Corporate spy risk from free email

Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Hotmail "completely vulnerable" by default.

Small business users of Gmail, Yahoo! mail and Hotmail were vulnerable to corporate spies when logged into their accounts on public Wi-Fi networks, a penetration tester has found.

Business users of public Wi-Fi hotspots, such as those at cafes, who sent commercially sensitive information were at risk, said Hacklabs tester Chris Gatford.

Employees of small businesses often used free email services as their main business email accounts.

"By default, users of all three popular webmail services are completely vulnerable once logged in via public Wi-Fi," Gatford said.

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Google adds file upload feature to Docs

Google has unveiled a new feature in Google Apps that will allow users to upload any type of file to Google Docs.


The appropriately named 'Upload any Filetype' can handle files up to 250MB in size.

The company said that the feature will be particularly useful for Google Apps Premier Edition users, who will be able to access work files without a connection to their internal office network.

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Fisherman accused of breaching internet cable zone

A NSW fisherman will face court again in February after he allegedly breached a submarine cable protection zone near Sydney and trawled across the undersea fibre links.

The 51 year old man from Arncliffe in Sydney's south is accused of conducting a prohibited activity "namely trawling" in the Norther Sydney submarine cable protection zone on five separate occasions beginning October 2007.

The northern protection zone covers an area between Narrabeen and Collaroy in Sydney's north.

Cables at risk included the GONDWANA-1, Southern Cross, Australian Japan and the Australia Papua New Guinea 2 cable.

If convicted, the man could face up to 12 years in prison.

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Spammers taking advantage of free online hosters?

Security giant McAfee warned today that spammers are increasingly exploiting online hosting companies that provide free domains and web hosting, in order to bypass anti-spam filters.

In the vendor's December 2009 Spam Report, McAfee Labs anti-spam technology lead Adam Wosotowsky and director of product marketing Elan Winkler argued that the trend has turned into "an all-out gold rush".

"Using a free hosting service is a good tactic for spammers because it is easier to automatically block a new infected web site than to block a site that has been around for a longer period and has possibly had legitimate traffic associated with it," the report explained.

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Adobe to become top hacker target for 2010

McAfee expects Adobe threats to top Microsoft's.

Security giant McAfee is warning end users and information security professionals to expect an increase in threats to social networks and the emergence of Adobe products as the number one software target for cyber criminals next year.

McAfee’s new 2010 Threat Predictions report warns that Adobe will supplant Microsoft for the first time next year in terms of the number of desktop PCs being attacked.

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ISPs, pollies & activists speak out on internet filter

Mixed support for Government announcement

Electronic Frontiers Australia has expressed concern over the Federal Government's decision to introduce mandatory ISP-level filtering, as several ISPs indicated support contingent on further "consultation".

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy today revealed the Governments intention to introduce legislation to block "refused classification" content hosted on overseas servers.

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