Goner worm causes limited economic damage
Dealing with the Goner e-mail worm that surfaced earlier this week hasn't cost businesses around the world much money because systems were secured, research firm Computer Economics said Thursday.
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Goner virus spreading quickly
If you open the latest virus making the rounds Tuesday, your computer's antivirus system could be a goner. The infected machine may also be left open to a hacker backdoor.
Red Cross warns of Trojan horse
The American Red Cross is warning people of a credit card-stealing Trojan horse program sent via e-mail that looks like it comes from the disaster-relief organisation.
Travel.com.au cuts staff after quarterly loss
Reflecting the impact of the terrorist attacks in the US and the demise of Ansett, Travel.com.au has cut staff and trimmed back its floorspace to reduce costs by the end of year.
Black Ice scenario sheds light on future threats
A little-known exercise held last year to help federal, state and local officials in Utah prepare for a possible terrorist attack during the 2002 Winter Olympics may hold some of the most important lessons for critical infrastructure protection in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, according to a key official involved in the exercise.
Travel fears push Gartner show onto Web
For the first time ever, Gartner will make every analyst session and keynote speech at its Symposium/ITxpo conference available as a live Webcast to cater for people unable to attend due to travel restrictions and concerns prompted by the September 11 terrorist attacks, the company said Monday.
Pakistan's IT industry hurt and helped by attacks
With the launch of US and UK military action against Afghanistan, neighboring Pakistan's fledgling IT industry is buckling down for shaky times -- but at the same time hoping to reap some benefits from the world's attention.
Federal team unveils air security plans
The US Secretary of Transportation's Rapid Response Team on air travel security late Friday made public a set of recommendations that build on President George W. Bush's September 27 call to make commercial airports and airliners more secure against terrorism.
ISPs face unsolicited costs for virus
Nimda, Code Red and other malicious code are chewing up big dollars and bandwidth forcing Australian enterprise and Internet service providers (ISPs) to foot the bill.
Compaq lowers guidance, takes $500m charge for Q3
Compaq Computer expects third-quarter revenue to be below its former guidance because of the terrorist attacks in September and other related supply chain and logistics events, the company said.
Researchers say Nimda set to propagate again
Researchers have discovered a third vector to the Nimda worm, which is set to propagate again through e-mail at 3pm Sydney time on Friday.
NEWS ANALYSIS: Global Storm
The attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon and the subsequent collapse of Ansett Australia have struck deep into the Australian economic core, but the immediate impact of the tragic events on Australian channel operators has been mainly psychological.
Ashcroft briefs House on antiterrorism bill
The proposed bill to fight terrorism that the US Attorney General presented to Congress on Monday is intended to arm the country's intelligence community with updated technology and communications methods, in an attempt to prevent or thwart future attacks.
Philips hit; blocks Intranet and Internet
Internet access was restored Monday for over 200,000 employees at Koninklijke Philips Electronics after the company was hit by the Nimda worm early last week.
'Vote' worm uses terror attacks to delete files
A new worm that can delete files from infected hard drives is using the terrorist attacks of two weeks ago, as well as the expected U.S. military response, to trick users into executing it, according to Ian Hameroff, business manager for security solutions at Computer Associates International (CA).
Computer makers ship new gear to New York
Computer makers moved quickly to begin replacing equipment lost by their customers in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon last week, as their clients began ordering millions of dollars worth of PCs, servers and storage devices.
Carriers report steady recovery in Manhattan
Ten days after terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York wiped out telecommunication services in parts of lower Manhattan, major telecom carriers reported swift and steady progress in restoring the damaged infrastructure.
Nimda hits Parliament House
Federal parliament is the latest victim of the Nimda virus that is spreading rapidly across Australian corporate networks.
Recession is certain, economists say
Last week's terrorist attacks essentially cemented the US economy's slide into recession, said several economists at this week's Foreign Policy Association-sponsored World Leadership Forum.
US attack forces users to re-think security
Businesses are re-evaluating their network security as the threat of cyberterrorism and computer attacks looms in the wake of the deadly New York and Washington strikes.
