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Credit crunch means fewer security professionals and growing risks

Credit crunch means fewer security professionals and growing risks

The gap between security risks and our ability to tackle them is set to rise.
Derek Parkinson Oct 29 2008 10:20AM Security
Turkish hacker arrested by FBI made video giving tips for installing ATM skimmers

Turkish hacker arrested by FBI made video giving tips for installing ATM skimmers

A Turkish hacker known as "Chao" and arrested as part of the FBI operation against underground forum DarkMarket produced his own training videos. You can watch it here.
Paul Fisher Oct 29 2008 10:11AM Security
Mashup security requires dynamic approach

Mashup security requires dynamic approach

Software mashups will increasingly be used to develop commercial products, but securing the transactions will require new ways of identifying and managing the risks.
Derek Parkinson Oct 29 2008 10:11AM Security
Microsoft sheds light on Windows 7 features

Microsoft sheds light on Windows 7 features

Microsoft has revealed more details of Windows 7, the next version of its desktop client platform, including user interface and usability improvements, plus features to make the operating system easier to deploy and manage for corporate IT departments.
Daniel Robinson Oct 29 2008 6:13AM Software
Arctic explorers take modern tech on 700km trek

Arctic explorers take modern tech on 700km trek

When two young Aussie explorers set out on a 700km Arctic expedition, they took some surprising technology with them. iTnews looks at some everyday hardware that withstood the harshest environments.
Kathryn Small Oct 29 2008 6:00AM Oddware
University of Queensland advances Windows cluster trial

University of Queensland advances Windows cluster trial

University of Queensland is conducting tests on a number of research applications to potentially run on its Windows-based high performance cluster.
Ry Crozier Oct 29 2008 12:25AM Networking
Self-assembling organic wires present sci-fi possibilities

Self-assembling organic wires present sci-fi possibilities

U.S. scientists have developed water-soluble electronic materials that spontaneously assemble themselves into ‘wires’ much narrower than a human hair.
Staff Writers Oct 29 2008 12:00AM Hardware
Telstra pumps $20m into West Oz networks

Telstra pumps $20m into West Oz networks

Telstra has been conspicuously absent from the NBN saga this week, instead announcing a $20 million injection of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) systems on fibre routes in regional Western Australia.
Staff Writers Oct 28 2008 4:36PM Telco/ISP
Email spam increases eightfold; Agent-HNY blamed

Email spam increases eightfold; Agent-HNY blamed

The rate of spam emails has increased eightfold between July and September, according to a Sophos report, which also reveals that the United States was the top country responsible for relaying spam worldwide.
Staff Writers Oct 28 2008 3:24PM Security
Dell lays claim to Azure backbone

Dell lays claim to Azure backbone

Dell has announced that it will be providing Microsoft with the hardware to run its newly-announced Azure cloud computing system.
Shaun Nichols Oct 28 2008 3:17PM Hardware
First Android flaws surface

First Android flaws surface

A trio of researchers have disclosed the first security flaw for the Google Android platform and pointed out a fundamental security problem in the open source process.
Shaun Nichols Oct 28 2008 3:17PM Software
McDonald's chooses earthwave to secure WiFi

McDonald's chooses earthwave to secure WiFi

McDonald’s has chosen earthwave to secure its ‘Family Friendly’ internet service in over 720 stores across Australia.
Staff Writers Oct 28 2008 2:56PM Security
International science community to build a 'World Data System'

International science community to build a 'World Data System'

Scientific organisations representing 134 countries have agreed to overhaul existing data centres and services to establish a global virtual library for scientific data.
Staff Writers Oct 28 2008 2:51PM Software
Legislators under fire over heavy-handed security rules

Legislators under fire over heavy-handed security rules

Firms being forced to spend unnecessarily on perceived IT security risks, say
experts at RSA show.
Phil Muncaster Oct 28 2008 2:31PM Security
Yahoo's HotJobs site vulnerable to cross-site scripting attack

Yahoo's HotJobs site vulnerable to cross-site scripting attack

Internet research firm Netcraft said it has detected a cross-site scripting vulnerability on Yahoo that could be used to hijack authentication cookies.
Dan Kaplan Oct 28 2008 2:30PM Security
Expect more legit software to come packaged with flaws

Expect more legit software to come packaged with flaws

Backdoor threats in software applications will become a more serious threat and increasingly difficult to detect in the future.
Derek Parkinson Oct 28 2008 1:18PM Security
ING Direct redesign extends to open source mash-ups

ING Direct redesign extends to open source mash-ups

ING Direct has redesigned its information architecture to provide the underlying structure to double its size within the next five years.
Ry Crozier Oct 28 2008 12:19PM Software
Fujitsu to ‘free cool’ new Perth data centre

Fujitsu to ‘free cool’ new Perth data centre

Fujitsu has revealed further details of a new multi-million dollar data centre to open in Perth in ‘late 2010’, including the free cooling system it will use.
Staff Writers Oct 28 2008 10:50AM Networking
Credit crunch to force revamp of legacy systems

Credit crunch to force revamp of legacy systems

With IT budgets being squeezed many companies will be forced to think about improving the security of their legacy systems, Benjamin Jun, told at the RSA Conference Europe 2008.
Derek Parkinson Oct 28 2008 10:10AM Security
Google hacking increasingly effective

Google hacking increasingly effective

Google is the search engine of choice for both consumers and hackers, according to infosec experts.
Mark Mayne Oct 28 2008 10:04AM Security

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