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ASCII: An artful way around spam filters

An old computer art form is making a comeback as a newer way to evade spam filters. Read more »

OpenSSH gains ASCII visual fingerprints

The OpenBSD project has implemented the ability to view SSH keys as an ASCII visualisation in the latest version of the OpenSSH tool, which was released yesterday. Read more »

Australians want what's bad for them: Biometrics

Australians would prefer to use voice biometrics rather than PIN and password verification to prove their identity — but security experts warn biometrics exposes consumers to even greater risk. Read more »

Remote printer spam made easy

Security researcher Aaron Weaver claims visiting a random Web site could send unwanted print requests to your nearest office printer. Read more »

NAB floats denial-of-service threats to the cloud

Thanks to bots and the rise of financially-driven cybercrime, the menace of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are too real to ignore -- defending against such attacks however is driving collaboration between ISPs and top tier telcos to push security to the cloud. Read more »

YouTube piracy filters: Good enough?

While YouTube claims that its new filter system is the best they can do to stop piracy, another company wants to step in with what they describe as better coverage. Read more »

Sony continues supplying rootkit-like software

Sony continues to distribute software containing a rootkit-like cloaking technology, which security firms say could be used by criminals to hide malware, from its Web site. Read more »

Sony blasted for helping hide malware on users' PCs

Security specialists are warning that Sony's MicroVault USB, which is a biometric USB storage device, cloaks driver software in a Windows directory that could be used by malware to avoid detection from security applications. Read more »

Google to rollout content-filtering system

Google has pencilled in September as the launch date for a system that will stop pirated videos from going up on popular social networking site YouTube. Read more »

US Homeland Security still infected with Trojans?

The man in charge of IT security for the US Homeland Security department may lose his job after the revelations that his department's IT systems have misconfigured firewalls, suspicious botnet activity, trojans and virus infections. Read more »

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What does a DBA do all day?

Data integrity is a DBA's number one responsibility, but do you know what else they do all day? Read more »

Find and fix weak OpenSSL/OpenSSH keys: Debian-based Linux vulnerability

A recent vulnerability was found in the OpenSSL package as provided by Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, that broke the effectiveness of the OpenSSL PRNG (Predictable Random Number Generator). Read more »

Windows rootkits 101

When administrators and security professionals hear the word rootkit, most think first of a UNIX-based system. Unfortunately, this only leads to a false sense of security for Windows-based systems. The fact is that Windows rootkits do exist, and you need to be able to detect them. Read more »

Ian Griffiths talks Windows Presentation Foundation (Part 2)

In the second part of our interview with WPF expert Ian Griffiths, we discuss the Rich Internet Application platform battle, the future of the desktop and whether now is the right time to switch to WPF. Read more »

Take this four-phase approach to a network risk assessment

Assessing your network for potential risks is part of the responsibility of providing network services. Mike Mullins discusses the four phases of an effective network risk assessment and offers best practices for conducting each phase. Read more »

Why the Eurocrats are patently mad

The vote on Tuesday in Brussels to remove all the limits that had been placed on software patents is a sad day for Europe, but it's not too late to change. Read more »

Determining which biometric technology is right for you

How should you choose among the various technologies for the one to include in your next high-security project? Read more »

Keeping PCs out of the junk pile

Smaller IT budgets have caused support pros to require computers to work longer than originally intended. Here are some tips to help you develop a strategy for keeping older PCs in tip-top shape. Read more »

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  • Staff Crying, mooning and leaving

    In this week's roundup we see that continuous whining can get results, Linux users get 64-bit Flash and Moonlight previews, the latest in the Yahoo/Microsoft relationship and Senator Conroy ducks and weave in Senate Question Time. Read more »

    -- posted by Staff

  • Brendon Chase Sun eye Web developers with Netbeans 6.5

    Despite the recent employment axe hitting Sun the company has pushed out a new release of its Netbeans open source IDE with an eye to appeal more to Web developers. Read more »

    -- posted by Brendon Chase

  • Renai LeMay BarCamp buzz: Let the hacking continue

    Attending last weekend's BarCamp in Sydney, it was hard to escape the conclusion that a certain "dot-com bust" flavour had seeped into the kool aid previously being drunk by Australia's web 2.0 and early stage start-up sector. Read more »

    -- posted by Renai LeMay

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