Monday | 6 July, 2009
Stories by: Howard Dahdah
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Transparency key recommendation in new privacy guidelines 25/08/2008 12:52:00
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner has issued a practical guide to businesses and government agencies showing them how best to respond in the event of a personal information security breach. - +
Cybercrime Convention will benefit Australia, says proponent 19/05/2008 09:36:30
The Convention on Cybercrime is the work of the Council of Europe and is aimed at facilitating international cooperation in the investigation and prosecution of computer crimes. Since the Convention came into being in 2001, the COE has been working to address the growing international concern over the threats posed by hacking and other computer-related crimes. - +
PwC review lauds ATO's security practices 08/05/2008 13:08:01
The Australian Taxation Office is on top of its game when it comes to information security, an independent investigation has found. - +
Phishing scam mimics NSW fraud squad to snare victims 30/04/2008 15:59:21
A telephone phishing scam, which purports to come from the NSW Police Force, has surfaced in NSW over the past 24 hours. - +
UK government accuses Chinese of IT espionage 03/12/2007 12:08:23
The UK government has accused the Chinese of hacking into the computer systems of some of its leading companies, according reports published by the English press over the weekend. - +
Westpac site downed by error, not hack, bank says 04/09/2007 15:51:30
The Westpac bank's Web site has been out of action for most of Tuesday, but the company has dismissed suggestions it is the result of a denial of service attack - +
Esser vindicated by PHP bug project 10/04/2007 14:15:56
[[ArtId:1592845665|Last month]], Stefan Esser, an independent security consultant and a founder of both the Hardened-PHP Project and PHP Security Response Team (which he has since left), launched his Month of PHP Bugs as a way of improving the security of PHP by outing flaws in its source code. - +
PHP bug hunter silences his critics with security project 10/04/2007 15:15:32
PHP bug hunter Stefan Esser says he feels vindicated after his successful Month of PHP Bugs project which ran through March. - +
ACT Chief Minister targeted by hackers 01/11/2005 12:47:51
Hackers have targeted the web site of the ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope. - +
Want security? You'd better wait for the new era of computing 29/09/2005 07:00:04
Complexity in software design needs to be eliminated otherwise computing's future era will be no more secure than applications in the current era. - +
Scanning tool looks to wipe out vulnerable code 14/07/2005 16:46:50
A new of piece software promises to provide an instant audit of source code, notifying developers of insecure coding practices and vulnerabilities.
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