileaks, which has been out of action for most of the weekend.

Telco/ISP

Doubts expressed over ACMA blacklist leak

By Brett Winterford | Mar 19, 2009 | Comment Now

Doubts continue to mount over the authenticity of a leaked list of URL's purported to be ACMA's blacklist of banned websites.

Telco/ISP

Conroy expands ISP filter tests to examine P2P and BitTorrent traffic

By Ry Crozier | Dec 22, 2008 | Comment Now

Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has broken his silence on the controversial ISP content filter trials to start before the end of the year, saying they will now cover new ...

Software

Jobs admits to iPhone blacklist

By Shaun Nichols | Aug 12, 2008 | Comment Now

Apple does have the ability to remotely manage applications on the iPhone, said chief executive Steve Jobs..

Hardware

iPhone 'blacklist' reported

By Shaun Nichols | Aug 8, 2008 | Comment Now

The iPhone is equipped with a possible application 'blacklist' which could allow Apple to remotely remove certain applications, claims one researcher.