Security Weekly by Computerworld http://www.computerworld.com.au Security Weekly by Computerworld en-us Copyright 2009, IDG Communications, for personal use only, not for redistribution without permission. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:00:02 +1000 60 New scam email uses Australian Federal Police to gain victims' trust http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1035281655&rid=-144 Cyber criminals have changed tack in their ongoing scam campaign against banks, moving to the use of government agencies to gain the trust of unsuspecting email recipients. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:49:00 +1000 Mozilla slates first Firefox 3.5 patch http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=69634681&rid=-144 Mozilla will patch the just-released Firefox 3.5 in the next few weeks to stamp out several bugs that went unfixed in the final version of the browser, the company said Tuesday. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:46:00 +1000 AFP hits $6 million identity fraud syndicate http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1208540801&rid=-144 The Australian Federal Police (AFP) claims to have struck a major blow to a multi-million identity fraud syndicate. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:25:00 +1000 When your phone rings, the copyright police may come calling http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1832761797&rid=-144 A digital rights group is contesting a U.S. music industry association's assertion that royalties are due each time a mobile phone ringtone is played in public. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:02:00 +1000 Judge temporarily dismisses MySpace cyberbully case http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1282775642&rid=-144 A U.S. judge on Friday overruled a jury verdict and dismissed a case against a Missouri woman convicted last November in a cyberbullying case that led to a teenager's death. Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:25:00 +1000 Microsoft unleashes five service packs for its enterprise security wares http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=826490565&rid=-144 In the past week, Microsoft has unleashed five service packs for its enterprise class security software. These service packs include the beta 2 of its identity management framework "Geneva," the SP3 of Forefront Security for SharePoint, the SP2 of Forefront Security for Exchange Server and trial versions of Antigen Spam Manager for Exchange and Antigen for SMTP Gateways. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:07:00 +1000 DR a growing concern for A/NZ CIOs: Symantec http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=722026830&rid=-144 CIOs in Australia and New Zealand are increasingly getting involved in the disaster recovery planning of their organisations, according to a new survey from Symantec. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:16:00 +1000 Facebook simplifies privacy settings, calls them too complex http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=25398420&rid=-144 Facebook will simplify the way in which it offers privacy options to its users, as it gets ready to give its members for the first time the option to make the content they post on their profiles available to anyone on the Internet. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:48:00 +1000 Small-business network security 101 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1468593243&rid=-144 Today more than ever, good network security is vital to businesses of all sizes. Cybercriminals, equipped with sophisticated software that automates the task of seeking out vulnerabilities, aren't focusing on large enterprises alone; any easy target will do. Fortunately, however, good security isn't as expensive or as complicated to implement as it used to be. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:17:00 +1000 New Trojan puts sneaky twist on click fraud http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=90407933&rid=-144 A new piece of malicious software has been discovered that cheats Google and potentially other search engines out of money. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:15:00 +1000