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.
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The advice for years has been to use password managers. But even these don’t completely eliminate the risk of being compromised.
NFTs are made the same way as crypto coins, but where every crypto coin is like every other, each NFT is a unique digital item – from images to sound files to text.
Many of us will have received new gadgets this festive season. But how can we ensure these are set up safely? And what’s the best way to discard of old devices being replaced?
A deepfake nude bot hosted by the social messaging app Telegram is being used to abuse women – why this isn’t illegal.
The outdated Microsoft operating system was recently dumped online in a huge leak. Hackers can now scour it for bugs to exploit.
Two-factor authentication is certainly an added layer of security as we traverse the online world. But it comes in various forms, and they’re not all equally protective.
As concerns mount in the US and Australia, TikTok is trying to deflect concerns over its perceived ties to the Chinese government. Its PR moves, however, may fall short.
While the data from a fingerprint is very hard to retrieve, cybercriminals can get around biometric technology in various ways. And having a weak passcode is like giving them a hall pass.
Think defensively about your online accounts and data security – and don’t assume you’ll avoid harm.
Like legitimate e-commerce, ransomware e-crime is increasing in scale, value and sophistication.
Your mobile number is all a hacker needs to read your texts, listen to your calls and even track your whereabouts.
Top contributors
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Cyber Security, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Law and Technology, University of Leeds
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EU Marie Curie Fellow in Cyber Forensics, University of Salford
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Professor of Chinese Digital Media and Culture, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Operations Research, Brock University
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Senior Research Fellow in Cyber Security at La Trobe University, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Information Systems, Brock University
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Professor of Cybersecurity Management, University of Dayton
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Research Professor of Computer Science, University of Dayton
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Professor, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Lecturer, Ethical Hacking and Defense, Edith Cowan University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Research Professor of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering, Arizona State University
