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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.

Review: McAfee Email Protection

Review: McAfee Email Protection

The Holy Grail of IT products is one that is low cost, easy to use and offers a rich feature set. McAfee Email Protection easily fits those criteria in the email security and content filtering space.
Peter Stephenson Sep 7 2012 12:09PM Security
Review: Halon Security Virtual Spam Prevention (VSP)

Review: Halon Security Virtual Spam Prevention (VSP)

Large enterprises require email gateways that are quick and robust. The Halon Virtual Security Appliance from Halon Security can fill that role nicely, but administrators should be prepared to learn a new scripting language in order to fully use the product.
Peter Stephenson Sep 7 2012 12:05PM Security
Review: Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall

Review: Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall

The Spam & Virus Firewall from Barracuda offers some solid email protection capabilities.
Peter Stephenson Sep 7 2012 9:55AM Security
Wiper virus shows Duqu, Stuxnet similarities

Wiper virus shows Duqu, Stuxnet similarities

More state-sponsored malware?
Juha Saarinen Aug 30 2012 9:52AM Security
Dropbox gets two factor authentication

Dropbox gets two factor authentication

With optional two-factor authentication.
Staff Writers Aug 28 2012 11:27AM Security
Dropbox beefs up sign-in security

Dropbox beefs up sign-in security

With optional two-factor authentication.
Staff Writers Aug 28 2012 11:23AM Security
Spammers send more malicious attachments

Spammers send more malicious attachments

But overall spam levels fall.
SC Staff Aug 27 2012 8:49AM Security
Festi botnet cranks up spam volumes

Festi botnet cranks up spam volumes

Three-year-old botnet infects 300,000 addresses.
Juha Saarinen Aug 20 2012 12:30PM Security
Review: Barracuda Spam and Virus Firewall 900

Review: Barracuda Spam and Virus Firewall 900

Barracuda's extensive family of Spam and Virus Firewall appliances covers virtually every size of business; in this review we take a closer look at the enterprise-level 900 model.
John Jul 31 2012 11:28AM Security
AC/DC song used in Iranian nuclear program attack

AC/DC song used in Iranian nuclear program attack

Nuclear facilities thunderstruck.
Juha Saarinen Jul 26 2012 6:23AM Security
Dropbox investigates possible email address breach

Dropbox investigates possible email address breach

Enlists third party to investigate spam complaints.
Darren Pauli , Marcos Colon Jul 23 2012 1:11PM Security
World's third-largest botnet taken down

World's third-largest botnet taken down

Zombies orphaned.
Juha Saarinen Jul 20 2012 6:25AM Security
Police disable world's third-largest spammer botnet

Police disable world's third-largest spammer botnet

Bots still active.
Fahmida Y. Rashid Jul 19 2012 7:03AM Security
Dropbox calls pros to investigate spam outbreak

Dropbox calls pros to investigate spam outbreak

Says no evidence of hack.
Darren Pauli Jul 18 2012 3:29PM Security
DNSChanger shutdown misses 'internet doomsday'

DNSChanger shutdown misses 'internet doomsday'

ISPs step in as FBI pulls plug on DNSChanger.
Jim Finkle Jul 10 2012 5:12AM Security
Suspected trojan found in Apple App Store

Suspected trojan found in Apple App Store

Creator says it's in 'beta-testing'.
Dan Raywood Jul 9 2012 11:52AM Security
SA Govt cuts $3.75m from networking spend

SA Govt cuts $3.75m from networking spend

Reduces spam, download costs.
Liz Tay Jun 22 2012 7:00AM Financial Services
iCode review tackles public wifi malware

iCode review tackles public wifi malware

Telcos, security experts discuss anti-botnet scheme.
Darren Pauli Jun 14 2012 6:00AM Security
Security boffins dissect iCode's future

Security boffins dissect iCode's future

Metrics and malware on the agenda for Sydney review.
Darren Pauli Jun 13 2012 1:51PM Security
Flame surveillance worm 'most complex threat ever'

Flame surveillance worm 'most complex threat ever'

Two-year rampage in Middle East.
Dan Raywood May 29 2012 1:17PM Security

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