You probably won’t be targeted by spyware, but if you are, odds are you won’t know about it. The latest spyware slips in unseen through online ads as you go about your digital life.
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The Security Intelligence Service needs public support and trust to do its work well. Adding a degree of transparency to it’s annual threat assessment should help.
There are different tactics that governments can use to block the internet, some more sophisticated than others.
The borderless nature of cyberspace presents particular challenges for African states used to controlling activities in their territory.
Scammers have exploited a simple weakness in the myGov online portal to redirect hundreds of millions of dollars in tax refunds.
Companies tend to focus on appeasing angry customers after a data breach. New research shows they may want to pay more attention to customers who are afraid to return to their site.
Why The Conversation U.S. started an investigative unit.
Much of the history of signals intelligence in Australia – revealing secrets and protecting one’s own – is tacit and poorly understood. A new book lifts the lid on this world.
The new techniques go far beyond hacking your car’s key fob system.
The Five Eyes alliance is critical to hunting and detecting foreign cyber actors, but tends to work in secret.
Over the years Australia has been quick to point the finger at China – most recently in relation to DJI drones. Instead, we should look closely at our own tech security policies.
‘Star Trek: Picard’ is set 400 years in the future, but, like most science fiction, it deals with issues in the here and now. The show’s third and final season provides a lens on cybersecurity.
The Snake network has been detected in more than 50 countries, including Australia.
While some cyber criminals have previously avoided schools and health-care organisations, it seems these are now fair game.
Sexual predators have found a new way to exploit children: taking control of their webcams to record them without their consent. Here’s how the attack works and how you can protect your kids.
‘The risks of military escalation or miscalculation are rising’, according to the long-awaited report.
Losses have surged, and change is needed to better protect Australians into the future.
If social media companies are restricted in how they collect, use and share Australians’ data, we can take significant steps toward protecting everyone from foreign interference.
Passwords are both annoying to use and vulnerable to hackers. Google is moving to support stronger, easier-to-use passkeys (and other tech companies are close behind).
Legislation meant to improve cybersecurity could be difficult to implement and might create incentives for riskier digital behavior.
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