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Optimising fraud: Yes, there is a silver lining

Optimising fraud: Yes, there is a silver lining

Despite a sluggish US economy, online shopping continues to show impressive revenue gains. Recent Forrester Research data suggests that online shopping will grow 17 percent in 2008, a far cry from what is happening in the brick-and-mortar world.
Gene Hoffman, chairman and CEO, Vindicia Jun 3 2008 12:16PM Security
Adobe Flash threat widens, but patch is available

Adobe Flash threat widens, but patch is available

Adobe recently patched a vulnerability in its Flash Player that is being actively exploited to infect machines with gaming trojans, researchers said Wednesday.
Dan Kaplan May 29 2008 10:15AM Security
DHS report: Open-source code "quality" is up

DHS report: Open-source code "quality" is up

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security-sponsored project has not only discovered that the quality of open-source software code has improved significantly over the past two years, it has debunked a widely held assumption that longer function strings within source code are associated with an increased number of code defects.
Jim Carr May 21 2008 8:55AM Security
Is your router rooted?

Is your router rooted?

Could firmware infections during the manufacturing process create backdoors in your network?
Ken Munro May 7 2008 11:27AM Security
Social networking site for hackers is unveiled

Social networking site for hackers is unveiled

A new website is designed to create a social network for white-hat hackers. The site, House of Hackers, went live on Monday and already has 500 members.
Sue Marquette Poremba May 7 2008 10:19AM Security
Google is top brand

Google is top brand

Google continues to dominate a list of the brands in the world, according to list creators, and brand management company, Millward Brown Optimor.
Staff Writers Apr 22 2008 3:21PM Networking
One in 10 is a Wi-Fi piggybacker

One in 10 is a Wi-Fi piggybacker

Some 12 per cent of UK and US users think nothing of piggybacking on unsecured Wi-Fi networks, according to research from Accenture..
Guy Dixon Apr 21 2008 12:28PM Networking
ISO approval is mixed blessing

ISO approval is mixed blessing

Microsoft’s success in gaining ISO standard status for its Office Open XML file format is either good or bad news, depending on your point of view.
IT Week Apr 8 2008 1:28PM Software
Is 'industry-ready' a University responsibility?

Is 'industry-ready' a University responsibility?

To combat a persistent skills shortage in the Australian IT industry, educational institutions have focussed their efforts on attracting students to science and engineering studies in recent years.
Liz Tay Apr 4 2008 4:21PM Training & Development
Cutting green projects is a 'false economy'

Cutting green projects is a 'false economy'

Companies tempted to cut back on 'soft' IT projects like green computing to save money could end up with major bills further down the line..
Iain Thomson Apr 4 2008 7:19AM Hardware
Risk is a state of mind

Risk is a state of mind

All the encryption in the world won't keep information safe if the people handling data don't think about security.
Nick Barron Mar 20 2008 2:35PM Security
DiData: “Virtualisation is nothing special”

DiData: “Virtualisation is nothing special”

Dimension Data Australia believes virtualisation has swept the industry, but customers are still struggling with data management issues.
Trevor Treharne Mar 3 2008 2:50PM Hardware
Security awareness-raising forum is launched

Security awareness-raising forum is launched

A major new initiative was launched today in the UK designed to reduce information security failures in organisations by raising security awareness levels.
Phil Muncaster Feb 13 2008 11:34AM Security
The next big mobile device is 'irrelevant'

The next big mobile device is 'irrelevant'

The form-factor and function of the next big mobile device is "irrelevant", according to an industry expert..
Matt Chapman Feb 12 2008 7:43AM Hardware
Liberal: Conroy’s fibre-to-the-home network delivery is confusing

Liberal: Conroy’s fibre-to-the-home network delivery is confusing

The Shadow Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Bruce Bilson, has come out and slammed Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s broadband delivery plans.
a Staff Writer Feb 5 2008 1:55PM Telco/ISP
Blu-ray: resistance is 'futile'

Blu-ray: resistance is 'futile'

Toshiba's discounting strategy on its HD-DVD players is a futile gesture in a battle with Blu-ray that is "all but over", according to analysts.
Guy Dixon Feb 4 2008 3:19PM Hardware
Downtime is more worrying than security threats, finds Symantec survey

Downtime is more worrying than security threats, finds Symantec survey

A new report by Symantec Global Services, ‘IT Risk Management Report 2: Myths and Realities,’ has found that the threat of company downtime is more important than security, in respect of IT risk.
Dave Bailey Feb 4 2008 7:17AM Security
Information is our only security weapon: Bruce Schneier

Information is our only security weapon: Bruce Schneier

Computer security expert Bruce Schneier took a swipe at a number of sacred cows of security including RFID tags, national ID cards and public CCTV security cameras in his keynote address to Linux.conf.au this morning.
Sarah Stokely Jan 30 2008 12:44PM Security
Google's Orkut clean after fast but harmless self-replicating worm is halted

Google's Orkut clean after fast but harmless self-replicating worm is halted

Google has halted the spread of a worm on its social networking website, Orkut, but not before the self-replicating script reportedly spread to more than 400,000 member profiles.
Dan Kaplan Dec 21 2007 12:05PM Security
New Lara Croft is 'pure woman'

New Lara Croft is 'pure woman'

US gaming magazine Play has hinted at the treats in store for Lara Croft fans when Tomb Raider Underworld arrives on the shelves next year.
Guy Dixon Dec 19 2007 11:41AM Software

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