Labor will drive a “step change” in the Commonwealth’s cybersecurity culture to counter the current secrecy and lack of accountability around the issue if it wins the election, shadow...
Cyber Security
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Despite the Australian Securities and Investments Commission being hit by a cyber-attack just over a year ago, along with several other high profile ransomware attacks in the last few...
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Australian authorities have begun using their controversial “extraordinary” new hacking warrants, allowing them to “disrupt” the data of suspected offenders and access their online accounts. The Identify and Disrupt...
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At least a quarter of the total NSW council elections last year may have been impacted by the failure of the state’s digital voting system, according to a new...
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The federal government has no plans to introduce a vulnerability disclosure program despite a number of security researchers calling for a better way of notifying about significant flaws such...
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The NSW government has formally launched its identity support unit, a single point of contact in the state to support citizens and organisations impacted by identity crime. Called IDSupport...
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Consultation has begun on the last round of the government’s significant critical infrastructure reforms which include the power to require companies deemed to be “nationally significant” to install software...
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Global cyber criminals will be hit with new targeted sanctions, such as travel bans and the freezing of assets, from the Australian government under Magnitsky-style reforms passed on the...
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The world-leading Trustworthy Systems security research team dumped by Australia’s science agency earlier this year has signed a deal with a Swiss technology company to develop cyber network safeguards...
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The federal government wants the cybersecurity industry to help shape the “bold” new cyber hubs, which will provide more than 40 services to the public sector. The Hardening Government...
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The government will be able to step in and take control of critical infrastructure owned by the private sector as a “last resort” in the event of a cyber...
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Australian Signals Directorate director-general Rachel Noble has cautioned against proposals to establish a separate cybersecurity entity, saying that offensive cyber capabilities have now been “fully integrated” into the spy...
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The federal Opposition will launch a national anti-scams centre, introduce a new minister focused on the issue and enforce more rules for social media firms if it wins the...
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Home Affairs is paying international consultants Ernst & Young $2.5 million to help establish its cybersecurity hub because it lacks the “capacity and specialist knowledge” to do it in-house....