Public servants can't look away from naughty sites 

Public servants can't look away from naughty sites

In Risk - By John Hilvert, 29 November 2010 9:54 AM
Internet misuse complaints up 55 percent.
Zero-day Windows flaw goes public 

Zero-day Windows flaw goes public

In Applications - By Tom Brewster, 26 November 2010 9:42 AM
Affecting all versions back to XP.
Apple tops public vulnerability list 

Apple tops public vulnerability list

In Applications - By Nicole Kobie, 7 October 2010 9:33 AM
Trend Micro Threat Report shows Apple has more public flaws than Microsoft or Adobe.
NSA to probe public firms for security holes 

NSA to probe public firms for security holes

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 9 July 2010 12:53 PM
Asks companies to accept “Big Brother” monitoring equipment.
Bredolab malware targets public sector 

Bredolab malware targets public sector

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 19 February 2010 2:12 PM
Malware turns to data-stealing.
General public more aware of security threats: RSA 

General public more aware of security threats: RSA

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 22 January 2010 12:19 PM
Though memory sticks still end up at dry cleaners.
Symantec makes deal for risk management firm 

Symantec makes deal for risk management firm

In Cloud - By Shaun Nichols, 14 January 2010 9:54 AM
Company agrees to acquire IT security specialist Gideon.
Fortinet to become first IT security IPO of 2009 

Fortinet to become first IT security IPO of 2009

In Cloud - By Dan Kaplan, 19 November 2009 11:59 AM
'Validates' UTM market.
Temporary files frequently left on shared computers 

Temporary files frequently left on shared computers

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 7 October 2009 11:11 AM
Better user education needed.
Fortinet files for IPO 

Fortinet files for IPO

In Cloud - By SC Australia Staff, 11 August 2009 10:49 AM
Unified threat management solution supplier Fortinet has filed a registration statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for a $US100 million initial public ...
Bloggers have no right to privacy, says British court 

Bloggers have no right to privacy, says British court

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 18 June 2009 11:00 AM
The High Court in London has ruled that bloggers have no right to privacy under British law since “blogging is essentially a public rather than a private activity.”
General public is in need of security education 

General public is in need of security education

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 11 November 2008 10:23 AM
Tim Callan, vice president of SSL product marketing at VeriSign, has claimed that there is too much dependency on people's knowledge when it comes to security.
One in four public DNS servers insecure 

One in four public DNS servers insecure

In Web/client - By Dave Bailey, 11 November 2008 10:19 AM
One in four public-facing domain name system (DNS) servers on the internet are still vulnerable to the Kaminsky flaw, according to the fourth annual survey of DNS servers by ...
NetAlert helps public libraries 

NetAlert helps public libraries

In Web/client - By Negar Salek, 10 August 2007 12:15 PM
Australian public libraries will receive free ISP security filtering to help protect users from online dangers.
UK govt putting public data at risk: SafeBoot supremo 

UK govt putting public data at risk: SafeBoot supremo

In Risk - By Paul Fisher, 1 August 2007 11:59 AM
A new report from the UK National Audit Office has found that 70 percent of central Government departments are risking their own security by failing to ensure that sensitive ...
Experts call for public disclosure of information leaks 

Experts call for public disclosure of information leaks

In Risk - 18 April 2007 3:45 PM
Employees remain the greatest risk to an organisation's data.
Unknown number of victims in Hortica Insurance backup tape loss 

Unknown number of victims in Hortica Insurance backup tape loss

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 10 April 2007 9:54 AM
An unknown number of clients of the Florists' Mutual Insurance Company had their personal information lost when a locked shipping case containing magnetic backup tapes was ...
Sourcefire going public 

Sourcefire going public

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 27 October 2006 6:13 PM
Sourcefire, maker of the popular open-source Snort intrusion prevention technology, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) to raise up to $75 million in stock, six ...
Personal info of 100K sailors, Marines posted to public site 

Personal info of 100K sailors, Marines posted to public site

By Dan Kaplan, 10 July 2006 10:10 PM
The personal information of more than 100,000 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps members was errantly posted on the Naval Safety Center website, the Navy announced in a statement Friday.
Secret Service goes public on cybercrime crackdown 

Secret Service goes public on cybercrime crackdown

By Dan Kaplan, 31 March 2006 10:53 PM
The U.S. Secret Service has publicized an ongoing undercover operation targeting people who steal personal information and create malicious software to sell it in online forums.
FTC polls public on CAN-SPAM changes 

FTC polls public on CAN-SPAM changes

By Marcia Savage, 1 June 2005 7:33 PM
The Federal Trade Commission is asking for public comment on proposed new definitions and provisions to the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003.
FTC encourages public to report spammers 

FTC encourages public to report spammers

By Dan Ilett, 19 January 2004 11:03 AM
The US Government has launched a website for victims of junk email to report spammers.
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