Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Credit: Dreamstime Cyber criminals are taking advantage of the Christmas season by making postal presents and party invites their latest target of attack. One hack circulating currently is a text message scam that takes advantage of people expecting parcels from Australia…
#deepweb | From The Crown to His Dark Materials: what’s streaming in Australia in November | Television & radio
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Netflix The Crown, season 3 (UK, 2019) – 17 November A new era calls for fresh blood in Buckingham Palace. In the latest season of Netflix’s lavish Emmy and Golden Globe-winning monarchy drama, Olivia Colman takes up the mantle from Claire…
#cybersecurity | #hackerspace | Porn-User Face Scans: Australia Thinks of the Children
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Australian government has a cunning plan: It’s going to protect kids from pornography—by taking photos of users’ faces. Yep, you read that right. What could possibly go wrong? The Department of Home Affairs in Canberra appears to think everything is…
#hacking | Scott Morrison says drought the Coalition’s ‘first call’ – but makes no mention of climate | Australia news
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Scott Morrison has indicated the federal government might be prepared to commit extra relief funding to drought-stricken communities, reaffirming the drought is the government’s top priority. In a triumphal speech to the Liberal party’s federal council in Canberra on Saturday, Morrison…
Cybersecurity a #critical area for #closer #cooperation between #Asean and #Australia
Asean and Australia should work closer together on cybersecurity issues, which range from Internet crimes to fake news, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday (March 18). In a speech to other Asean leaders and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a plenary session at the Asean-Australia Special Summit,…
Australia #fair game when it comes to the #threat of a #cyber attack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans For a country with a culture based on taking things as they come, Check Point has said Australia is taking the threat of cybersecurity seriously. Previously, organisations in Australia were protected by the country’s geographic isolation, but as business is now…
Australia: Shelve Proposed Law to Weaken Encryption
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Australian government should not force technology companies to weaken the security of their products or to subvert encryption, Human Rights Watch said last week in a letter to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. That strategy would undermine cybersecurity for all users…
Huawei Australia appoints former NBN security head as cybersecurity officer
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Former head of security for NBN and Telecom New Zealand Malcolm Shore, who has also worked in NZ Defence security, has been appointed Huawei Australia’s cybersecurity officer. Huawei Australia has announced appointing former Australian National Broadband Network (NBN) and Telecom New…
Singapore and Australia agree to boost cybersecurity cooperation
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Australia and Singapore have agreed to strengthen cybersecurity cooperation, with a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on Friday (Jun 2). Key areas of collaboration include having a regular exchange of information on cybersecurity incidents and threats, sharing best practices to…
Online dating apps including Tinder and Grindr linked to the rapidly increasing cases of STIs in Australia
STI levels are rising rapidly across Australia, and health experts are pointing the blame at dating apps like Tinder and Grindr. Chlamydia is currently the most widespread sexually transmitted infection, with 80,000 cases diagnosed a year in Australia – but gonorrhoea levels has doubled and even tripled in some regions….
