internet filtering

News about internet filtering

Article | 7/01/2011 Mandatory ISP filter still on the agenda: Gillard
The Federal Government’s mandatory internet service provider (ISP) level filter is still on the agenda, according to the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard...
Article | 17/11/2010 Conroy's Internet filter gets a new date
Legislation supporting Labor's mandatory internet filtering project may not hit parliament until mid-2013, according to advice provided to Stephen Con...
Article | 26/10/2010 Kaspersky reveals minor porn problem
Antivirus provider Kaspersky Lab has released data showing that there are more than 4 million attempts by minors to access pornographic Web sites each...
Article | 20/10/2010 Conroy's department is not working on the filter
The year-long delay which Stephen Conroy has introduced before the planned implementation of the Federal Government's mandatory internet filter projec...
Article | 13/10/2010 Internet filter is right: Gillard
Prime Minister Julia Gillard isn't budging on dropping the unpopular internet filter, saying it is a moral judgement the government needs to make.

Features about internet filtering

Article | 4/08/2010 What would it take to unseat Conroy?
It's safe to say that Senator Stephen Conroy, the federal communications minister, has upset a lot of people in the IT community with his push for man...
Article | 12/07/2010 Opinion: Conroy's temporary filter all Australia needs
On Friday, three of Australia's largest internet service providers simultaneously announced they would filter some internet content from ever reaching...
Article | 9/07/2010 Ten reasons why Australia needs an Internet filter
The proposed Internet filter pushed by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has been a source of controversy in Australia. Today it was revealed tha...
Article | 25/06/2009 Bing filters out sensitive results for Chinese searches
Microsoft's Bing search engine filters out some sensitive results from searches made in simplified Chinese, the script used to write the language in C...
Article | 12/06/2009 China's porn filter blocks Falun Gong sites
Internet filtering software that China plans to distribute nationwide blocks content related to a spiritual movement banned in China, despite governme...

Whitepapers about internet filtering

Why Hackers have Turned to Malicious JavaScript Attacks

Website attacks have become a serious business proposition. In the past, hackers may have infected websites to gain notoriety or just to prove they could—but today, it’s all about the money. Reaching unsuspecting users through the web is easy and effective. Hackers now use sophisticated techniques—like injecting inline JavaScript—to spread malware through the web. Learn about the threat of malicious JavaScript attacks, and how they work. Understand how cybercriminals make money with these types of attacks and why IT managers should be vigilant.