Banning TikTok: What data privacy risk does the app pose, and what could the Chinese government do with data it collects? And is it even possible to ban an app?
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School officials are becoming increasingly wary of TikTok amid concerns that the app poses a risk to student safety and privacy and makes the nation vulnerable to spies.
Optus used press releases, and Twitter when it could have contacted its customers by text.
From tractors to smartphones, consumers may own their devices but the manufacturers still often hold the keys.
Cyberattacks demanding ransoms for the release of information are on the rise. To determine if they should pay, businesses need to think about how they would react in such a scenario.
“Hackathons” can imply breaching security and privacy. To more accurately reflect their creative and constructive intent, they can be referred to instead as “datathons” or “code fests.”
Many organisations abide by a “zero trust” rule wherein absolute trust is placed in nothing, apart from a central identity and access management system. But what happens when this system is breached?
The social media strategies of many parties and candidates aim to bypass mainstream media to speak directly to voters, but they are often not as sophisticated as is assumed.
Cryptocurrency allows Ukraine to get quick financial support, and Russia, to bypass international sanctions and protect some of its economic interests.
There’s an alleged global network of cyber activists operating under the Anonymous name. Knowing who is responsible for what will become increasingly difficult as more cyber attacks happen.
This deceptively simple online word guessing game has captured the English-speaking world.
Weirdness is a clue about fraudulent email messages. But it takes more than a sense that something’s wrong to get people to investigate.
A tool made for tracking criminals and terrorists has potentially been used against politicians, dissidents and journalists. Here’s how the spyware works.
It’s reported the Pegasus spyware can capture a user’s keystrokes, intercept communications, track their device and tap into their camera and microphone.
A UN working group on cybersecurity is making incremental progress in highlighting the importance of including and protecting civilians.
We believe fitness trackers keep us healthy, and connected toys keep children safe – but such devices are easily abused.
In its inaugural contest, the Tianfu Cup produced an iPhone hack that was allegedly used to spy on China’s Uyghur minority.
Fragmented authority for national cyber defense and the vulnerabilities of private companies that control software and infrastructure stack the deck against US cybersecurity.
Passwords have been around for decades and we’re still getting it wrong.
The courts have given the government the authority to hack into private computers unannounced. The action addresses a clear threat, but it also sets an unsettling precedent.
Top contributors
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Associate professor, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Networking, The Open University
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Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Adjunct Fellow, Computer Science and Software Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Associate Professor in Telecommunications Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Security Researcher, Associate Professor in Resilient Systems, Edith Cowan University
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Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Directeur de la Recherche et des Formations Doctorales, Directeur adjoint, Télécom SudParis – Institut Mines-Télécom
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Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey
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Professor of Criminology, University of Leeds
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Professor, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway University of London
