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eSafety Commissioner warns schools and carers of rising impact of deepfakes among students
Reports of image-based abuse of school-aged children doubled in the last 18 months, as eSafety launches a new toolkit ...
Australian government lists Terrorgram white nationalist group as a terrorist organisation
“Online radicalisation is a growing threat,” the Home Affairs Minister has said of the Telegram-based extremist network
White House bans WhatsApp on Congress devices
Members of the US House of Representatives have been banned from using social media messaging app WhatsApp on their ...
NSW Police Force to get $125.8m cyber capacity boost
The 2025–26 state budget will provide the NSW Police Force with “the best and latest cyber capabilities”.
Trump suggests extending TikTok ban deadline for the third time
US President Donald Trump has hinted at a possible extension of TikTok’s deadline to dispossess US user assets.
ACS lobbies government to reform Australia’s data act
Reforms to the federal Data Availability and Transparency Act could help drive innovation and trust, Australia’s peak ...
NATO considers including cyber security in defence budget target
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is weighing up including cyber security in its proposed defence spending ...
ADF to invest in building cyber warfare workforce
Multiple career pathways and a new pay structure are aimed at recruiting and retaining skilled cyber specialists.
Trump signs ‘Take It Down Act’, criminalising revenge porn and deepfakes
US President Donald Trump has signed legislation criminalising the publication of AI-generated deepfake and revenge porn ...
Hacker of US SEC’s X account sent to prison
The hacker behind the account compromise of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) X account is now facing jail ...
Fake GoFundMe page targets Victorian Liberal MP John Pesutto
Efforts to help John Pesutto pay $2.3 million in legal costs over the Moira Deeming defamation case were hampered by a ...
CIA launches social media campaign to entice Chinese defectors, China responds
The US Central Intelligence Agency has launched a Chinese-language social media campaign to encourage Chinese government ...
Op-Ed: Australia’s cyber shield strategy – a national push towards unified resilience
As cyber criminals escalate attacks on Australian enterprises, government bodies, and critical infrastructure, the ...