Using AI for cybersecurity without first investing in fundamentals is like deploying a robot guard dog to defend an unlocked door.
- Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
AI might have ‘PhD-level’ intelligence. But substituting it for a PhD student sacrifices a special part of the academic ecosystem.
Anthropic says its Claude Code tool was used in a sophisticated, automated campaign to steal sensitive information.
As millions of Qantas customers’ data hit the dark web, a corporate watchdog has warned financial services firms about sending work – and customers’ data – overseas.
Super funds may be missing a basic safeguard to protect retirement savings.
One of the best ways to avoid the problem of ‘shadow IT’ is building systems that are both highly secure and highly usable.
Even if the new safety codes are approved, kids could still access online porn and deepfake apps because of flawed age assurance technology.
The well-respected Cyber Safety Review Board investigated some of the worst cyber security attacks in US history. Now, it faces an uncertain future.
Meta’s massive outage may soon be resolved - but the causes remain a mystery.
The trial is testing age verification, age estimation and age inference. All three options come with problems.
Meta wants Apple and Google to force parents to approve apps on their child’s phone. A better solution would be for the tech giants to cooperate.
The ghost of the illegal robodebt scheme presents a major challenge.
Software like Crowdstrike Falcon can access core computer systems and, essentially, spy on everything. We live with these tradeoffs – but perhaps we don’t have to.
An update to Falcon software by the cyber security company CrowdStrike has caused an unprecedented global IT outage. So, what is it exactly?
Major tech platforms have been given six months to come up with an enforceable code that protects children from harmful material online. What might that look like?
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