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  • Budget: E-security gets $13.6m boost

    The federal government will spend AU$13.6 million over the next four years trying to protect consumers and businesses from "sophisticated and targeted attacks".

  • Debian locks out developers after server hack

    The Debian GNU/Linux project has locked a number of its developers out of their system accounts following a security scare in which the hack of a key internal server was discovered this week.

  • SCO Web site attacked again

    SCO, the ever-popular Unix company, has come under attack from hackers once again. This time they have replaced the front page of SCO's Web site with their own version that parodies SCO's legal battles over Linux.

  • AMD forums laid low by WMF exploit

    A discussion forum Web site for fans of Advanced Micro Devices chips was closed on Monday after the discovery there of an exploit for Microsoft's Windows Meta File flaw.

  • Symantec Web site under DDoS attack

    An e-mail worm is recruiting computers for a coordinated attack on antivirus vendor Symantec's Web site.

  • Research: Spyware industry worth billions

    Despite reductions in the number of computers infected by spyware applications, the troublesome software has created a billion-dollar industry that continues to plague both consumers and businesses, researchers said on Tuesday.

  • Linux lasting longer against Net attacks

    Unpatched Linux systems are surviving longer on the Internet before being compromised, according to a report from the Honeynet Project released this week.

  • Developers take Linux attacks to heart

    A handful of recent online attacks on free and open-source software servers has open-source developers looking over their shoulders.

  • Blanket hack muffles RIAA site - again

    Hackers have once again disabled the Web site of the Recording Industry Association of America, a group of record labels that is leading the charge in the crackdown on online music piracy.

  • Reuters responds to hacking claims

    Responding to accusations of hacking from Swedish software company Intentia, the Reuters news agency has claimed that it merely download information from a publicly accessible section of the company's Web site.

  • Attack targets .info domain system

    Attackers flood another domain name system with a deluge of data in an online assault that resembles last month's attempt to cripple DNS root servers.

  • Windows VPN software allows attacks

    Windows 2000 and Windows XP servers can be attacked through the software ordinarily used to create secure connections to remote workers.

  • Intruders: Is detection or protection the answer?

    Intrusion detection systems have failed, say the experts--but are intrusion protection systems anything more than an effort to retread and re-market them?

  • Viruses: Should IT managers do more?

    Australian IT managers and CIOs are aware of the havoc viruses can wreak on their systems. But are organisations doing enough to protect themselves against this threat?

  • The Year Ahead: The future of viruses

    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.

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