Linux creator Linus Torvalds has labelled makers of the rival OpenBSD operating system a "bunch of masturbating monkeys" in a wider critique of what he said was self-centred behaviour in the IT security industry.
The Federal Department of Defence has revealed plans to dump its in-house developed email classification system and replace it with a Canadian solution.
Search giant Google has catapulted itself to the top in the ranks of web hosts with the most malware, courtesy of its blogging website Blogger, according to security vendor Sophos.
The computer network hostage crisis in San Francisco is over, thanks to the city's mayor.
One large Australian organisation and a local computer security advisor have played down the importance of a security flaw in the global Domain Name System (DNS) that has led to panic in some security circles around the globe.
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Research in Motion has released a patch for a security flaw in BlackBerry Enterprise Server, which exposed corporate networks to hackers via a maliciously crafted PDF document
Microsoft said on Monday in the US that it has released the first update to its Windows Home Server product.
The website of the Georgian president was the subject of a distributed-denial-of-service attack over the weekend.
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group and card provider Visa have launched a new transaction card that can make small payments without the need for a personal identification number or signature or even touching an EFTPOS terminal.
A strange sort of techno-drama is playing out in the city of San Francisco, California right now. The blame for the fiasco may not be as easily assigned as it at first appears.
Paris-based computer security firm Intego late last week said it had released the first antivirus software for Apple's iPhone handset.
Ministry of Defence staff have reported 87 USB data-storage devices containing classified data lost or stolen since 2004.
Westpac has announced that long-time Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief information officer Bob McKinnon will join its ranks as its new head of technology, as the bank undertakes a major overhaul of its technology support operation.
Computer security vendor Symantec has opened test versions of two of its Norton 2009 products to the public.
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