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• ANZUS cyber security message aimed at China

  The extension of the ANZUS alliance into cyberspace in 2011 was aimed at cyber attacks from China, a new study says.

• Conficker: Microsoft says two basic security steps might have stopped infections

  If businesses and consumers stuck to security basics, they could have avoided all cases of Conficker worm infection detected on 1.7 million systems by Microsoft researchers in the last half of 2011.

• Call for mandatory data breach notifications renewed

  Australian consumers are facing unnecessary cyber security risks thanks to the ongoing lack of mandatory data breach notification laws, the Parliament’s Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety has heard.

• Conroy spruiks Safer Internet Day

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), together with Senator Stephen Conroy, have launched Safer Internet Day, an initiative designed to encourage cyber safety.

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  Anonymous kicks off anti-SOPA DDoS rampage -- updated

  Anonymous appears to be currently carrying what is one of its largest DDoS attacks in what it claims is a response to the proposed SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy measures in the US and recent charges laid against the backers of file sharing site MegaUpload.

• Australia ranked third for Cyber Power

  Australia has been ranked third behind the UK and US and ahead of 17 other G-20 nations for its ability to withstand cyber attacks and to deploy the digital infrastructure needed for a productive and secure economy.

• Fast Five: This week in IT 11/11/11

  Your five-minute wrap of the top Australian ICT stories this week.

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  Network trust and security in doubt

  The decommissioning of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) across Australia over the next few years could accelerate the deterioration of one of communication technology’s most valuable assets: Trust.

• Defence to fund cyber security prototyping

  The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) will spend up to $2.2 million on prototyping new cyber security technologies to help ‘future proof’ Australia’s defence capabilities.

• Government, business battens hatches following Cyber Storm III

  Major ASX-listed companies and government departments have been fine-tuning their cyber security in the months following their participation in international Cyber Storm III exercise, according to Federal Attorney General, Robert McClelland.

• Attorney-General outlines cyber security strategy

  To protect the nation's digital economy, the Attorney-General has said collaboration and flexibility must be included in the Australian government's cyber security strategy.

• Small business privacy laws must be amended: Fed Govt committee

  The Joint Select Committee on Cyber Safety has advised the Federal Government to amend the Privacy Act 1988 to ensure certain small businesses are subject to the requirements of the Act.

• McClelland launches cyber security week

  Attorney-General Robert McClelland has launched national cyber security awareness week, urging online vigilance as the internet increasingly becomes part of our daily lives.

• Email viruses creep up as spam falls in April

  Malicious emails took the lead from spam as the biggest cyber threat in Australia during April as targeted attacks continued to rise.

• Spear phishing leads cyber attack wave: IBM

  Targeted attacks against enterprise networks are on the increase as cyber criminals change tactics, according to security experts.