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ATO warning on refund email scam

ATO warning on refund email scam

The Australian Taxation Office has warned Australians to immediately delete a scam email that claims to offer a tax refund but asks for their credit card details.
Staff Writers Jan 7 2009 1:59PM Security
Spam to hit record levels in 2009

Spam to hit record levels in 2009

IT security firm Barracuda Networks is predicting that spam volumes will rise to more than 95 per cent of all email in 2009, despite a crackdown on several major spam outfits in recent months.
Phil Muncaster Dec 18 2008 2:51PM Security
Businesses lose confidence in email

Businesses lose confidence in email

Australian organisations are increasingly concerned about the amount of legitimate emails blocked by spam filters, a new survey has found.
Staff Writers Dec 10 2008 3:10PM Security
UNSW offers students 500 times more email storage

UNSW offers students 500 times more email storage

The University of New South Wales has abandoned its UniMail system - which gave users just 20Mbit of storage - for a newer, smarter system hosted in the U.S.
Staff Writers Nov 28 2008 6:27AM Storage
Spam climbing back up after botnets return online

Spam climbing back up after botnets return online

The amount of unwanted email is again surging after a host of botnets -- led by the high-powered Srizbi network of compromised machines -- have reconnected to internet service providers.
Dan Kaplan Nov 27 2008 10:30AM Security
Trial of accused Palin email hacker delayed

Trial of accused Palin email hacker delayed

The student charged with accessing former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's email will go to trial in April.
Dan Kaplan Nov 26 2008 9:56AM Security
Nokia S60 users to get Lotus email

Nokia S60 users to get Lotus email

Nokia has confirmed that S60 smartphone users will have access to Lotus email from December following a new deal with IBM, which owns the majority of Symbian.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 22 2008 1:43PM Hardware
Email ruse uses Federal Reserve Bank name to drop PDF exploit

Email ruse uses Federal Reserve Bank name to drop PDF exploit

Bucking the trend of declines in spam last week, a new socially engineered attack is making the rounds.
Dan Kaplan Nov 17 2008 10:03AM Security
Researchers hack spam network for study

Researchers hack spam network for study

Researchers from University of California, Berkeley and UC, San Diego (UCSD) have published a report detailing how they hacked a spamming network to collect data on the economics of the problem.
Iain Thomson Nov 11 2008 10:17AM Security
Yahoo and Microsoft take aim at lottery scams

Yahoo and Microsoft take aim at lottery scams

Yahoo and Microsoft are teaming up in an effort to stop lottery email scams.
Shaun Nichols Oct 30 2008 9:31AM Security
Corporates failing on email security

Corporates failing on email security

Barely a quarter of companies have an effective system in place to stop data leaks over email, according to a new IDC survey of American businesses.
Iain Thomson Oct 22 2008 2:59PM Security
Gmail outage irks IT administrators

Gmail outage irks IT administrators

IT administrators are being hassled by disgruntled staff who have found themselves cut off from Gmail with little explanation.
Iain Thomson Oct 18 2008 10:23AM Software
Fake Microsoft email contains "backdoor" virus

Fake Microsoft email contains "backdoor" virus

A fake email making the rounds seemingly comes from Microsoft, but actually contains a trojan.
Angela Moscaritolo Oct 13 2008 10:09AM Security
Malware writers spoof Patch Tuesday

Malware writers spoof Patch Tuesday

A new malware attack is taking advantage of Microsoft's monthly patch release.
Shaun Nichols Oct 13 2008 12:19AM Security
Palin email intruder indicted, faces up to five years in prison

Palin email intruder indicted, faces up to five years in prison

A 20-year-old Tennessee man has been indicted on charges he accessed GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account without permission.
Dan Kaplan Oct 9 2008 9:44AM Security
Spammer campaign exploits email read receipts

Spammer campaign exploits email read receipts

A new wave of malicious spam relies on requests for delivery confirmations for unsolicited emails.
Dan Raywood Oct 8 2008 9:43AM Security
Symantec warns of alarming spam trends

Symantec warns of alarming spam trends

Malware-laden messages on the increase.
Shaun Nichols Oct 8 2008 9:38AM Security
IBM Bluehouse arrives in beta

IBM Bluehouse arrives in beta

IBM has unveiled new cloud computing applications, including Bluehouse that will deliver web-based social networking and collaboration tools.
Rosalie Marshall Oct 7 2008 3:20PM Software
Nokia abandons business mobility

Nokia abandons business mobility

Nokia is dropping its own business mobility solutions to concentrate on providing mobile email services for consumers.
Daniel Robinson Oct 1 2008 7:27AM Hardware
IBM releases iNotes for the iPhone

IBM releases iNotes for the iPhone

IBM's Lotus division has made available a light version of its iNotes email application for Apple's iPhone.
David Neal Oct 1 2008 7:27AM Software

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