Thursday April 19, 2012  

EDITOR'S NOTE

FreeBSD's core group security chief says small bug bounties and easy-to-read code is key to encouraging communities to report vulnerabilities. The comments come as research revealed the number of vulnerabilities reported last year fell by a fifth.

Ruxcon Melbourne has opened its call for papers. Details on their website.

- Darren

BREAKING NEWS

Bug reports fall, bounties exclude amateurs

By Darren Pauli , Marcos Colon | April 19, 2012

Less critical flaws go unreported.

Hacker charged after million dollar heist

By Greg Masters | April 19, 2012

Scammers made nine-fold profit in minutes.

140000 Flashback-infected computers remain

By Dan Kaplan | April 19, 2012

About 75 per cent of Macs freed from botnet slavery.

FEATURE OF THE DAY

A new theory of digital identity

By Stephen Wilson | March 14, 2012

The final instalment of a two-part feature series explores the troubled practice of federated identity.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Apr 22, 2012

Senior public servants will meet to discuss the biggest challenges facing government today: Big Data, Information Security, Information Handling, G-Cloud

May 1 - 3, 2012

The 2012 Trend Micro EVOLVE.Cloud series delivers a customisable learning experience to help address the specific needs of your environment.

May 14 - 18, 2012

The theme for AusCERT2012 is Security on the Move which will highlight information security risks that people, business and society face as we increase our mobility.

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