http://www.computerworld.com.au Security Weekly by Computerworld en-us Copyright 2010, IDG Communications, for personal use only, not for redistribution without permission. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:30:02 +1100 60 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1328503227&rid=-144 The attempted terrorist attack aboard a US-bound Christmas Day flight has prompted the Federal Government to introduce body scanning technology at international airports, as part of a $200 million airport security boost. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:20:00 +1100 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=677630781&rid=-144 CA has announced its SiteMinder and SOA Security Manager products are now available for the open source JBoss middleware platform. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:08:00 +1100 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1278639902&rid=-144 PayPal, an eBay company, has suspended personal payments to and from India and transfers to local banks in the country. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:51:00 +1100 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1383880995&rid=-144 Television celebrity Scott Cam has become the inadvertent face of a clever spam ring targeting Credit Union Australia customers. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:56:00 +1100 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=858962611&rid=-144 Desperate companies are buying off data thieves and extortionists to recover stolen data, according to experts. They claim it is “common” for some businesses operating in Australia to pay ransoms to hackers and disgruntled employees to re-secure sensitive information or prevent illicit corporate activities from becoming public. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:02:00 +1100 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1341856161&rid=-144 An Indian national pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy and aggravated identity-theft charges related to an international fraud scheme to hack into online brokerage accounts in the U.S. and use them to manipulate stock prices, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:50:00 +1100 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1919166793&rid=-144 Incidents of unwanted e-mails and attacks on computers ran high last month for countries in the Asia Pacific region, according to the monthly report of IT security firm Symantec. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:29:00 +1100 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=727701891&rid=-144 A clever phishing scheme launched last week may have stolen more than €3 million (US$4.1 million) worth of carbon emission permits from companies. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:47:00 +1100 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1951571489&rid=-144 In a live demonstration Wednesday at the Black Hat DC conference, a security consultant showed how it's possible to exploit a flaw in the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser to remotely read files on the victim's local drive, prompting a security advisory from Microsoft. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 05:08:00 +1100 http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1503642679&rid=-144 The successor program to the notorious Zango spyware Toolbar is being used to target users of Mozilla's Firefox with fake browser updates, a security company has alleged. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:30:00 +1100