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    Bing filters out sensitive results for Chinese searches 25/06/2009 20:30:00

    Microsoft's Bing search engine filters out some sensitive results from searches made in simplified Chinese, the script used to write the language in China, searches revealed Thursday.
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    Aussie govt considers quantum leap in secure comms 03/03/2009 13:27:00

    Commonwealth departments to trial Quantum Key Distribution.
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    AMP, Commonwealth Bank choose homegrown security 12/09/2008 08:22:00

    Wealth management firm AMP has rejected established auditing and security frameworks for a procedure list hand-drawn by its own head of security.
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    Critics claim govt's porn filtering will fail 29/07/2008 13:33:38

    A glowing report on the government's national Internet content filtering scheme has again outraged telecommunications providers and privacy advocates who declared the results biased and worthless.
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    Four signs your security program's gone too far 25/06/2008 10:34:19

    When risk is present it calls for treatment, and security is a never-ending process... right? Yes, but as a security professional, it's easy to become focused on the hard problems (download PDF) of security -- falling into the arms race for more, more, more security controls -- and lose sight of the impact of the controls themselves.
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    Six burning questions about network security 06/06/2008 09:56:44

    Security issues often seem to smolder more than burn, but these six are certainly capable of lighting a fire under IT professionals at a moment's notice. Handle with care.
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    First came the Zip Bomb, now comes the PDF Bomb 26/05/2008 14:04:28

    A Zip Bomb is a small Zip file that exploits capabilities of compression algorithms and settings to expand into a file or set of files that consume system resources to the point of system unusability. Didier Stevens, continuing his recent work in finding interesting sections of the PDF data scheme, has described techniques for the PDF equivalent of the Zip bomb, or a PDF Bomb.
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    Stupid hacker tricks: The folly of youth 06/05/2008 18:28:18

    Ah, youth. Ready to take on the world, today's generation of dynamic, tech-immersed youngsters have grown up alongside the Internet. Firsthand, and sometimes single-handedly, they have advanced some of today's hottest technology trends, from peer-to-peer networking, to massively multiplayer online games, to social networks and instant messaging. And along the way, a small, sociopathic number of them have behaved very, very badly.
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    The darker side of Webmail 29/04/2008 10:02:55

    Web-based e-mail is booming. Services such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail are convenient, accessible and, best of all, free. Many of us have come to rely on them without giving it a second thought.
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    Police splurge $13 million to silence radio eavesdropping 24/04/2008 13:01:28

    The troubled radio network used by the Tasmanian Police will finally be upgraded, following a $13 million contract with former operator Ericsson.
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    Oracle patches 41 security flaws in database, other products 16/04/2008 10:23:59

    Oracle released 41 security fixes for its flagship database and several other products Tuesday, including 15 patches for vulnerabilities that can be exploited remotely without a username or password.
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