The Manage My Health hacking breach exposed weaknesses in New Zealand’s digital defences. But the rise of autonomous AI agents poses a very different threat.
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A hit 1983 movie illustrates what computer scientists have long known: If you give an AI agent a goal but don’t control what it can and can’t do, you shouldn’t be surprised by what it does.
Cybercrime is getting increasingly sophisticated, and scammers target senior citizens.
The company’s Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon will appear before the federal parliamentary committee on Artificial Intelligence’s hearing next week.
Most Australian government entities are running outdated technology – and AI systems may reveal their weaknesses, intentionally or not.
News that an OpenAI agent hacked Medicare has prompted calls for Australia to develop its own AI system.
We need to ask how ready Australian government systems are for increasingly capable AI agents.
Connected vehicles can be hacked, posing risks for safety and privacy.
AI is a global technology. A global approach to regulating it is urgently needed.
AI companies are calling for a coordinated pause to progress – but making it work, and keeping AI safe, won’t be easy.
Memory makes AI agents more useful, but it can also allow malicious instructions to remain hidden and influence decisions long after an attack.
Time again it is made clear through audits and reports that cybersecurity needs to be more of a priority.
People still remember the 2016 #CensusFail. So how safe is the 2026 census?
A cybersecurity researcher explains how hackers target small computers that control a water system’s tanks, pipes and valves.
AI systems need ‘situational awareness’ to do the right thing – but recent events show they can get confused.
Privacy protection must also be a conversation that reflects the lived realities of vulnerable communities.
The AI model built by OpenAI attacked the website Hugging Face.
The singularity has two features. The AI systems Sam Altman sells don’t deliver on either of them.
Why AI companies are so fond of the prefix ‘co’.
OpenAI’s models were told to find and exploit vulnerabilities. They did — on a company that was never part of the exercise.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Senior Lecturer in Networking, The Open University
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Professor of Cybersecurity, Head of School of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University
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Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Surrey
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Professor of Cybersecurity, School of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne