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Visa expels Global Payments after card breach

In Networks - By Dan Kaplan, 11 April 2012 7:48 AM

Cause remains shrouded in mystery.

TJX hacker Gonzalez asks for withdrawl of guilty plea

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 12 April 2011 10:47 AM

"I was a Secret Service informant," says infamous hacker Albert Gonzalez.

NBN Co to open 24x7 network surveillance centre

In Risk - By Ry Crozier, 7 February 2011 11:38 AM

Houses "specialist tiger" tactical response unit.

Telstra launches enterprise network monitoring service

In Cloud - By John Hilvert, 4 February 2011 10:16 AM

Eyes market held by AAPT, MacTel.

European ISPs fight mandatory filter

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 13 January 2011 9:23 AM

Wants host takedowns.

New Google service identifies hacked sites

In Web/client - 20 December 2010 1:53 PM

"More aggressive, public" warnings.

UK ISP security service tracks all URLs

In Web/client - By Liam Tung, 25 November 2010 12:21 PM

Targets web threats, not client infections.

Telstra assures security on remote IT support

In Web/client - 26 October 2010 3:23 PM

New way to configure devices.

Google launches two-factor service

In Networks - By Liam Tung, 21 September 2010 9:22 AM

Brings it in-house.

CBA's NZ bank Facebooks customer service

In Cloud - By Liam Tung, 14 September 2010 9:15 AM

Goes beyond publishing.

Twitter to expand URL shortening service

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 7 September 2010 3:44 PM

Refers to it as 'link-wrapping service'.

Spammers inundate Apple's new social media service Ping

In Messaging - By Angela Moscaritolo, 6 September 2010 2:23 PM

No spam or URL filtering protection evident.

Microsoft warns of zero-day Windows Shell flaw

In Applications - 20 July 2010 2:03 PM

XP SP2 users again urged to upgrade.

RIM announces BlackBerry Protect security app

In Web/client - By Khidr Suleman, 13 July 2010 8:47 AM

Free service allows users to back up, restore and remotely wipe data.

Cloud-based scanning service introduced by Watchguard

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 22 June 2010 11:31 AM

Watchguard has launched a cloud-based web security service.

Trend Micro acquires storage specialist Humyo

In Networks - By Shaun Nichols, 15 June 2010 10:23 AM

Company hopes to bolster small business backup and recovery.

Botnet-driven attacks at 'tipping point'

In Hackers - By Phil Muncaster, 11 February 2010 12:39 PM

Denial-of-service and other attacks increasingly motivated by political andactivist groups.

PushDo botnet launches web attacks

In Hackers - By Shaun Nichols, 3 February 2010 3:15 PM

Security, government sites targeted for DoS.

Trend Micro urges ISP intervention on security

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 19 January 2010 11:45 AM

Turkish and Dutch service providers record significant successes afternotifying customers.

Ethical hacker starts WPA cloud cracking service

In Crypto - By Iain Thomson, 8 December 2009 3:45 PM

Checks passwords using dictionary attack.

Bit.ly users get protection against malware and spam

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 2 December 2009 9:27 AM

Signs up with Sophos, Websense and VeriSign.

Telstra opens security monitoring facility in Canberra

In Risk - By Munir Kotadia, 24 November 2009 2:03 PM

Telstra SOC integrated with GOC and MNOC.

Microsoft looking into new SMB vulnerability report

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 16 November 2009 11:41 AM

Investigation begins at Redmond.

Warning: Make sure that's Google Wave-ing you in

In Hackers - By Shaun Nichols, 3 November 2009 4:38 PM

Trojans play on interest in invite-only service.

Researchers devise DoS attack filter

In Hackers - By Nick Farrell, 2 October 2009 7:59 AM

Developing traffic authentication smarts.

Microsoft confirms zero-day flaw in IIS

In Applications - By Phil Muncaster, 3 September 2009 9:25 AM

Affects versions 5.0, 5.1 and 6.0.

Cisco warns of new Unified Communications flaw

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 28 August 2009 2:58 PM

Telephony tool vulnerable to pair of denial of service attacks.

Twitter takes aim at Aussie 'paid follower' company

In Messaging - By Shaun Nichols, 18 August 2009 10:45 AM

uSocial says Twitter is looking to shut it down.

