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Banks urged to change security policies

Banks urged to change security policies

Basic security questions, such as asking for a user's mother's maiden name or post code, can be circumvented far too easily and should not be used, according to Symantec.
Ian Williams Jan 23 2009 6:16AM Security
Yahoo touts new spam protections

Yahoo touts new spam protections

Yahoo is touting a new set of tools it is using to block spam for its webmail service.
Shaun Nichols Jan 22 2009 2:38PM Security
Yahoo touts new spam protections

Yahoo touts new spam protections

Yahoo is touting a new set of tools it is using to block spam for its webmail service.
Shaun Nichols Jan 22 2009 1:57PM Security
Eclipse unveils PHP development tool v2.0

Eclipse unveils PHP development tool v2.0

The Eclipse Foundation has upgraded the PHP Development Tools (PDT) project to version 2.0 to add support for the object-oriented programming features of PHP.
Staff Writers Jan 22 2009 1:43PM Software
Telstra permanently COO-less after Winn steps down

Telstra permanently COO-less after Winn steps down

Telstra said it will not seek a successor to its chief operating officer position after announcing its current COO Greg Winn will leave at the end of the month.
Staff Writers Jan 22 2009 1:40PM Telco/ISP
NBN final report in, but government is gagged

NBN final report in, but government is gagged

The Federal Government will get its first detailed look at the NBN proposals on the table after the 'expert panel' handed over its final report today.
Staff Writers Jan 22 2009 1:38PM Telco/ISP
Uni housing developer examines network suppliers

Uni housing developer examines network suppliers

Campus Living Villages Fund has embarked on a process of standardising the telco and cabling infrastructure suppliers it uses as part of student accommodation facility developments in Australia.
Ry Crozier Jan 22 2009 1:37PM Software
VoIP hackers run up $120,000 phone bill

VoIP hackers run up $120,000 phone bill

Hackers have breached the VoIP PBX telephone system of a ‘small Perth business’ and made over 11,000 international calls in 46 hours, resulting in a bill in excess of $120,000, according to WA Police.
Staff Writers Jan 22 2009 1:37PM Security
VoIP hackers run up $120,000 phone bill at Perth business

VoIP hackers run up $120,000 phone bill at Perth business

Hackers have breached the VoIP PBX telephone system of a ‘small Perth business’ and made over 11,000 international calls in 46 hours, resulting in a bill in excess of $120,000, according to WA Police.
Staff Writers Jan 22 2009 1:35PM Security
Ability to 'turn back time' could undo worm damage

Ability to 'turn back time' could undo worm damage

Damage caused by the downadup worm can be undone with the use of software with the ability to either roll-back to a point in time before the virus struck.
Dan Raywood Jan 22 2009 11:07AM Security
More than 100 million credit cards may have been compromised in data breach

More than 100 million credit cards may have been compromised in data breach

With potentially over 100 million cards being compromised, a data breach incident in the US could be the largest ever recorded.
Dan Raywood Jan 22 2009 11:04AM Security
New exploit devised for the Mac

New exploit devised for the Mac

A researcher in Italy claims he has found a valid way to run hostile code on Apple's OS X operating system.
Chuck Miller Jan 22 2009 10:53AM Security
Websense: Number of compromised websites at all-time high

Websense: Number of compromised websites at all-time high

Seventy percent of the most popular sites on the web have either hosted malicious content or contained a masked redirect, a recent study has found.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 22 2009 10:47AM Security
Opinion: Why national Internet filters are pointless

Opinion: Why national Internet filters are pointless

It seems that the world plus dog is falling over itself to filter the World Wide Web in a desperate bid to protect children from things they can handle on their own.
Nick Farrell Jan 22 2009 6:26AM Telco/ISP
Red Hat releases Enterprise Linux 5.3

Red Hat releases Enterprise Linux 5.3

Red Hat has released the latest version of its corporate Linux distribution, offering enhanced support for virtualisation and an open source implementation of Sun Microsystems' Java platform for the first time.
Daniel Robinson Jan 22 2009 6:20AM Software
Alfresco upgrades flagship ECM offering

Alfresco upgrades flagship ECM offering

Enterprise content management (ECM) firm Alfresco has released a major new version of its Alfresco Labs open source application, designed to offer greater social computing and collaborative functionality, and a viable alternative to Microsoft SharePoint.
Phil Muncaster Jan 22 2009 6:20AM Software
Adobe to open up Flash streaming protocol

Adobe to open up Flash streaming protocol

Adobe is to open up the messaging protocol used in its Flash platform to deliver multimedia content over the internet, in a move designed to help developers build richer applications.
Daniel Robinson Jan 22 2009 6:20AM Software
Seagate fix breaks hard drives

Seagate fix breaks hard drives

Storage firm Seagate has received a raft of complaints following a firmware update that rendered many 500GB hard drives in its Barracuda 7200.11 range completely inaccessible.
Ian Williams Jan 22 2009 6:20AM Storage
Antitrust claim lobbed at IBM

Antitrust claim lobbed at IBM

IBM could soon find itself fending off antitrust accusations in the EU.
Shaun Nichols Jan 21 2009 4:31PM Hardware
RIM begins stocking Blackberry application store

RIM begins stocking Blackberry application store

Research In Motion (RIM) is opening its doors to would-be Blackberry application developers.
Shaun Nichols Jan 21 2009 4:31PM Software

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