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IT security continues to be a concern for Australian businesses. There are numerous new threats appearing each month, which could potentially impact people and organisations in Australia. Companies need to keep up-to-date with the latest threats, to help them protect their infrastructure from potential hacks, viruses and vulnerabilities.

iTnews helps keep Australian businesses informed about what is happening in the IT security space, with a range of stories about both the threats, and articles about research into their impact on companies around the world.

Businesses warned of new spam threat

Businesses warned of new spam threat

Botnets send spam via TLS, warns Symantec.
Phil Muncaster Mar 15 2010 10:48AM Security
Grum and Rustock botnets drive spam to new levels

Grum and Rustock botnets drive spam to new levels

Overall junk email levels rose five per cent in February.
Shaun Nichols Mar 2 2010 1:27PM Security
Bredolab malware targets public sector

Bredolab malware targets public sector

Malware turns to data-stealing.
Dan Raywood Feb 19 2010 2:12PM Security
Haiti dominates spam headlines in January

Haiti dominates spam headlines in January

Earthquake scams abound as users seek to donate.
Shaun Nichols Feb 15 2010 2:16PM Security
1 in 3 iPhone users do not apply patches

1 in 3 iPhone users do not apply patches

iPhone worm could strike those vulnerable.
Dan Raywood Feb 12 2010 12:56PM Security
Valentine's Day spam starts to appear

Valentine's Day spam starts to appear

More event-related threats.
Dan Kaplan Feb 2 2010 1:47PM Security
Social networking threats on the up

Social networking threats on the up

Facebook identified as riskiest.
Staff Writers Feb 2 2010 1:40PM Security
CommSec pays $55k after breaching Spam Act

CommSec pays $55k after breaching Spam Act

Three complaints from 6.7 million emails.
Munir Kotadia Feb 1 2010 1:11PM Financial Services
Analysis: Rogue Facebook friend 'as bad as malware'

Analysis: Rogue Facebook friend 'as bad as malware'

Criminals using fake 'friends' and groups to lure victims.
Munir Kotadia Feb 1 2010 11:09AM Security
New spam campaigns see sustained levels in new year

New spam campaigns see sustained levels in new year

Grum and Cutwail botnets ramp it up.
SC Australia Staff Jan 27 2010 11:44AM Security
Mobile messaging attacks to rise in 2010

Mobile messaging attacks to rise in 2010

Cloudmark points to increasing app threat.
Dan Raywood Jan 25 2010 11:59AM Security
All but one pass Virus Bulletin spam test

All but one pass Virus Bulletin spam test

Kaspersky fails despite strong false positive rate.
Iain Thomson Jan 13 2010 11:44AM Security
New botnet threats emerge from Lethic and Bagle

New botnet threats emerge from Lethic and Bagle

New Year brings new challengers.
Dan Raywood Jan 13 2010 11:39AM Security
Customer server puts iiNet on spam blacklist

Customer server puts iiNet on spam blacklist

Junior staffer to blame.
Ben Grubb Jan 12 2010 12:28PM Security
SpamAssassin bug leads to blocking of legitimate emails

SpamAssassin bug leads to blocking of legitimate emails

False positive rate lifted dramatically.
Dan Raywood Jan 8 2010 12:32PM Security
Facebook sues three over alleged spam, phishing

Facebook sues three over alleged spam, phishing

Three alleged to have propagated wall post spam.
Dan Kaplan Dec 18 2009 2:47PM Security
iPhone default sends spammers the green light

iPhone default sends spammers the green light

Plea for Apple to reverse the setting.
Lilia Guan Dec 10 2009 6:22AM Hardware
Stronger botnets and increased spam detections in 2009

Stronger botnets and increased spam detections in 2009

Cybercriminals learn lessons from McColo shutdown.
Dan Raywood Dec 9 2009 12:06PM Security
Web attacks still profitable for crooks: Cisco

Web attacks still profitable for crooks: Cisco

Big money in banking trojans.
Angela Moscaritolo Dec 9 2009 11:55AM Security
Malware will migrate to mobile devices: AVG

Malware will migrate to mobile devices: AVG

But viruses will be less effective.
Dan Raywood Dec 8 2009 11:54AM Security

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