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True crime: The botnet barons 04 January, 2008 07:03:57
Two weeks ago, the feds revealed the names of eight people who had used botnets to engage in nefarious activity. Here are their storiesWhen federal agents announced on November 29 that they'd indicted or convicted eight individuals accused of using botnets (networks of computers infected with Trojan horse applications) to engage in criminal activity, the press release barely explained the nature and extent of the men's crimes -- or the investigations that led to arrests in an operation the FBI and other law enforcement agencies have termed Bot Roast II. - +
The 2007 security hall of shame 27 December, 2007 07:47:46
Bad breaches, ghastly gaffes and five people we'd like to forgetHow bad was 2007 for breaches, vulnerabilities and similar mayhem? On the bright side, it was better than 2008 is forecast to be. With more of every sort of meltdown predicted -- more criminalization of the hacker community, more Web-application attacks, more phishing, more spamming, more zero-day attacks and more virtualization-related threats -- we're happy to tell you that you are likely to look back on 2007 as the peaceful old days.
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Two Sydney men accused of being members of an alleged syndicate producing illegal pay TV cards will face court today.
The cards, known as 'smart' or 'gamma' cards, allow users to access both the Foxtel and Austar Pay TV networks without paying the subscription fee.
The two men have been charged with making and distributing unauthorised decoders and possessing property suspected to be proceeds of a crime.
In April, following a six month investigation, the Australian Federal Police seized hundreds of fake pay TV encryption cards and set-top decoders in Victoria, NSW and Queensland. Two Victorian men have already been charged.
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ARN Panel Sessions: Day 3The last of our panel sessions recorded live at CeBIT 2008. Today, the topic is storage. Data is growing at an enormous rate, so what does the future hold?
Weekly Tech News Update: 13th October, 2008A new BlackBerry takes the world by storm, AMD splits into two and new games are on display at the Tokyo Game Show.
Brian's bloopersIt takes a long time to produce an episode of Channel Watch. Maybe you'll understand why after watching this...
When an IT disaster occurs, how handy it would be to push a button and start again as if nothing had happened.
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NetStar Networks Calls Brisbane Home 13 October, 2008 12:01:00
F-Secure achieves excellent results in Internet security suite comparison 10 October, 2008 14:37:00
Lock It Up With Maxtor BlackArmour, Hardware Encrypted Storage Provides Government Grade Security For Consumers 10 October, 2008 09:04:00
M2M Connectivity announces the new Sierra Wireless MC8792V embedded module for 900 MHz 3G/HSPA networks 10 October, 2008 08:51:00
IOGEAR Gears Up in Australia 09 October, 2008 20:18:00
Dimension Data, La Trobe University and Windows Server 2008 partner to improve compliance
La Trobe University partnered with Dimension Data to deploy Windows Server 2008 and Network Access Protection technology to improve their existing network security solution.
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