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Just days after she was grilled in a Senate estimates hearing for a slew of incidents affecting Optus, chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has announced her resignation
Daniel Croft • Mon, 25 Aug 2025
Report: Watch out – scams make up nearly half of all Black Friday spam
New research finds spam – and scams – skyrocket during the pre-Christmas sale season. Here’s what you need to know.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 17 Nov 2023
Elon Musk’s X fails to pay fine levied by eSafety Commissioner over child sexual abuse material
The company formerly known as Twitter has let the deadline to pay a $610,500 fine pass.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 15 Nov 2023
Anonymous Sudan claims DDoS attack on EU League of Legends servers
A popular video game server may have been taken offline by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 13 Nov 2023
Alleged email database of Australian-founded Illuvium game studio for sale on Russian hacking site
Illuvium, founded by Australian brothers, offers a suite of games built on the Ethereum blockchain.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 10 Nov 2023
Small business recoils from cost of cyber security
The main barrier to more secure digital systems is price, a Mastercard survey finds, and raising revenue has become a higher priority.
Philip King • Wed, 08 Nov 2023
Australia drops 6 places in remote work rankings
But what country is the highest rated for remote workers? Honestly, it’s probably not that surprising.
David Hollingworth and Kyle Robbins • Wed, 18 Oct 2023
Steam curbs malicious updates from compromised developer accounts
Video game marketplace Steam is implementing additional security measures to combat the growing number of malware-ridden updates from infected publisher accounts.
Daniel Croft • Mon, 16 Oct 2023
X/Twitter fined over $600,000 by Australia’s eSafety Commissioner
The Elon Musk-owned social media platform has earned the commissioner’s ire over a lack of response to child sexual exploitation material being shared on the platform
David Hollingworth • Mon, 16 Oct 2023
Report: Takedown rates of TikTok videos show wide global variance in moderation
While Pakistan rates number one for video removals, Australia ranks surprisingly close to the top 10 nations by user base, according to a new survey.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 13 Oct 2023
European Union sends letter to Elon Musk over Hamas attack disinformation
X – formerly Twitter – owner Elon Musk was issued a warning over “illegal content” on his social media platform.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 11 Oct 2023
Stop the clock: War Thunder players have leaked more sensitive material
Aircraft, tanks, and now the AH-64 Apache helicopter – gamers continue to go to great and vaguely treasonous lengths to be right on the internet.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 29 Sep 2023
Op-Ed: Why businesses should embrace ‘data minimalism’ amid ongoing cyber attacks
In an age where data is often hailed as the new oil, many businesses rush to amass vast troves of information about their customers.
Tim Holden • Wed, 27 Sep 2023
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