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    Real Viagra sales power global spam flood 15 July, 2009 00:24:00

    The truism that spam mostly consists of inducements to buy products such as Viagra turns out to spot on, a security company has found.
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    One bot-infected PC = 600,000 spam messages a day 23 April, 2009 07:42:00

    Some bot-infected PCs can crank out as many as 25,000 spam messages per hour, new research released Wednesday claimed.
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    Security networks send spammers underground 28 January, 2009 12:55:00

    Botnets will employ more obfuscated control techniques including the use of peer-to-peer networks during 2009, according to security researchers, following the [[artid:556517764|McColo datacentre take-down|new]] last year.
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    Privacy laws to address the human side of IT 13 August, 2008 12:55:37

    The Australian Law Reform Commission this week concluded its largest ever research and public consultation exercise ever with the launch of its report For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and Practice, which recommends a re-write of the nation's 20-year-old privacy laws to keep pace with the information age.
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    An opportunity to contribute 25 March, 2008 16:22:17

    A wide ranging review of Australia's national innovation system has been launched by Senator Kim Carr, the Australian Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science, and Research. The review will be conducted by an expert panel chaired by Dr. Terry Cutler.
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    Seven Dirty IT Jobs and the Skills Needed to Do Them 19 March, 2008 11:38:53

    From COBOL programmers and cat herders to help desk zombies and hired hacks, we've got a list of the dirtiest jobs in IT and feedback from the poor souls who've held them
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    Can't Innovate? It's Management's Fault (Really!) 02 November, 2007 11:59:05

    Business strategy guru Gary Hamel blames obsolete management practices for your failure to establish a culture of innovation. One solution: Stop focusing on efficiency.
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    Taking a Systems View 07 February, 2007 14:15:18

    Talk about perverse consequences. BP sets out to slash 25 percent of its fixed costs and ends up killing 15 workers and injuring 180 others, in the worst industrial accident in the US in 15 years.
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    Learning From Disaster | Part One - Under Scrutiny 11 November, 2002 11:48:00

    A report from research firm Gartner points out that the "Enron Effect" is already making the CIO's job tougher.
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    Too Many Chiefs? 05 September, 2001 11:00:00

    CIOs: you've got Â'C's' to the left of you, Â'O's' to the right of you. Ride into the valley of CXOland . . .
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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