Recent articles by SC Australia Staff

RSA confirms notorious rogue trader as keynote speaker for European conference

RSA confirms notorious rogue trader as keynote speaker for European conference

Rogue trader Nick Leeson has been confirmed as the closing keynote speaker at the tenth annual RSA Conference Europe.
SC Australia Staff Jul 17 2009 2:34PM Security
F-Secure completes acquisition of Steek

F-Secure completes acquisition of Steek

F-Secure has completed its acquisition of Steek.
SC Australia Staff Jul 14 2009 10:40AM Security
Spam and scareware on the rise in 2009

Spam and scareware on the rise in 2009

A 60 per cent increase in spam volumes has resulted in spam now representing 90 per cent of all inbound email, according to the TRACElabs report on the first half of 2009 from Marshal8e6.
SC Australia Staff Jul 14 2009 10:17AM Security
Trojans account for 70 per cent of all malware in second quarter of 2009

Trojans account for 70 per cent of all malware in second quarter of 2009

Trojans accounted for almost three quarters of all new malware between April and June this year.
SC Australia Staff Jul 8 2009 10:51AM Security
Social networking becoming more accepted by companies

Social networking becoming more accepted by companies

Employee use of social networking is now widely accepted by IT professionals, although security is expected to be increased, according to a new survey.
SC Australia Staff Jul 3 2009 11:31AM Security
IT salaries falling fastest

IT salaries falling fastest

Senior executives in IT are seeing their salaries drop faster than those in other sectors, according to new research.
SC Australia Staff Jun 26 2009 10:39AM Security
Many IT security pros don't use passwords

Many IT security pros don't use passwords

IT security professionals are only marginally more likely to use passwords than standard users, according to a new survey.
SC Australia Staff Jun 25 2009 3:29PM Security
Security software market bucks downturn

Security software market bucks downturn

The global security software market has proven resistant to downturn, seeing more than 18 per cent growth last year to reach US$11.3 billion (A$14.4bn) in revenue, according to a Gartner report.
SC Australia Staff Jun 23 2009 10:48AM Security
NASA hacker McKinnon court date set

NASA hacker McKinnon court date set

A new date has been set to decide if self-confessed NASA hacker Gary McKinnon should be extradited to the US or tried in the UK.
SC Australia Staff Jun 19 2009 10:26AM Security
Ex-Google duo launch anti-malware web service

Ex-Google duo launch anti-malware web service

A team including former Google employees has launched a beta service that aims to allow businesses to monitor and protect against reputation damage caused by online malware compromises.
SC Australia Staff Jun 17 2009 3:12PM Security
Beladen infections plummet

Beladen infections plummet

The number of sites infected with malicious code inserted by the Beladen injection has dropped significantly.
SC Australia Staff Jun 16 2009 5:03PM Security
Microsoft free anti-virus 'Morro' set for launch

Microsoft free anti-virus 'Morro' set for launch

Microsoft is preparing for the much-anticipated launch of its free security software product, codenamed Morro.
SC Australia Staff Jun 16 2009 11:17AM Security
Twitter introduces verified accounts to cut down on impersonators and malicious links

Twitter introduces verified accounts to cut down on impersonators and malicious links

Twitter has introduced the first phase of its Verified Accounts program to help profile users confirm their accounts.
SC Australia Staff Jun 15 2009 10:21AM Security
Vulnerability detected in Internet Explorer

Vulnerability detected in Internet Explorer

A vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer has been detected that could allow infected URLs to be accessed.
SC Australia Staff Jun 12 2009 11:09AM Security
Vulnerability detected in Sun Microsystem's communications and collaboration application

Vulnerability detected in Sun Microsystem's communications and collaboration application

A vulnerability has been detected in Sun Microsystem's java system communications express web-based collaboration application.
SC Australia Staff May 26 2009 9:58AM Security
More legitimate sites being used to host web-based malware

More legitimate sites being used to host web-based malware

More web-based malware is being hosted on compromised legitimate websites rather than suspicious sites, according to MessageLabs.
SC Australia Staff May 15 2009 10:48AM Security
A third of companies drop their investment in security

A third of companies drop their investment in security

Deloitte's annual technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) security survey found that 32 per cent of respondents have reduced their information security budgets in the past year, while 60 per cent of respondents believe they are ‘falling behind' or still ‘catching up' to their security threats.
SC Australia Staff May 13 2009 10:53AM Security
Teenage hacker pleads guilty to Church of Scientology cyber attacks

Teenage hacker pleads guilty to Church of Scientology cyber attacks

A teenage hacker has pleaded guilty to taking the Church of Scientology's website offline in 2008.
SC Australia Staff May 13 2009 10:52AM Security
Dark Market infiltrator claims that hackers are involved in organised crime

Dark Market infiltrator claims that hackers are involved in organised crime

The FBI agent who infiltrated a notorious hacker community has spoken about his experiences.
SC Australia Staff May 12 2009 10:32AM Security
Signature-based scanners fail to pick up malware

Signature-based scanners fail to pick up malware

Signature-based scanners are failing to pick up more than half of malware, according to ScanSafe's quarterly Global Threat Report.
SC Australia Staff May 8 2009 10:45AM Security

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