According to Verizon, state-based actors are responsible for the great majority – 82 per cent – of cyber espionage, with attacks aimed at stealing sensitive data from government or...
Cyber Security
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If you follow cybersecurity, you will know the news is rarely good, and that the digital environment is getting more challenging. Attack volumes have risen significantly since the onset...
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New rules for critical infrastructure covering a broad range of tech firms are being “rushed” without proper scrutiny being applied, according to a number of submissions to government. The...
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Australia and Israel are at once similar and different in the way they handle water management, but as digitisation disrupts water technology both countries must make their water systems...
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In April and May this year, when home working was at unprecedented levels as a result of COVID-19, the identity and access management (IAM) provider LastPass by LogMeIn surveyed...
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Recent cyber attacks on the US election are a “salutary warning for Australia”, with the federal government “blind to the threat” of an attack on democratic institutions, shadow assistant...
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Are the good guys and girls winning the cyber wars or are we slipping behind as cyber-battles become more of a competition between AI systems rather than human hackers...
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A permanent 10-person advisory committee, helmed by Telstra boss Andy Penn, has been established to guide the implementation of the federal government’s $1.7 billion cybersecurity strategy. The 2020 Cyber...
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COVID-19 social distancing prevented judges, lawyers, witnesses and litigants from physically appearing in court. It forced courts to undergo overnight digital transformations and raises the prospect of remote hearings...
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Iconic Australian software company TechnologyOne has earned a ‘Protected’ level security assessment through the Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) program, significantly raising the federal government cybersecurity posture at...
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The Australian Federal Police has made cybercrime a central priority for 2020 and beyond, ratcheting up cybercrime operations as the force confronts COVID-themed cyberattacks, as well as an increase...
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The Australian National University’s Vice Chancellor Brian Schmidt talks about lessons learned after its devastating data breach in 2018 and explains why cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility. It was just...
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The framework governing the federal government’s $200 million digital identity program is “very vague” and “counter-intuitive” and more design flaws will likely be found, according to the security researcher...
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Security researchers have advised Australians not to use the federal government’s digital identity service after authorities refused to fix a crucial design flaw they had discovered. Thinking Cybersecurity chief...