The darknet, like the open internet, is not immune from illegal activity. But many darknet users are there in search of ‘hacker ethics’ values such as privacy and free speech.
A geographical map depicting hotbeds of dark web activity related to illegal products. Larger circles indicate more activity.
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The biggest cyber security concern for many Tanzanians is the risk of inadvertently becoming a perpetrator of politically-defined cybercrime, rather than becoming a victim
By 2020, the cybersecurity industry will need 1.5 million more workers than will be qualified for jobs. What’s the solution? Getting high school and college students excited about the industry.
Minister for Communications and Arts, Mitch Fifield, speaking on Q&A on August 23, 2016.
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Communications Minister Mitch Fifield told Q&A that the Children’s eSafety Commissioner has investigated 11,000 cases of cyberbullying and can fine social media firms $17,000 a day. Is that true?
No-one ever told a victim of identity fraud that they should never have stored their money electronically in the first place.
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Telling girls and young women to ‘be careful what images you share’ contributes to the shaming and humiliation of victims by placing the responsibility back onto them for their own humiliation.
It’s a cat and mouse game that could put our online privacy and security at risk.
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As governments look to new ways to step up surveillance, hackers find new ways to subvert it. Is there a way to end this cat and mouse game, described as a crypto-war?
Australian public and private sector organisations and individuals are facing malicious cyber activity that is unprecedented in scale and reach, Malcolm Turnbull warns.
Online scammers use a number of tricks to recruit victims.
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It’s bad enough when someone loses money to an online scam. But some victims can also recruit others into the scam causing even further heartache and loss of money.