Auscert
34 Stories
Cyberattack alert service helps Aussies Stay Smart
News The new service for small business and home users aims to help Australians protect themselves from attacks in cyberspace.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Security Management, Security, Australia, Small Business, Service, antivirus, Anti-spam, Internet User
Expert: IT industry has failed in desktop security
News Software shipped with the major operating systems runs unencumbered on most machines--and not all of that software should be trusted, he says.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security
New Sendmail glitch makes two in March
News A serious security vulnerability has been found in the popular Sendmail software, which processes 60 percent to 70 percent of the world's e-mail.
Aust customs security chief paints sober picture
News Hackers are now targeting specific government personnel, according to the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.
Tags: Hacking, Viruses and worms, Malware, Security, Conference, AusCERT, Microsoft Windows Vista, Information Security, USB, Australia
Kaspersky impressed by botnet slickness
News Cybersecurity expert Eugene Kaspersky says Conficker would have been nastier if the botnet had been motivated by more than just money.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Malware, Domain Name, Conference, Worm, Domain, AusCERT, Algorithm, ICANN, Ukraine
Artist formerly known as Patchlink touts whitelists
News Lumension Security, formerly called Patchlink, now has a new focus to go with its new name: whitelisting.
Tags: Security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Data, Conference, Lumension Security Inc., AusCERT, Video, antivirus, patch management
Microsoft admits Vista UAC prompts 'need work'
News Scott Charney, head of the company's Trustworthy Computing division, says user feedback has indicated that the prompts are not intuitive.
Tags: Windows Vista, Authentication and encryption, Microsoft Corp., Security, Prompt, AusCERT, User Account Control, Microsoft Windows Vista, Scott Charney, software company
Antivirus is completely wasted money?
News Companies are resigned to virus infection despite antivirus protection and wasting money on security processes that do not work, says Cisco CSO John Steward.
Tags: Antivirus software, Security, Malware, AusCERT, software company, antivirus, software, patch management, McAfee Inc., researcher
Security group warns of flaw in wireless protocol
News The Australian Computer Emergency Response Team issues an advisory warning companies that their wireless networks could be disrupted by an attacker with a handheld device.
Patchlink looking for more acquisitions, new name
News The acquisition of a vulnerability management product earlier this year was certainly not the last, according to a Patchlink senior executive, who also admitted a name-change is on the cards.
Tags: Security Management
OLPC wireless tech goes the distance
News The pre-draft 802.11s version, which is more suited for conditions in developing economies, has been tested to a range of 2km.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Mobile/Wireless
Social networking 'addiction' aids phishing
News Information found on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook a "goldmine of data" for cyber criminals to exploit, according to security experts.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Privacy, Web 2.0
Security: The weakest link
Insight Some of the most ubiquitous tech products and services worldwide are so hopelessly compromised security-wise that there must now be real concern over whether technology can deliver the raft of efficiency and innovation benefits it is capable of.
HP ships USB sticks with malware included
News HP has released a batch of USB keys for numerous Proliant server models which contain malware that could allow an attacker to take over an infected system.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Software should defend itself: Oracle CSO
News Applications will have to defend themselves from attack in the future, according to Oracle's chief security officer Mary Ann Davidson.
Tags: Security implementation/standards
