Stories by Michael Crawford

Article | 10/08/2005 Developers in demand on the job front
Salaries for .Net programmers have risen in the July 2005 period, especially for those with ASP.Net/VB.Net and C# skills.
Article | 26/07/2005 3com offers bounty for malicious code
3Com's intrusion prevention arm TippingPoint today announced it will pay a bounty to anyone who sends it information on unannounced and previously unp...
Article | 4/07/2005 Bankers act to stem damage
Australian banks are struggling to contain the fallout of a serious credit card breach which exposed 40 million account holders last month.
Article | 1/07/2005 Companies look overseas to secure talent
Fully-accredited security professionals are so hard to find in Australia that companies are being forced to look overseas in a bid to secure talent.
Article | 16/06/2005 Criminals grasp the metrics of information value
Identity theft has matured into a full-time criminal activity with plenty of lucrative opportunities for those trading in stolen identities.
Article | 7/06/2005 Jpeg faces competition
Compression algorithm newcomer MatrixView is pitching its new imaging method .Muv at the Jpeg market.
Article | 2/06/2005 Salaries rise in fight to retain staff
The 2005 Hays IT survey has found salaries are again on the rise for IT staff, with 42 percent of organizations in the survey increasing salaries for ...
Article | 13/05/2005 Democrats propose time for spyware crime; ISPs soon to be hit
A private members bill has been introduced to federal parliament to combat spyware with hefty fines proposed on Internet service providers for distrib...
Article | 10/05/2005 Consumers forced to seek enterprise-grade protection
Symantec senior regional product manager Norm Kohlberger believes there is little difference between enterprise and consumer antivirus products.
Article | 4/05/2005 Mobile viruses yet to travel Down Under
Despite the worldwide attention given to the threat of virus infection on mobile phones little has actually happened in Australia - even the antivirus...
Article | 18/04/2005 USB keys can be used for good or evil
A serious security threat faces enterprise from the invasion of easily-concealed USB keys, music players, and portable hard drives.
Article | 8/04/2005 Phishing scam targets Windows update
A phishing scam emulating the Windows Update Service hit Australia yesterday, designed to not only emulate the update page perfectly, but circumvent c...
Article | 30/03/2005 'Apprentice' hacker rings up large phone bill
An "apprentice" hacker broke into the PABX system of John James Hospital in Canberra last week and made more than $5000 worth of international calls.
Article | 22/03/2005 Patching powers up security fight
Open source applications, touted as a more secure Web browsing alternative than Internet Explorer - or at least as having fewer vulnerabilities, are a...
Article | 10/03/2005 Scrap metal merchants push for IT recycling laws
Scrap metal merchant Sims Metal and recycling group Collex are pushing for a federally-funded computer and electronics recycling initiative in an effo...

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