Scare stories might be good for business but who really benefits?
A renowned security researcher, known as Rain Forest Puppy (RFP), has branded virtualisation technologies such as VMWare as "very risky" when used in production environments, during his swan-song presentation at Australia's Hack 2003 conference.
Last weekend, several hundred Lithuanian websites were defaced with pro-Soviet and anti-Lithuanian slogans, according to The New York Times.
The Best Western hotel chain has given details of a hack involving one of its hotels, but downplayed reports that eight million customers have been affected.
Since being released from prison eight years ago, Kevin Mitnick's brushes with the law have consisted of a few parking tickets and a citation for driving without a front license plate - that is, until he returned from a trip to Colombia two weeks ago.
It's not very often that a company gets hacked and then agrees to talk about the incident, so when the finance director of a Sydney-based firm asked if I would be interested in writing a story about a security breach that cost him AU$9,000, I grabbed the opportunity.
The new and improved Mac hack competition, which was set up by an Apple systems engineer at the University of Wisconsin in response to a ZDNet Australia story shut down early because the university's CIO was concerned about "security and network access".
Banks obviously have an interest in making consumers feel safe. They are there to protect the customers' money. They want customers to use their online services, too, because the channel offers a lower cost per transaction than a branch. But giving away free security software to make customers feel safe is probably doing more harm than good.
HP is to launch a penetration-testing service for businesses in October using controlled exploit code.
One of the world's largest IT security companies, Internet Security Systems, has been left with egg on its face after one of its servers was defaced by intruders.
Symantec is warning Internet users of a Trojan horse that removes spyware but alters the security settings in computers.
IT observer Jon Oltsik says corporate network defenses protect against the wrong enemy. Additional reading: Microsoft's bounty hunter
Mudge, Kevin Mitnick, Adrian Lamo, Jericho and Raven Alder speak to ZDNet Australia about the making of a hacker.
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In 2002, users and companies got a respite from the disruptive viruses of 2001. But a more sophisticated generation of worms is on the way.
The i-mate Ultimate 9502 is the larger sibling of the i-mate 8502, and shares the honour of being Australia's first HSUPA phone. While we believe this phone is in the same league as a BlackBerry or the iPhone, be wary of Telstra's promised internet speeds.
United States-based security company @stake (atstake.com) has released a security advisory detailing a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the Nokia 6210 GSM mobile phone, and although the flaw isn't serious it could be a sign of worse things to come.
Windows Server 2003 is supposed to be the product that finally persuades NT4 users to upgrade - yet many who do will find some of their applications will no longer work.
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