Credit card fraud: '57c for every $1k' 

Credit card fraud: '57c for every $1k'

In Hackers - By Ry Crozier, 19 May 2011 10:57 PM
Australian Institute of Criminology finds fraud up 55 percent.
Exposed: WA Govt IT security bungles 

Exposed: WA Govt IT security bungles

In Networks - By Ry Crozier, 26 March 2010 9:32 AM
Laundry list of flaws and stuff-ups.
ACS gives conditional thumbs up to internet filtering 

ACS gives conditional thumbs up to internet filtering

In Risk - By Ben Grubb, 13 October 2009 9:37 AM
Insists on checks and balances before filter can be introduced.
Banks report 70 percent of phishing attacks hosted offshore 

Banks report 70 percent of phishing attacks hosted offshore

In Risk - By Brett Winterford, 13 October 2009 9:31 AM
Former Soviet republics responsible for most scams.
Court slams Bottle Domains' lax security 

Court slams Bottle Domains' lax security

In Web/client - 28 September 2009 1:40 PM
Registrar stored credit cards in unencrypted format.
Australia looks to US for infrastructure security training 

Australia looks to US for infrastructure security training

In Risk - By Ben Grubb, 8 September 2009 12:05 PM
Australian Government funds cyber-security field trip.
Australian police draw flack over cyber crime fiasco 

Australian police draw flack over cyber crime fiasco

In Hackers - By Shaun Nichols, 21 August 2009 10:38 AM
Hackers' forum sting backfires.
Six steps to a secure web 

Six steps to a secure web

In Web/client - By Brett Winterford, 22 July 2009 9:57 AM
E-crime fighters plead for global links and money.
Scam email hits the Australian Federal Police 

Scam email hits the Australian Federal Police

In Messaging - By Lilia Guan, 3 July 2009 1:39 PM
No organisation is sacred in the eyes of online scammers.
McAfee expands Australian operations 

McAfee expands Australian operations

24 June 2009 3:12 PM
First quarter revenue for McAfee globally marked the 13th consecutive quarter of double-digit, year-over-year growth for the company.
Government launches Web 2.0 taskforce 

Government launches Web 2.0 taskforce

In Risk - By Ben Grubb, 23 June 2009 9:27 AM
Accepts lack of control in Web 2.0 world.
ATO phishing scam dupes 200,000 

ATO phishing scam dupes 200,000

22 June 2009 9:56 AM
Scammers leave the front door open.
ATO struck by new phishing scam 

ATO struck by new phishing scam

In Messaging - By Brett Winterford, 10 June 2009 9:56 AM
Users need to exercise caution when receiving emails purporting to be from the Australian Tax Office.
Australians need more protection online: ACMA 

Australians need more protection online: ACMA

In Risk - 10 March 2009 1:41 PM
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has said that Australian internet users “need to be more pro-active in protecting themselves online” in a report ...
iPrimus could beat federal government to internet filters 

iPrimus could beat federal government to internet filters

In Web/client - By Ry Crozier, 10 March 2009 9:42 AM
iPrimus has indicated it may not wait for the Government to introduce a clean feed and that it may re-introduce an opt-in service for customers if there is sufficient demand.
Australian Computer Society to use Sophos security solution 

Australian Computer Society to use Sophos security solution

In Web/client - 2 February 2009 2:54 PM
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has partnered with Sophos to let members use its Endpoint Security solution as part of their ACS membership.
Australian Privacy Awards launched 

Australian Privacy Awards launched

In Risk - 11 April 2008 10:55 AM
In an aim to increase the awareness of best privacy practices in Australian businesses, the Rudd Labor government has launched the inaugural Australian Privacy Awards and ...
Australian universities targeted in identity stealing phishing campaign 

Australian universities targeted in identity stealing phishing campaign

In Messaging - By Negar Salek, 13 March 2008 3:13 PM
Update: A phishing campaign targeted students and staff of Australian universities last month, according to an advisory from Auscert, Australia's National Emergency Response Team.
Microsoft arms Australian Federal Police with cyber weapons  

Microsoft arms Australian Federal Police with cyber weapons

In Web/client - By Lilia Guan, 7 March 2008 1:01 PM
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) will receive a technology boost in the fight against child predators and paedophiles with the launch of an online tracking system, developed ...
Forum on high tech crime kicks off in Canberra  

Forum on high tech crime kicks off in Canberra

In Risk - 27 November 2007 3:59 PM
The Australian Federal Police kicked-off a two day international forum on high tech crime in Canberra today featuring delegates from six countries and several Australian agencies.
Avalanche Technology Group launch new AVG dedicated business 

Avalanche Technology Group launch new AVG dedicated business

In Risk - 10 October 2007 1:31 PM
Australian distributor, Avalanche Technology Group has dropped AVG from its portfolio after launching, AVG AU/NZ Pty Ltd, a new business dedicated to the AVG range of Internet ...
Norton 360 reaches Australian shores 

Norton 360 reaches Australian shores

In Web/client - By Negar Salek, 27 March 2007 11:29 AM
Symantec officially unveiled its Norton 360 security suite in Australia on Monday, one month after its worldwide launch.
Australian SMBs confused about IT security 

Australian SMBs confused about IT security

In Web/client - By Negar Salek, 9 March 2007 9:51 AM
Despite their increased reliance on technology, Australian SMBs are taking a reactive approach towards IT security, local IT professionals have argued.
Australian cricket team email attack 

Australian cricket team email attack

In Applications - By Negar Salek, 21 February 2007 1:28 PM
Australia’s struggling one-day cricket team is the subject of the latest attempt to trick Australians into downloading malicious trojans, according to global security vendor ...
Australian spammer Clarity1 fined 

Australian spammer Clarity1 fined

In Messaging - By Fiona Raisbeck, 27 October 2006 5:45 PM
The first company to be convicted under Australia's anti-spamming laws was fined about $4.2 million today for sending 280 million spam emails.
Australian accused of downloading company secrets 

Australian accused of downloading company secrets

By René Millman, 13 July 2005 2:52 PM
An Australian software developer could be out of a job after a court found he may have intended to share trade secrets about multi-million deal involving telcom provider Telstra.
Australian man faces multi-million dollar spam fine 

Australian man faces multi-million dollar spam fine

By René Millman, 24 June 2005 11:29 AM
An Australian man faces a multi-million dollar fine after being accused of sending 56 million spam emails. The charges are the first to be bought under that country's stringent ...
Australian police raid spamming lair 

Australian police raid spamming lair

By David Quainton, 7 April 2005 4:14 PM
An Australian company has been raided by police after it was suspected of sending millions of spam emails.
Four years for Australian fraudster 

Four years for Australian fraudster

By David Quainton, 9 November 2004 3:52 PM
An Australian email fraudster who stole more than AUS$5 million ($3.7 million) has been sentenced to four years in jail. Nick Marinellis, who worked with a team of African ...
Australian CERT warns of new flaw in wireless protocol 

Australian CERT warns of new flaw in wireless protocol

By Marcia Savage, 13 May 2004 10:14 PM
The Australian Computer Emergency Response Team issued an advisory Thursday warning of a flaw in the 802.11 wireless protocol that makes WLANs vulnerable to a denial-of-service ...
Australian police warn on phone tapping legislation 

Australian police warn on phone tapping legislation

By Steve Gold, 24 March 2004 5:30 PM
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has warned its government that proposed phone tapping legislation could open the way for malware and other attacks on the AFP computer system.
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