Spotlight on Cyber Security Spotlight on Cyber Security

Most infosec leaders agree that traditional security methods, on their own, are no longer enough to combat advanced new threats. But what new techniques and strategies are they using? What lessons have they learnt from breaches?

iTnews will provide some answers to these questions in our Spotlight on Cyber Security, coinciding with the Australian Information Security Association’s national conference on 10-12 October.

Broadband drives Chinese security market

Broadband drives Chinese security market

The market for IT security products and services in Asia-Pacific will expand 15.5 per cent per year to reach $5.9bn by 2011, and broadband adoption in China will be a key driving factor, new forecasts predict..
Simon Burns Oct 19 2007 2:21PM Security
‘Don’t judge a book by its cover on the WWW’

‘Don’t judge a book by its cover on the WWW’

AJAX, Web 2.0 security

No, you did not miss the memo or a software upgrade notice. Yet you’ve already arrived at Web 2.0. The “upgrade” from Web 1.0 to the new Web 2.0 world has been an evolutionary process, continually driving the Web to be more interactive, useful and interesting for consumers and the business community.
Paul Henry Oct 19 2007 11:27AM Security
SME security budgets on the up next year

SME security budgets on the up next year

IT security budgets for small and medium-sized businesses are set to rise next year, according to new research by Astaro.
Fiona Raisbeck Oct 19 2007 10:06AM Security
Panda pitches client security for banks

Panda pitches client security for banks

Security firm Panda has launched a software suite designed to secure e-banking and e-commerce transactions.
Clement James Oct 18 2007 10:09AM Security
Biometrics, forefront of new Unisys R&D Centre

Biometrics, forefront of new Unisys R&D Centre

A device capable of capturing the image of veins in a person’s finger is amongst a range of innovative biometric technologies unveiled at the official launch of the Unisys Security Innovation Centre in Canberra.
Negar Salek Oct 15 2007 3:39PM Security
Kaspersky boosts security offering with PhishTank database

Kaspersky boosts security offering with PhishTank database

Kaspersky Lab has added new anti-phishing databases to its internet security product.
Fiona Raisbeck Oct 15 2007 9:50AM Security
Verizon opens up security suite to trial users

Verizon opens up security suite to trial users

Verizon has offered users the opportunity to access its internet security suite for a trial period of one month.
Fiona Raisbeck Oct 12 2007 10:55AM Security
CompTIA: Security spending to soar

CompTIA: Security spending to soar

Spending on security technology, training, assessments and certification will eat up an greater part of IT spending in the next year, according to a survey from the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).
Jim Carr Oct 12 2007 10:54AM Security
Marshal unveils email security appliance

Marshal unveils email security appliance

Marshal has released an email security appliance aimed at system administrators.
Fiona Raisbeck , Staff Writers Oct 10 2007 11:28AM Security
Google boosts security in hosted applications

Google boosts security in hosted applications

Google has added Postini's email security and compliance services to its hosted applications, a month after acquiring the company for US$625 million.
Fiona Raisbeck Oct 10 2007 11:19AM Security
Much work to be done as US National Cyber Security Awareness Month begins

Much work to be done as US National Cyber Security Awareness Month begins

A joint McAfee and National Cyber Security Alliance study, released today to kick off National Cyber Security Awareness Month, reports that while 98 percent of 378 respondents believe keeping security software up to date is important, less than half – 48 percent – of their computers had not been updated in the past month.
Dan Kaplan Oct 3 2007 10:11AM Security
Open source winning Asia security battle

Open source winning Asia security battle

Improving security is the number one reason for companies to switch to open source software in several major IT markets in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a new survey.
Simon Burns Oct 3 2007 7:27AM Security
Google plugs Gmail security hole

Google plugs Gmail security hole

Google has patched a recently reported Gmail flaw that could allow attackers to steal information from inside a user account.
Shaun Nichols Oct 2 2007 7:19AM Security
Joint effort key to IT security future

Joint effort key to IT security future

Co-operation between public and private sectors crucial to raising internet security levels.
Phil Muncaster Sep 28 2007 10:55AM Security
Trend Micro unveils Internet Security Pro

Trend Micro unveils Internet Security Pro

Trend Micro has released a new internet security product aimed at regular web users to secure online transactions.
Fiona Raisbeck Sep 28 2007 10:06AM Security
Poll split shows challenge of maintaining company security policy

Poll split shows challenge of maintaining company security policy

A new poll split highlights the challenge of sustaining company policy that meets the evolving threat landscape.
Fiona Raisbeck Sep 28 2007 10:06AM Security
Fujacks hacker offered security job

Fujacks hacker offered security job

Eyebrows have been raised after a Chinese virus writer was deluged with job offers after being jailed for four years for creating the Fujacks worm.
Iain Thomson Sep 27 2007 10:00AM Security
eBay hacker posts fake credit card numbers to site's security forum

eBay hacker posts fake credit card numbers to site's security forum

Investigators at eBay believe a fraudster was trying to generate panic when he posted what appeared to be the credit card numbers for 1,200 members to an eBay forum that deals with user safety and security.
Dan Kaplan Sep 27 2007 9:44AM Security
Users of AOL I.M. at risk of attacks

Users of AOL I.M. at risk of attacks

Millions of computers with registered copies of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) are at risk to a variety of attacks via a vulnerability in AIM 6.1, AIM beta 6.2, AIM Pro and AIM Lite, according to researchers at Core Security.
Jim Carr Sep 27 2007 9:38AM Security
ISPs urged to take control of security

ISPs urged to take control of security

ISPs, not consumers, need to be in the driving seat for computer security, according to F-Secure president Kimmo Alkio.
Iain Thomson Sep 27 2007 9:35AM Security

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