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  • Healthcare industry immune to lacklustre climate

    While IT is transforming Australia's healthcare industry, innovation in the sector is stalling because of security concerns.

    Written by Siobhan McBride • 20 April 04 08:10

  • Latest Microsoft patches draw user ire

    Microsoft's release last Tuesday of three critical patches to fix 20 flaws in various Windows products drew flak from users who expressed frustration at the company's continuing problems with security.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan • 19 April 04 08:10

  • Netsky.V climbs through upstairs Windows

    The latest variant of the hugely effective Netsky series of worms is causing trouble by spreading without the use of an attachment. Slipping past many email gateways, it can launch simply by being viewed in an email program.

    Written by Matthew Broersma • 19 April 04 08:00

  • Vulnerability database goes live

    The Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB), which was developed to catalog and describe the Internet's security vulnerabilities, has opened for public use.

    Written by Linda Rosencrance • 19 April 04 07:47

  • Banks' e-fraud code of silence stymies action

    Australian banks which stubbornly refuse to provide law enforcement authorities and government with comprehensive figures on the incidence of electronic fraud is impeding the fight against cyber crime. It may even encourage e-crooks to target Australia, a conference on ATM security was warned last week.

    Written by Julian Bajkowski • 15 April 04 08:41

  • NetScreen goes modular with its firewall/VPN gear

    NetScreen Technologies Inc. this week will roll out a security box that plugs a gap in its current firewall/VPN product line and introduced modular hardware that will let users more easily add security functions such as intrusion prevention.

    Written by Tim Greene • 14 April 04 08:57

  • Microsoft issues flood of critical patches

    Microsoft on Tuesday released a flood of information on new and previously disclosed holes in a wide range of software products, many of them rated "critical" and well-suited to use by malicious hackers or computer virus writers, according to one security expert.

    Written by Paul Roberts • 14 April 04 08:13

  • Security vendors bolster line of defense

    IBM Corp., Network Associates Inc. and Symantec Corp. each disclosed plans this week to beef up their security product lines to provide more defense for networks.

    Written by Jennifer Mears • 13 April 04 15:39

  • Threat moves from network to application layer

    With the shift in the perimeter of the enterprise, traditional firewall vendors such as Check Point Software Technologies are changing direction and broadening their product focus.

    Written by Sandra Rossi • 13 April 04 07:30

  • Govt departments could prove fertile phishing ground

    Banks may be today's target for "phishing" expeditions but the next big thing is likely to be government departments, suggests the Asia Pacific vice president of anti-spam company Brightmail.

    Written by Paul Brislen • 08 April 04 08:27

  • Database monitoring goes to the show

    Melbourne's Exhibition and Convention Centre has implemented a system to monitor database activity following a state government security audit.

    Written by Siobhan McBride • 07 April 04 14:40

  • Vast free vulnerability listing goes live on Net

    A collaborative project intended to give network managers a comprehensive, unbiased source of information on software vulnerabilities has gone live, delivering its entire library of flaws under an open-source licence.

    Written by Matthew Broersma • 06 April 04 08:19

  • New products focus on client security

    Product announcements from three security companies underscore the growing interest in so-called "end point" security products that protect corporate networks from infections introduced by mobile or remote employees.

    Written by Paul Roberts • 06 April 04 07:47

  • Pacific Internet expands service range

    Pacific Internet has moved into managed services, announcing the launch of two new products and signing Channelworx as a new distributor.

    Written by Alison Turner • 05 April 04 07:30

  • Survey: 2003 not a great year for security

    Symantec's semi-annual Internet Security Threat report, released in March, paints a picture of an increasingly threatening Internet. But unlike previous reports, there seems to be little in the way of good news.

    Written by Chris Conrath • 05 April 04 07:13

  • IT security strengthens in public sector

    Australian enterprises are at substantial risk of being sucker-punched by hackers because of their overly relaxed attitude to IT security the regional director of Check Point, Scott Ferguson, told the inaugural CIO Government Conference in Canberra this week.

    Written by Julian Bajkowski • 02 April 04 08:08

  • Gates e-mails security brain dump to customers

    Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates reached out to his company's customers on Wednesday in an e-mail that detailed the company's work to secure its software products.

    Written by Paul Roberts • 01 April 04 07:55

  • Cisco warns of new hacking toolkit

    Cisco Systems during the weekend warned customers about the public release of computer code that exploits multiple security vulnerabilities in Cisco products.

    Written by Paul Roberts • 30 March 04 07:45

  • New Netsky variant blames users

    A new version of the Netsky e-mail worm is programmed to launch a distributed denial of service attack on peer-to-peer (P-to-P) networks, contains a message blaming users for spreading viruses and says that Netsky's authors want to stop hacking and illegal file trading, antivirus software companies warned.

    Written by Paul Roberts • 30 March 04 07:34

  • Security product flaws attract attackers

    The software vulnerability exploited by the recent Witty worm is only the latest in a growing list of flaws being discovered in the very products users invest in to safeguard their systems.

    Written by Jaikumar Vijayan • 29 March 04 13:30
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