Try to make this the only time you see a ransomware warning notice.
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Ransomware – which encrypts your files and offers to sell you the key – operates differently from other malicious software. Those differences turn out to give potential victims a fighting chance.
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If the banks can’t trust each other’s messages, can you trust the banks?
Criminals who hide their computers shouldn’t go free.
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If a computer search would qualify for a warrant if its whereabouts were known, why should simply hiding its location make it legally unsearchable?
Gah! What did I just do?!?!
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We are deepening our understanding of why people fall victim to the attacks in the first place.
It’s not the first time attempts have been made to block WhatsApp in Brazil.
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It’s a battle of online privacy versus a crackdown on crime, but is a total ban on the popular app, WhatsApp, the right way to go?
The attacker may already be inside.
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Breaches of confidential information are inevitable. But we can limit their size and scope, and therefore their damage.
If we’re super-wired in the future, will we also be super-vulnerable?
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Imagining possible futures can help us plan a secure information technology environment for the years to come.
Governments worldwide appear to be escalating a hacking arms race.
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We still haven’t worked out if cyber security spending is delivering results.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announces the federal government’s Cyber Security Strategy today.
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The Australian Government’s Cyber Security Strategy appears to be a mixed bag when it comes to protecting your personal information.
Cyber crime costs the Australian economy millions of dollars a year.
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Cyber security is now a priority for the government, with $230 million committed to its new Cyber Security Strategy. But is it enough?
Malcolm Turnbull says businesses and governments must better educate and empower employees to use sound practices online.
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Australian public and private sector organisations and individuals are facing malicious cyber activity that is unprecedented in scale and reach, Malcolm Turnbull warns.
There’s a big difference between a 4-digit PIN and a 6-digit PIN.
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PIN codes, passwords, swipe patterns and biometrics can help secure your smartphone, but they’re far from foolproof.
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Insecurity by design, as the FBI or UK government would have it, is pouring petrol on an already raging fire.
Internet connected devices like webcams are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the Internet of Things.
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Millions of new devices are going online as the Internet of Things expands. But many have security or privacy holes. Here’s what to look for to keep yourself safe online.
Cybercriminals take advantage of computer users’ lack of education about their methods.
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Cyberattacks are on the rise in South Africa. New legislation is important, but it won’t solve the problem if it’s not accompanied by user education.
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There’s a simple way to protect your contactless card being swiped in your pocket.
A man displays a protest message on his iPhone at a rally in support of Apple’s refusal to help the FBI access the iPhone of a shooter involved in San Bernardino mass killing.
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Now that Apple has refused to build a backdoor into its own device, should the FBI turn to ethical hackers to gain access to a terror suspect’s iPhone?
Apple is refusing to back down in its fight with the FBI.
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Apple’s refusal to back down in its fight with the FBI is a sharp reversal from just a few years ago when it was the government urging tech companies to do more to protect consumer privacy.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull presents the defence white paper at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra.
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The Turnbull government’s defence white paper identifies key risks to Australia’s security environment in the next two decades.
Defence Minister Marise Payne inherited a draft of the defence white paper last year, but wanted to put her own stamp on it.
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The defence white paper will pledge an additional $29.9 billion in defence spending over the coming decade and support for businesses to innovate in areas such as cyber security and aeronautics.