Kaspersky Opens Office In Oz
Kaspersky Lab has announced that it is opening a regional office in Australia to further develop the company?s business in Oceania. Alexey Gromyko, former Business Development Manager in Australia and New Zealand, will now be head of this regional office based in Melbourne.

Gen Y Not Asking The Big Security Questions
They may have a questioning nature and they may be tech-savvy, but Generation Y is creating a security nightmare for many companies out there.

IT Safety Site Launched Today
The Internet Protectors today opened its doors to computer users looking for non-technical help in learning about and protecting themselves against the security risks that plague Internet users today.

McAfee Software Goes Up In Clouds
McAfee will change how it delivers malware-signature software updates, claiming that this would provide speedier fixes for users, according to a report in networkworld.com.

Super Fast Norton Anti-Virus Launched Today
According to Symantec, the new Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton AntiVirus 2009 will set a new industry standard for speed and performance.

Symantec Set To Acquire PC Tools
Symantec has signed an agreement to acquire local software vendor PC Tools, a global provider of anti-virus software products and security for Windows computer users.

Internet Censorship Before Olympics Start
The Olympic Games haven't even got out of the starting blocks and China's bureaucracy is already interfering with the foreign media's coverage of the event.

Beware the Blog--Malware Attacks Coming From Social Sites
You wouldn?t know it but daily malware attacks are coming down in number. However, what is changing is the way they are being launched and who they are targeting.

Sophos To Buy German Encryption Firm
Sophos has announced its attention to acquire German encryption specialist Utimaco, and by default has managed to move directly into the endpoint security space.

Malware Invoices & Viral Packages Flooding SMB Inboxes
Many small businesses wrongly believe that they're too insignificant to attract hackers and spend too little time on security but according to Secure Computing, since the beginning of July there are steady waves of mass-mailings hitting inboxes with fake invoices.

Filtered ISPs Make Senator Conroy Breathe Easy
Only days after hundreds of Australian businesses are still trying to untangle themselves from the so-called UPS parcel virus, Federal Communications Senator Stephen Conroy has welcomed news ?advances in filtering technology?.

1 Website Infected Every 3.5 Seconds
The latest research from security vendor Sophos highlights, what it claims is the worsening state of security on the web.

Hard Drive Encryption Not All Its Cracked Up To Be
According to researchers at the University of Washington, PC users using encryption software to keep part of a computer's hard drive private, may be fooling themselves.

Banks Beware! -- WWW Found To Have Fatal Flaw
According to a number of overseas reports, Internet industry heavyweights are trying to fix a flaw in the foundation of the Internet that could allow hackers to control traffic on the worldwide web.

Symantec Says Word Attack Inevitable
Symantec has posted a warning on its website that attackers are using an ?undisclosed vulnerability affecting Microsoft Word."

Conroy Hints At International Web Security Pact
Speaking to the OECD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Korea, the federal Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy hinted at greater cooperation between international governments over the issue of protecting online users.

Mobile Antivirus Suite From Eset
Eset has announced Mobile Antivirus, a lightweight version of the company?s heuristic technology that has been optimised for mobile platforms.

IT Security Needs To Be Virtual Says Check Point
IDC has noted that surfing the Web remains a very dangerous endeavor as criminal hackers and bot herders increasingly corrupt websites, planting Web browser-based attacks used to steal personal information or plant malware on an unsuspecting public.

Senator Conroy Becomes The Cybernator
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has turned himself into an online superhero in a bid to kill off spam, malware, hacking and other online abuse.

Check Point Gets iPhone VPN Gig
Check Point Software Technologies has today announced Check Point VPN-1 support for the upcoming and much-anticipated Apple iPhone, allowing secure remote access to corporate network systems.

The Most Dangerous Net Domain Is??
Security vendor McAfee has released the most dangerous neighborhoods on the Web with Hong Kongs, (.hk) domain jumping to the top of the list, followed by China's (.cn) domain. The safest domain is Finland's (.fi) and second is Japan's (.jp) according to toptechnews.com.

Trend Micro Delivers No Worries SMB Security
Trend Micro has enhanced its flagship Worry-Free Security Solutions with two new modules giving SMBs smarter and better-performing technology in order to conquer a more sophisticated web threat landscape that has mutated beyond just conventional viruses and spam.

Cyber Detectives Protect Children Online
ACMA is partnering with the Victoria Police for the launch of a program, which will take place tomorrow at Coburg North Primary School, giving school children access to the Australian Communications and Media Authority?s (ACMA) online safety activity, Cybersmart Detectives.

61 Percent Of Consumers Trust The Voice
A study released today found that Australian consumers feel the use of voice biometric authentication is the most secure means of verifying personal identity over the phone.

Aussie Domains Top Trojan Hit List
MessageLabs said it has intercepted a Trojan specifically targeted at Australian domains.

PC Piracy Falls Due To Tough Laws Says IDC
According to a study released today, software piracy in Australia fell one percentage point from 29 per cent in 2006 to 28 per cent in 2007, amid a global trend in which piracy rates dropped in most countries. Industry losses due to software piracy in Australia also fell to AU $525.4 million in 2007.

AVG Digs Deeper Channel With Promotions
Anti-Virus and Internet Security software distributor, AVG has expanded and restructured its channel management team to improve its breadth and depth of service for resellers.

Trojans Targeting Online Gamers
According to Fortinet, the top 10 most reported high-risk threats for April 2008 were driven by a campaign launched on April Fools Day and two online gaming Trojans that primarily targeted a number of Asian countries: China/Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

PayPal To Block Older Browsers
When you are the worlds number one target for phishing scams, something has to give. And that something it seems is the old internet browser.

Apple Releases Safari Fix
Apple has released version 3.1.1 of the Safari web browser to address several serious security problems.

Trend Micro And Cisco Get Even Closer
Trend Micro has announced that it is extending its relationship with Cisco by integrating Trend Micro Web security services into the Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) platform.

Gone Phishing: Reality Of Life On The Net
EMC has reported a record high in the number of global phishing attacks. This they say, was influenced by the spread of phishing to additional geographic regions and new verticals, including for the first time both Australia and New Zealand appearing in the regional breakdown of attacked global banking brands.

Symantec Says Use Your Head When Online
According to security vendor Symantec, using commonsense when dealing online is one of the foremost methods of keeping malware and other computer nasties away from your system.

Worried About IT Security?- Just Dont Ask The White House For Help!
According to a report from the US, all White House e-mail containing staffers personal business passes through an unencrypted ISP based offsite- which has resulted in about five million White House e-mails sent between 2003 and 2005 going missing.

Apple Accused of Peddling Malware
According to reports on www.newsfactor.com, Danish security firm Secunia has found two major vulnerabilities in the Safari browser that can corrupt memory and display arbitrary code in Windows.