The US and the UK realise the urgent need for serious investment in cybersecurity. So why is the Australian government taking the issue so lightly?
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The country’s actual offensive cyber capabilities remain shrouded in the classified world. But what is public is enough to discuss potential cyber weapons and how they might be used.
Recent terrorist attacks have heightened concerns about the security of nuclear plants. A former top U.S. nuclear regulator says security is weak at many sites worldwide.
Cyber weapons are allowing states to attack each other without fear of retaliation. The consequences potentially are devastating.
Federal networks need stronger cybersecurity measures than most organizations, but have not yet gotten the budget or staffing commitments that would protect them properly.
Malware has brought down the power grid in the Ukraine. What were attackers after and could it happen elsewhere?
The cyberattack that brought down a city’s power supply in Ukraine is a cautionary tale for what lies ahead.
This week’s hack of the Bureau of Meteorology appeared to come from China, but how do we know? The problem is, it’s notoriously difficult to pinpoint the origin of a hack.
The Anonymous hacktivist group engaged in an online war against Islamic State may be doing more harm than good.
Getting the basics of cybersecurity right could eliminate 85% of the threats overnight. Here are some tips to get you started.
When Facebook goes down it’s an irritation. But as the world moves its data and processing to the cloud, the potential for major loss grows ever greater.
Sanctions against Russia and China would only escalate cyber-attacks, when what’s needed is international agreement.
No matter how many times people are warned to set strong secure passwords, many don’t. So why do people take the risk? And is there anything else they can do to be more secure online?
A new report on the future of humanity explains what we really need to be worrying about over the next 35 years.
“Zero-days” are serious vulnerabilities in software that are unknown to the software maker or user. They are so named because developers find out about the security vulnerability the day that it is exploited…
If you think you’re not at risk from cyber crime then think again. Everyone connected to the internet is a potential target and hackers are gathering what they can to try to gain your trust.
Recent data thefts that appear to be carried out by nations are unsettling for many reasons and raise profound questions about how we should handle them.
The internet of things – including the equipment on the power grid – is increasing cybersecurity risks for all critical infrastructure.
Many questions remain about the hack on government employee data but the US has to treat the data theft as a high-level diplomatic incident.
A new threat to secure online communication could be a symptom of a wider cyber security problem.
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Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Security Researcher, Associate Professor in Resilient Systems, Edith Cowan University
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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Associate Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Lawyer, Curtin University
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Doctoral Researcher in Cyberwarfare, University of Birmingham
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Deputy Director, Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, Auburn University
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Director, McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, Auburn University
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Professor of Criminology, University of Leeds
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Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School
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Senior Lecturer, New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science, University of Waikato