Friday | 9 January, 2009

Stories about: Wiretapped

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    App security audits: Don't ignore thick clients 30/07/2008 08:26:33

    When it comes to running application security audits many organizations make the mistake of assuming that only Internet-facing, browser-based Web applications deserve scrutiny. After all, thick client applications tend to face inside and tend to be compiled binaries so they are less risk of malicious tampering.
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    ACLU files lawsuit to challenge surveillance law 11/07/2008 07:57:47

    The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and several other groups have filed a lawsuit in an effort to strike down a new law allowing the U.S. government to intercept the phone calls and e-mail messages of people with suspected ties to terrorism.
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    Listen up: Govt law to aid eavesdropping 21/04/2008 08:02:51

    It will be easier for law enforcement to install wiretaps in public telephones, cafe computers and mobile phones under proposed amendments to the Telecommunications (Interception) Act (TIA) discussed in a Senate hearing last week.
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    VoIP disrupts national security efforts 23/06/2006 07:40:00

    Australian VoIP service providers must keep interception channels open for law enforcement following a legislative review which IT Minister Helen Coonan has endorsed.
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    Wireless security 26/06/2002 15:46:44

    Wireless security requires a number of technical safeguards to protect the confidentiality and integrity of e-mail and other data broadcast over radio waves.
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    Wireless security 25/06/2002 10:30:00

    Some people think that the term wireless security is an oxymoron, but in fact, wireless security isn't very different from wired security. To protect data going out from an organization, whether over radio waves that anyone can listen in on or over phone lines or network cabling that can be wiretapped or sniffed, you need the same basic controls as with any other connection.
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    Scanning for trouble 18/09/2000 12:01:01

    E-mail-borne viruses have reached something of a watershed in their potential to wreak economic damage on hapless organisations throughout the world. Witness the ILoveYou worm, which spiralled out of the Philippines in May, ultimately delivering an astronomical repair bill (in fixes and lost productivity) estimated in the tens of billions.
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    Woolies Patch Doesn't Check Out, Hackers Say 28/08/2000 12:01:01

    Australian retail giant Woolworths said this week it has corrected security flaws in the design of its online shopping site (HomeShop) which allowed potential hackers to hijack customer accounts and access personal information.
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    Woolies, eTax hacked full of holes 18/08/2000 13:01:01

    Hacker group 2600 Australia has sent warnings to two major Australian business-to-consumer e-commerce players of gaping loopholes in their online security.
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    Japan's Police Gain Right to Tap Phone, E-Mail 15/08/2000 12:01:01

    TOKYO (07/14/2000) - Japan's police gained at midnight Tuesday the right to eavesdrop on telephone calls and fax messages and access e-mail accounts in the course of their investigations into serious crimes -- defined by the law as those concerning illegal drugs, cases involving weapons, organized group illegal entry into Japan, and organized murders.
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