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Internet security: just wishful thinking? By: Information Age staff
19/02/2008 11:37:09
Malware, adware, viruses and spam continue to assail users everywhere as the Internet continues to be a dangerous place - and it's getting worse. While security vendors struggle even to stay in touch with an accelerating tide of threats, professional criminals are gainfully exploiting millions of computers, governments and businesses are recruiting specialised hackers to wrest away others' secrets and malware writers are winning their war. The extent of Australian computer crime is hard to gauge as there's no requirement for it to be reported. However, the fact that more than a billion dollars was spent on trying to find and seal holes in the security fences here and in NZ shows that the problem has got industry attention. In this survey our writers here and overseas look at the panoply of dangers out there, what is being done to create a bulwark against them - and where the battles have simply been lost. There's little to cheer looking down the security road for the next year; elsewhere in this issue, Neil McAllister looks at the top 25 technoflops of all time. Security came out at the top of his list. More...

The Web's security seams set to burst By: Beverley Head
19/02/2008 11:58:21
Social networkers' haste to post personal data has cybersharks circling More...

Stopping malware that mutates on demand By: Roger A. Grimes
19/02/2008 11:55:21
Antivirus vendors are struggling to contain polymorphs that evade traditional scans More...

Cyber-espionage moves into B2B By: Matt Hines
19/02/2008 11:52:44
Business and governments are the new victims - and the perpetrators More...

Security information management By: Curtis F Franklin Jr
19/02/2008 11:47:22
Shopping for a SIM solution to monitor network security and compliance? There are traps for the unwary in this rapidly evolving market segment More...

Apple growth will draw malware attacks By: Matt Hines
19/02/2008 14:56:53
Mac OS X is safer today -- but not necessarily more secure for the long term -- than Windows More...

IT security and management on collision course By: Matt Hines
04/01/2008 04:12:44
As security companies push into systems management, and vendors in the management space push back, convergence of the two is ongoing and largely unavoidable More...

Government-industry security group expands By: Matt Hines
23/10/2007 00:15:16
The Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP), an IT security standards consortium that includes heavyweights such as the US Department of Defense (DoD) and many of the largest government contractors in the world, is looking to broaden its ranks. More...