Zuckerberg's Facebook: Hackers build, not break things
Mark Zuckerberg outlined his company's US$5 billion initial public offering that at Facebook's heart is an approach he calls the "Hacker Way".
Stories by Liam Tung
Australian cyber 'readiness' lags amidst 'arms race'
Despite recent efforts to bolster cyber security at a national level within Australia, it lags behind smaller countries at a time when most security professionals believe there's a cyber arms race going on.
Student ARP spoof's school network with Android device
A US student in the state of Omaha has admitted to redirecting the school's outbound traffic to an Android device, leaving the school with intermittent network access over three days.
Symantec: disable pcAnywhere until fully patched
Symantec on Tuesday took the dramatic step of advising customers of its secure communications product pcAnywhere to disable it, confirming that a 2006 data breach in which hackers stole its source code had led to a heightened risk of a successful attack.
Microsoft plucks Kelihos botnet coder from AV industry
Microsoft has named Russian software developer Andrey N. Sabelnikov as the alleged coder behind its botnet takedown target, Kelihos.
EU eyes board with 24 hr data breach notifications
A tough new European data privacy regime, set to be unveiled this week, contains proposed penalties that appear certain to elevate privacy and security to the board room.
ASIC: clients should "urgently" review online trading account security
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned online stockbroking accounts users to check their computer security after discovering "several" intrusions during recent surveillance.
McAfee fixes hosted-service spam flaw
McAfee has issued a patch for a flaw in its hosted anti-malware service Total Protection which allowed spammers to hijack customers machines to serve spam.
Facebook outs Koobface worm crew
Facebook on Tuesday named the five people it believes were behind the notorious Koobface worm, which duped a few hundred thousand Facebook users into downloading its malware.
How much new Mac malware arrived in 2011?
The year that just passed supplied enough discoveries of Mac malware that it became safe, possibly even prudent, to say the use of antivirus for OS X systems was a good idea.
Obama spikes anti-piracy SOPA over DNSSEC
The Obama Administration on Saturday announced it will veto the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act due to the threat the bill posed to the security of the internet's architecture.
Aussie-founded PC Tools stars in Symantec ‘scareware’ suit
Two key products by PC Tools, the Australian company Symantec acquired in 2008, are at the centre of what could become a class action against the security giant.
Attackers spoof US-CERT phish alert to lure victims
Phishers are using spoofed email addresses from the US Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) to trick recipients into downloading a malicious executable.
Australia’s zombie infections doubled in 2011
Despite near ubiquitous support by Australian ISPs for the anti-zombie iCode and major botnet take downs last year, Australian botnet infections doubled over the second half of 2011.
2011, the year of the DDoS?
There was a 700 per cent increase in the number of DDoS attacks in second half of 2011, according to content delivery service, CloudFlare.