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Australian Government [REDACTED] Public [REDACTED] Retaining Internet Traffic
Posted in: Information Security
In less than a month Australians will be going to the polls to elect a new Federal Government. In the run up to the last federal election, there were promises and counter promises from both major parties to enact some form of Internet filtering, something that moved forward post-election, but has a....
Posted: 26 July 2010 12:59
Early Reports Point to Dismal Result for Times Paywall
Posted in: Information Security
It has been less than a month since The Times and The Sunday Times disappeared behind a paywall and the only available information about the relative success or failure of the move has been what third party web traffic monitors are claiming. Traffic monitors such as Alexa are showing decreases of m....
Posted: 21 July 2010 19:54
Torrent Supersite User Database Compromised
Posted in: Information Security
With all of the legal, semi-legal, and illegal uses for torrent files, the presence of specialised torrent search engines and trackers is bound to attract the attention of groups who would go to any length to find out the identities of users who frequent the sites. One of the largest such sites, Pi....
Posted: 12 July 2010 01:04
Microsoft Security Patch Release July 2010 Advance Notification
Posted in: Information Security
Microsoft have released their Advance Notification for July's expected security bulletin release. Four bulletins have been identified for release, three Critical and one Important, affecting Microsoft Windows (2 Critical), and Office (1 Critical, 1 Important) product families.
While each of the ....
Posted: 9 July 2010 23:16
The Times and The Sunday Times Disappear Behind Pay Wall
Posted in: Information Security
After talking about it for some time, Rupert Murdoch has gone ahead with plans to make his online media offerings only available to fee-paying customers. As of this month, online users who want to view The Times and The Sunday Times content will have to pay to read anything more than the headlines ....
Posted: 4 July 2010 20:57
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