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Student faces US copyright extradition
Granted bail, banned from web.
Jun 20 2011 6:49AM
Software
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.
Jan 30 2008 12:44PM
Security
It’s time for us all to raise our game
IT, and IT security in particular, are at an interesting crossroads, and due for a lot of changes over the next few years. If we are honest, the IT industry has an appalling record, and is littered with projects that have failed to complete or to meet requirements. The public sector especially has a shameful track record, with practically every Government department with its own horror story to tell.
Mar 8 2006 5:16PM
Security
Give us your views in our 2005 survey
Nov 10 2005 4:38PM
Security
We must all play our part
Aug 26 2005 2:25PM
Security
Can we Trust our Workforce?
Traditionally, one of the most important assets of any successful company is its workforce. Competitive edge comes from employing hard-working, law-abiding motivated individuals with a strong company loyalty. Even for the odd employee, with a grudge against the company, the combination of laws and contracts in the past acted as sufficient deterrent to any wrong-doing.
Aug 10 2005 10:09AM
Security
Can we trust our workforce?
Traditionally, one of the most important assets of any successful company is its workforce. Competitive edge comes from employing hard-working, law-abiding motivated individuals with a strong company loyalty. Even for the odd employee, with a grudge against the company, the combination of laws and contracts in the past acted as sufficient deterrent to any wrong-doing.
Feb 23 2005 4:55PM
Security
Email: Are we all too reliant on our new best friend?
Nov 12 2004 4:55PM
Security
Our archaic law leaves an open door for cybercrime
Think what the world of IT was like in 1990. A few lucky researchers, military personnel, government workers and assorted hangers-on would have been able to enjoy the novelty of fledgling email and internet services. If you were a forward-thinking large corporate, you might well have a mainframe or a minicomputer network storing and processing crucial data and, although dial-up modems could connect systems to each other and enable remote terminal access, viruses and hack-attacks were minor worries. The occasional infected floppy disc might contain some malware that could potentially compromise the contents of your expensive 40mb hard drive, but a relatively up-to-date antivirus programme would probably protect you. Hackers and virus writers were mostly a minority sub-culture of cyber-kids operating from their bedrooms bragging and swapping war stories on underground bulletin boards.
May 19 2004 3:49PM
Security
In Contemplation of Our Small World
Even Mickey Mouse is buying into it.
Jan 19 2004 10:02AM
Security
Guerrillas in Our Midst
A little over a year has passed since the publication of the University of Maryland's paper "Your 802.11 Wireless Network Has No Clothes" (www.cs.umd.edu/~waa/wireless.pdf) which detailed a number of holes in wired equivalent privacy (WEP), the encryption protocol used to secure 802.11b wireless LANs.
Jan 16 2004 2:49PM
Security
