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Attorney-General Robert McClelland and Minister for Broadband, Communications
and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, today jointly announced the first
outcomes from the E-Security Review 2008.

Microsoft will release an emergency patch later today to fix a perilous software flaw allowing hackers to hijack Internet Explorer browsers and take over computers.

esecurity has announced the results of the 2008 Consumer Trust and Confidence Online Survey. This Survey was conducted in late 2008.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) will strengthen its world-leading capability in countering new technology-enabled crime under a new partnership with Telstra.

Today Symantec released its new Report on the Underground Economy

The SIFT-IIA Security Report is now available.

Arbor Networks Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report is designed to provide data useful to network operators so they can make informed decisions about their use of network security technology to protect their mission-critical infrastructure.

The fourth edition of this report was released on November 11, 2008.

A New Zealand man living in Australia has been fingered by US authorities as a ringleader of the largest spam operation in the world, responsible for sending out billions of unsolicited emails in recent years.

Beware of a new attempt to comprimise your system by what purports to be a security update from Microsoft.

ID fraud costs Australian over $4 billion per year.

Leading market research firm uncovers IT security fears stifling business innovation at 80 percent of organisations worldwide

Cyber Storm II was designed to simulate a significant global incident caused by
attacks on critical infrastructure systems via the Internet.

SCAMwatch is warning consumers to be wary of telemarketing calls informing recipients that they have won a 'free' holiday.

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, has welcomed the Queensland launch of an innovative online safety program to teach children how to be responsible cyber-citizens.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority today launched its innovative online safety activity, Cybersmart Detectives, in Queensland.

According to MessageLabs over the course of this year, spammers have been highly focused on using as many of Google's free, hosted services as possible to distribute spam.

Consumers are being ripped off by offers of fake prizes in a new casino survey scam.

Social networking staying safe online, a new fact sheet published in support of the Federal Privacy Commissions Privacy Awareness Week.

A first-ever Australian survey of personal fraud has shown Victorians lost more than a quarter of a billion dollars to scams and fraud.

Prospective tenants are being ripped off by fake rental property and shared accommodation listings on the internet posted by scammers.

The Brumby Government today released a list of security tips to help Victorians protect their privacy on online social networking sites.