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Mayor of New Jersey town arrested on hacking and conspiracy charges

The mayor of West New York, New Jersey, was arrested together with his son on Thursday, for allegedly hacking into a website that criticized him and his administration.

By Lucian Constantin | 25 May, 2012 15:45

Tags: cybercrime, Access control and authentication, data breach, Criminal, legal, intrusion, security

Windows 8 update: all the latest rumours, opinions and possibilities

While it lacks the mobility usually associated with this class of device, there's an 80-inch tablet serving the head of Microsoft as a wallboard and as a substitute for other work-related gear.

By Tim Greene | 25 May, 2012 14:35

Tags: Windows 8, Windows, steve ballmer, software, sharp, operating systems, Microsoft, MIchael Dell

Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches

More than 95 percent of over 600 SAP systems tested by security firm Onapsis were vulnerable to espionage, sabotage and fraud, mainly because patches had not been applied, according to a researcher.

By Loek Essers | 24 May, 2012 16:37

Tags: Hack In The Box, enterprise architecture, Architecture, software, fraud, Exploits / vulnerabilities, data protection, data breach, intrusion, security, sap

Sony pulls out of LCD JV with Sharp, gets US$126 million investment back

Sony said Thursday it will pull out of its over three-year LCD TV panel joint venture with Sharp, part of Sony's ongoing attempts to reform its foundering TV business.

By Jay Alabaster | 24 May, 2012 10:15

Tags: consumer electronics, Components, business issues, sharp, sony

Bredolab botnet author sentenced to 4 years in prison in Armenia

The creator of the Bredolab malware received a four-year prison sentence in Armenia on Monday for using his botnet to launch DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks that damaged multiple computer systems owned by private individuals and organizations.

By Lucian Constantin | 23 May, 2012 15:50

Tags: security, malware, legal, cybercrime

US judge won't dismiss WikiLeaks case

A military judge has refused to dismiss the charges against a US Army private accused in the biggest leak of government secrets in the country's history.

By AAP | 26 April, 2012 09:04

Tags: Army Colonel Denise Lind, Private Bradley Manning, wikileaks

Employees rate satisfaction, security and stress

Some 60% of the IT workers surveyed reported being asked to take on new tasks and boost their productivity, and slightly more than half (51%) said that they feel underpaid based on their role and responsibility. Still, the vast majority (81%) are satisfied or very satisfied that they chose a career in IT. (Base: 4,337 IT professionals)

By Computerworld Staff | 09 April, 2012 20:04

Tags: careers, education, Education/Training, industry verticals, IT industry, it management, staff management, training

Ban online terror material, says new study

Social networking sites like Facebook and YouTube are being used by terrorist groups to groom vulnerable people, and Australia and its international partners should be limiting extremist propaganda on the internet, a new study says.

By AAP | 15 December, 2011 09:08

Tags: Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Dr Carl Ungerer, Facebook, social media, social networking, terrorists, youtube

Degrading cyber images to be illegal in SA

The South Australian government wants to make it an offence to take degrading or humiliating pictures or video of people and then post them on the internet.

By AAP | 24 November, 2011 14:44

Tags: cybercrime, government, internet, John Rau, SA Attorney-General John Rau, SA Government, social media

Concerns raised over 'cyberbaiting'

We already know about trolling, phishing and cybersquatting.

By AAP | 17 November, 2011 08:56

Tags: cyberbaiting, norton, Online Family Report

Social engineering: How to hack humans

You get a call from a software company -- a Microsoft partner perhaps -- who tells you your computer is infected with a virus.

By Rohan Pearce | 03 November, 2011 15:12

Tags: security, social engineering

Police to track arsonists using database

The Federal Government has released a national police database that monitors known and suspected arsonists, just in time for bushfire season.

By Diana Nguyen | 31 October, 2011 12:20

Tags: Attorney-General Robert McClelland, Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O'Connor, National Arson Notification Capability

Laptop thefts from Australian businesses rise: Report

Australian IT managers are battling thieves, with over half of those surveyed for a Kensington business security report conducted by IDC Australia reporting losses this year.

By Hamish Barwick | 06 October, 2011 10:39

Tags: laptops, notebooks, security

eBay monitors bomb buyers

Online auction site eBay will not say whether it tipped off law enforcers about an alleged Victorian home bomb maker, but says it works very closely with police in monitoring bomb shopping suspects.

By AAP | 27 July, 2011 10:33

Tags: bombs, ebay

Beware of social network predators: Police

A senior detective has warned parents to teach their children about the dangers lurking in social networks.

By AAP | 10 June, 2011 11:45

Tags: police, Queensland police, security, social networking, social networks

Interpol urges airlines to be vigilant of terrorists using fake or stolen passports

Interpol is urging the world's airlines on Tuesday to establish a passport database to help prevent attacks by terrorists using fake or stolen travel documents.

By AAP | 08 June, 2011 09:45

Tags: airliners, database, interpol, passports, security, terrorists

WA Police kitting out CHOGM command centre

The Western Australia Police is to source high-end video capture, storage and monitoring gear to help establish a communications and command centre ahead of the Perth Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in October.

By Computerworld Staff | 09 May, 2011 13:53

Tags: CHOGM, IP cameras, security

Congress to hear privacy, tracking issues

Representatives from Apple and Google are set to publicly speak about privacy matters next week.

By Paul Suarez | 09 May, 2011 00:30

Tags: Apple, consumer electronics, Google, online privacy, Phones, web legal issues

Hypertext creator says structure of World Wide Web 'completely wrong'

The creator of hypertext has criticised the design of the World Wide Web, saying that Tim Berners-Lee’s creation is “completely wrong”, and that Windows, Macintosh and Linux have “exactly the same” approach to computing.

By Lisa Banks | 15 April, 2011 13:21

Tags: Hypertext, operating systems, Project Xanadu, Ted Nelson, tim berners-lee, World Wide Web

Victorian man arrested for tampering with speed, red light camera data

The Victoria Police e-crime squad have arrested a 36-year-old man after he allegedly tampered with speed and red light infringement data from 2010 and 2011.

By Hamish Barwick | 14 April, 2011 15:29

Tags: red light cameras, speed cameras, Victoria Police e-crime squad

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