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The new techniques go far beyond hacking your car’s key fob system.
The Five Eyes alliance is critical to hunting and detecting foreign cyber actors, but tends to work in secret.
Over the years Australia has been quick to point the finger at China – most recently in relation to DJI drones. Instead, we should look closely at our own tech security policies.
‘Star Trek: Picard’ is set 400 years in the future, but, like most science fiction, it deals with issues in the here and now. The show’s third and final season provides a lens on cybersecurity.
The Snake network has been detected in more than 50 countries, including Australia.
While some cyber criminals have previously avoided schools and health-care organisations, it seems these are now fair game.
Sexual predators have found a new way to exploit children: taking control of their webcams to record them without their consent. Here’s how the attack works and how you can protect your kids.
‘The risks of military escalation or miscalculation are rising’, according to the long-awaited report.
Losses have surged, and change is needed to better protect Australians into the future.
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.
Passwords are both annoying to use and vulnerable to hackers. Google is moving to support stronger, easier-to-use passkeys (and other tech companies are close behind).
Legislation meant to improve cybersecurity could be difficult to implement and might create incentives for riskier digital behavior.
The new National Cybersecurity Strategy reiterates the government’s focus on resilient infrastructure and taking the offensive against hackers. But it also brings a fresh approach to the private sector.
A new proposal aims to prevent SMS scams by introducing a national SMS sender ID registry.
Twitter and Meta are looking to make money from protecting users’ identities. This raises questions about collective security, people understanding what they’re paying for and who remains vulnerable.
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Should Australia ban ransomware payments? And should the government be able to commandeer companies’ IT systems? An expert explains the government’s new cybersecurity agenda.
The new coordinator will be backed up by a National Office for Cyber Security in the Home Affairs department
Hoax websites are becoming more popular with fraudsters. So it’s more important than ever to protect yourself.
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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