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Grum and Rustock botnets drive spam to new levels

Grum and Rustock botnets drive spam to new levels

Overall junk email levels rose five per cent in February.
Shaun Nichols Mar 2 2010 1:27PM Security
New attack against IE could expose all files on a victim's PC

New attack against IE could expose all files on a victim's PC

Four to five flaws in design features of IE.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 28 2010 12:43PM Security
Telstra keeps wireless excess charges for business

Telstra keeps wireless excess charges for business

Can put staff on consumer plans for ‘unlimited' internet.
Ry Crozier Jan 18 2010 1:26PM Telco/ISP
Systems suffer new year hangover

Systems suffer new year hangover

Poor coding blamed for wave of system failures.
Martin Courtney Jan 14 2010 6:44AM Software
SpamAssassin bug leads to blocking of legitimate emails

SpamAssassin bug leads to blocking of legitimate emails

False positive rate lifted dramatically.
Dan Raywood Jan 8 2010 12:32PM Security
Waledac spreading through fake New Year's e-cards

Waledac spreading through fake New Year's e-cards

Exploits vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash and Reader, and Internet Explorer.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 6 2010 11:59AM Security
Telstra expects record SMS traffic over New Year

Telstra expects record SMS traffic over New Year

66 million messages expected.
Staff Writers Dec 31 2009 2:48PM Telco/ISP
New Zealander accused of running major spam operation

New Zealander accused of running major spam operation

Ordered to pay more than US$16 million.
Dan Raywood Dec 2 2009 11:54AM Security
Number of new offshore IT facilities plummets

Number of new offshore IT facilities plummets

Top 50 providers open 16 fewer sites this year.
Tom Young Nov 28 2009 7:19AM Strategy
Voting machines hit by malware lead to allegations of voter fraud

Voting machines hit by malware lead to allegations of voter fraud

'Unhackable' machines may have been compromised.
Dan Raywood Nov 23 2009 10:37AM Security
Twilight mania feeds malware writers

Twilight mania feeds malware writers

Fervour over film saga makes easy prey for cyber fiends.
Shaun Nichols Nov 19 2009 1:45PM Security
Twitter warns of new phishing attack

Twitter warns of new phishing attack

Latest scam designed to harvest login credentials.
Phil Muncaster Oct 30 2009 9:59AM Security
New Halloween-themed spam just the first fright

New Halloween-themed spam just the first fright

With Halloween nearing, users should be on alert for spam and other attacks exploiting the holiday, and experts expect social network websites to serve as a major vector this year.
Angela Moscsaritolo Oct 26 2009 1:13PM Security
Toshiba creates fuel cell for mobile devices

Toshiba creates fuel cell for mobile devices

Might have to move to Japan to use it.
Dave Bailey Oct 24 2009 12:30AM Hardware
Senators air concern over cost of Telstra split

Senators air concern over cost of Telstra split

Government relying on Telstra's numbers.
Brett Winterford Oct 14 2009 3:47PM Telco/ISP
IBM says sorry over Air NZ outage

IBM says sorry over Air NZ outage

Blames generator for downtime.
Brett Winterford Oct 12 2009 4:54PM Networking
New York Times serves up rogue ads to readers

New York Times serves up rogue ads to readers

An "unauthorised advertisement" made its way onto the Gray Lady's third-party managed ad stream.
Angela Moscaritolo Sep 15 2009 11:58AM Security
Researchers fret over new Microsoft SMB vulnerability

Researchers fret over new Microsoft SMB vulnerability

Microsoft has recognized a zero-day vulnerability in its SMB protocol that, experts say, might warrant an out-of-band patch.
Dan Kaplan Sep 10 2009 9:04AM Security
Kiwis track climate with $10.4m supercomputer

Kiwis track climate with $10.4m supercomputer

Chooses Big Blue machine to replace Cray system.
Staff Writers Aug 31 2009 4:07PM Hardware
Kiwis join Aussie radio telescope bid

Kiwis join Aussie radio telescope bid

Supercomputing and high-tech sectors could benefit.
Staff Writers Aug 21 2009 12:18PM Oddware

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