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Security firms report spam increase

Security firms report spam increase

Two security firms have revealed that spam attacks have increased in the last quarter.
Dan Raywood Oct 28 2008 10:00AM Security
Heavyweights line up behind 'white spaces' Wi-Fi

Heavyweights line up behind 'white spaces' Wi-Fi

Some of the largest companies in the technology world are putting their names behind a move to build a free wireless network from so-called 'white spaces'.
Shaun Nichols Oct 20 2008 3:10PM Hardware
Security industry falling behind hacking technology

Security industry falling behind hacking technology

The hacking community is outpacing the security industry and different sectors of the IT community need to work together more closely to close the gap warns a new report from the influential Georgia Tech Information Security Center's (GTISC).
Iain Thomson Oct 16 2008 2:57PM Security
Plastic film gets glowing report

Plastic film gets glowing report

A US factory is churning out 'light paper' that could make floor and bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every other household lamp obsolete.
Nick Farrell Oct 14 2008 2:02AM Hardware
Top-end ECM could be risky investment

Top-end ECM could be risky investment

Market leaders in the enterprise content management (ECM) space could represent a higher risk to IT buyers than their mid-market rivals, according to new research from CMS Watch.
Phil Muncaster Oct 13 2008 12:07AM Software
Sharing information key to cracking e-crime

Sharing information key to cracking e-crime

The scale of electronic crime is incalculable because of inadequacies in the reporting system, according to the European Union's IT security unit.
Phil Muncaster Oct 8 2008 6:47AM Security
60 percent of U.S. businesses hit by cybercrime

60 percent of U.S. businesses hit by cybercrime

A recent U.S. Department of Justice survey indicates that the majority of American businesses have detected one or more cyberattacks.
Sue Sep 19 2008 9:52AM Security
ISM report shows .coms do better

ISM report shows .coms do better

Internet Search Metrics' latest report found that high street retailers are losing out dramatically to smaller, independent .coms.
Emma Hughes Aug 12 2008 7:34AM Telco/ISP
It's reality: legitimate websites are no longer safe

It's reality: legitimate websites are no longer safe

The days of visiting a trusted website and expecting it to be safe are done and dusted.
Negar Salek Jul 24 2008 4:05PM Security
Web threats hit 12-month high

Web threats hit 12-month high

The number of new malicious websites rose by 58 per cent in June to its highest level since April 2007, security experts warned today.
Staff Writers Jul 2 2008 9:36AM Security
Report: Consumers to pay 15 percent more for Telstra built network

Report: Consumers to pay 15 percent more for Telstra built network

Australian consumers will have to pay 15 percent more for broadband access if Telstra is successful in its bid to build the Federal Government's $4.7 billion funded national broadband network (NBN), according to a new report.
Mitchell Bingemann Jun 5 2008 5:04PM Telco/ISP
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
Analysis: SP3 strengthens XP security

Analysis: SP3 strengthens XP security

Service Pack 3 adds support for the Network Access Protection (NAP) mechanismin Windows Server 2008
Dave Bailey May 16 2008 10:11AM Security
G9 fires back at Telstra for "useless" broadband report

G9 fires back at Telstra for "useless" broadband report

Telco consortium, the G9, has rubbished the network information that Telstra supplied to Government officials last week for its National Broadband Network bid.
Ashley Clark May 13 2008 2:12PM Telco/ISP
Storm bot's stranglehold slipping: report

Storm bot's stranglehold slipping: report

The Storm Worm botnet is just a fraction of its original size, but malware remains on the rise, according to one email security firm.
Sue May 6 2008 8:57AM Security
Open Source is the 'software establishment', report says

Open Source is the 'software establishment', report says

A new report examining trends in the open source market says more and more organisations are jumping on FOSS, for more reasons than just the price tag.
Ashley Clark May 2 2008 2:13PM Software
Report: small merchants, not major retailers, biggest threat to credit card fraud

Report: small merchants, not major retailers, biggest threat to credit card fraud

Credit card thieves are taking advantage of the vulnerabilities in small retailers' point-of-sale check-out systems, according to a new report.
Jim Carr May 2 2008 10:07AM Security
Police report perverse new cyber-bullying technique

Police report perverse new cyber-bullying technique

Police are reporting that children are pretending to be paedophiles in order to frighten their classmates online..
Iain Thomson Apr 12 2008 11:09AM Security
Spammers use third-party tools to bypass email filters, report

Spammers use third-party tools to bypass email filters, report

The first quarter of 2008 saw an increased trend for spammers and malware developers to leverage legitimate content sites in order to bypass email filters.
Sue Apr 8 2008 7:01AM Security
Report outs banks with most ID theft complaints

Report outs banks with most ID theft complaints

Consumers, regulators, and businesses have no way to reliably assess the incidences and frequency of identity fraud at major financial institutions, a new study concludes.
Sue Marquette Mar 3 2008 10:16AM Security

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