Twitter, Facebook and LiveJournal attacked

In Hackers - By Iain Thomson, 7 August 2009 9:50 AM

A series of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) against popular social media sites appear to have stopped after causing hours of mayhem.

McAfee makes move into SaaS with acquisition of MX Logic

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 4 August 2009 12:04 PM

McAfee is to acquire MX Logic in a deal worth over a $A201 million.

eCrime Symposium: Live coverage

In Risk - By Nate Cochrane, 4 August 2009 11:37 AM

Editor-in-chief Nate Cochrane tweets live from the eCrime Symposium.

Cisco rolls out controller fix

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 29 July 2009 3:19 PM

Company issues patch for security flaws.

F-Secure completes acquisition of Steek

In Cloud - By SC Australia Staff, 14 July 2009 10:40 AM

F-Secure has completed its acquisition of Steek.

Controversial UK mobile directory crashes

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 13 July 2009 10:06 AM

Service is overwhelmed by users rushing to remove their details.

Mass attacks on government and financial sites continue

In Hackers - By Chuck Miller, 9 July 2009 11:22 AM

Researchers remain unsure of the source of an ongoing distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that is affecting a number of US and South Korean government websites, along ...

Rolling Stone magazine hacker arrested

In Hackers - By Chuck Miller, 2 July 2009 9:39 AM

A disgruntled software developer has been charged with launching attacks against Rolling Stone and Radar Magazine.

NAB deploys voice recognition for phone banking

In Risk - 23 June 2009 9:23 AM

Telstra wins integration and support contract.

Ex-Google duo launch anti-malware web service

In Cloud - By SC Australia Staff, 17 June 2009 3:12 PM

A team including former Google employees has launched a beta service that aims to allow businesses to monitor and protect against reputation damage caused by online malware ...

Mobile phone directory service faces consumer uproar

In Risk - By Andrew Charlesworth, 10 June 2009 3:23 PM

The first directory enquiry service for UK mobile phone numbers is due to launch on 18 June.

Worm-Shiv causes problems with denial of service

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 14 April 2009 11:37 AM

A worm that prevents certain applications from working properly has been detected by Webroot.

Facebook hit by new 'Terms of Service' scam

In Messaging - By Phil Muncaster, 2 March 2009 10:32 AM

Facebook has suffered its second malware attack in a week, after it emerged that a rogue application has been posting notifications to user profiles containing malicious links.

Gary McKinnon set to face extradition after Crown Prosecution Service ruling

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 27 February 2009 10:06 AM

Hacker Gary McKinnon is set to face extradition to the US following a Crown Prosecution Service ruling.

Yahoo touts new spam protections

In Messaging - By Shaun Nichols, 22 January 2009 2:38 PM

Yahoo is touting a new set of tools it is using to block spam for its webmail service.

Rating service sues former member over data theft claims

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 19 January 2009 11:33 AM

Consumer rating service Angie's List is suing a rival start-up over a data theft claim.

AVG offers infected users free year of service

In Applications - By Emma Hughes, 17 November 2008 9:54 AM

AVG announced yesterday that it would be offering a free year of service after its antivirus software got confused and misidentified a key Windows system file as malware.

ISPs fear IPv6 security threats

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 12 November 2008 10:50 AM

Over half of internet service providers believe that new threats could emerge with the deployment of the new Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), according to the latest annual ...

In-the-cloud security to grow in economic crisis, Webroot predicts

In Cloud - By Liz Tay, 26 September 2008 9:44 AM

The economic downturn could give the software as a service (SaaS) model an edge over traditional security software provision, Webroot believes.

Insolvency Service confirms laptop theft

In Risk - By SC Australia Staff, 18 September 2008 1:28 PM

A laptop computer containing the personal details of more than 100 directors of bankrupt companies has been stolen.

Government launches alert service to kick off E-security Week

In Web/client - 6 June 2008 3:01 PM

The Federal Government kicked-off National E-security week today with the launch of a new security alert service for internet users and small businesses.

Symantec launches fraud consulting service

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 20 May 2008 8:43 AM

Symantec has launched an online fraud consulting service aimed at stemming web-based crime.

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