Recent articles by SC Australia Staff

Websense names John McCormack as new President

Websense names John McCormack as new President

Websense has announced that its senior vice president of product development, John McCormack, is to become the new President of the company.
SC Australia Staff Apr 23 2009 10:47AM Security
Security policies should now include Twitter

Security policies should now include Twitter

As part of a series of 'securing social media' guides from Network Box, the company has claimed that businesses should review their security policies to include Twitter.
SC Australia Staff Apr 9 2009 11:27AM Security
Configuration management is being considered but not practised

Configuration management is being considered but not practised

Organisations are considering configuration management but not investing in best practices to support it, according to a survey by Shavlik Technologies.
SC Australia Staff Apr 9 2009 10:59AM Security
Mobile hackers cash in on lack of protection offered by networks

Mobile hackers cash in on lack of protection offered by networks

Inadequate messaging protection leads to greater profit for mobile hackers, according to Cloudmark.
SC Australia Staff Apr 3 2009 11:58AM Security
Phishing accounts for half of all malware

Phishing accounts for half of all malware

Phishing attacks are now accounting for over 50 per cent of all virus threats.
SC Australia Staff Apr 3 2009 11:52AM Security
Facebook code error allows user accidental control of 17 pages

Facebook code error allows user accidental control of 17 pages

Administrative control for around 17 Facebook pages was inadvertently handed to a user.
SC Australia Staff Mar 31 2009 11:17AM Security
Companies neglect security of their LAN: Motorola

Companies neglect security of their LAN: Motorola

More than half of companies are neglecting the security of their wireless local area network.
SC Australia Staff Mar 24 2009 10:32AM Security
More companies feeling the strain of cyber attacks

More companies feeling the strain of cyber attacks

Cyber attacks are becoming more prevalent and more successful, according to Symantec.
SC Australia Staff Mar 24 2009 10:21AM Security
Worm attack created that could see Twitter users' machines taken over

Worm attack created that could see Twitter users' machines taken over

A worm-type attack has been devised that could hit Twitter users.
SC Australia Staff Mar 23 2009 11:02AM Security
Vulnerability discovered that could allow 'man-in-the-middle' attacks on Windows DNS servers

Vulnerability discovered that could allow 'man-in-the-middle' attacks on Windows DNS servers

A Microsoft vulnerability has been detected that affects the DNS server and Web Proxy Autodiscovery (WPAD) Protocol registration.
SC Australia Staff Mar 17 2009 10:48AM Security
Companies still failing to encrypt hardware

Companies still failing to encrypt hardware

Ninety per cent of laptop drives that are sent for data retrieval are not encrypted, according to a new survey.
SC Australia Staff Feb 20 2009 12:08PM Security
Computer users should have IT intervention when setting passwords

Computer users should have IT intervention when setting passwords

Internet users are ‘seriously naïve' when it comes to setting passwords, according to Cyber-Ark.
SC Australia Staff Feb 20 2009 12:04PM Security
Facebook CEO defends change in terms of use

Facebook CEO defends change in terms of use

Social networking site Facebook has responded to concerns over the right to privacy for current and former users.
SC Australia Staff Feb 18 2009 10:37AM Security
Pirate Bay employees go on trial over copyright law charges

Pirate Bay employees go on trial over copyright law charges

Four men have gone on trial in Sweden for breaking copyright law, in a case that could have wider implications for the industry.
SC Australia Staff Feb 17 2009 11:19AM Security
Whitelisting of domain names leads to email spam problems for companies

Whitelisting of domain names leads to email spam problems for companies

A fifth of email spam now features the domain name of the recipient, according to a new study.
SC Australia Staff Feb 16 2009 11:52AM Security
Social networking criticised as companies lack trust in the security of Web 2.0

Social networking criticised as companies lack trust in the security of Web 2.0

A report commissioned by Adobe and released by Forrester Research has highlighted the fact that knowledge workers in companies remain more than a little worried about the security of Web 2.0-based collaborative working systems.
SC Australia Staff Feb 13 2009 11:38AM Security
Websense introduces hosted email and web security services

Websense introduces hosted email and web security services

Websense is to launch new email and web security services.
SC Australia Staff Feb 12 2009 12:51PM Security
Sunbelt lists top ten malware threats

Sunbelt lists top ten malware threats

Sunbelt Software has announced the top ten most prevalent spyware and malware threats spotted in January.
SC Australia Staff Feb 12 2009 12:48PM Security
Juniper research shows correlation between a poor IT strategy and financial results

Juniper research shows correlation between a poor IT strategy and financial results

Research by Juniper Networks has showed that there is a direct correlation between a misaligned IT strategy and the negative impact on a company's bottom line.
SC Australia Staff Feb 10 2009 10:43AM Security
(ISC)² publishes security resource guide online

(ISC)² publishes security resource guide online

The global information security resource guide from (ISC)² is now available online.
SC Australia Staff Feb 5 2009 1:30PM Security

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