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Op-Ed: Quantum computing — the next cyber battleground

Op-Ed: Quantum computing — the next cyber battleground

Australia’s ambitions in quantum computing are not new. There has been ongoing domestic research for a long time, ...

David Fairman Wed, 17 May 2023
Twitter adds encrypted messaging — but only for verified, blue tick accounts

Twitter adds encrypted messaging — but only for verified, blue tick accounts

Twitter has announced it is implementing a long-awaited encrypted messaging function, and while it does currently work, ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 12 May 2023
Google introduces new safety features, including dark web scanning for email addresses

Google introduces new safety features, including dark web scanning for email addresses

Google has announced a raft of new safety features at its annual Google I/O developer conference, aimed at protecting ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 11 May 2023
Op-Ed: Australia looks to privacy-preserving checks for legitimate website and app use

Op-Ed: Australia looks to privacy-preserving checks for legitimate website and app use

Australian application and website owners have been battling with bot traffic for some years now. Some of these ...

Guy Brown Thu, 11 May 2023
Is Google’s new passkey security option the end of passwords as we know it?

Is Google’s new passkey security option the end of passwords as we know it?

Google announced this week that it has rolled out a new way to log into a Google account that does away with passwords ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 05 May 2023
Samsung bans internal ChatGPT user after source code leak

Samsung bans internal ChatGPT user after source code leak

Korean technology giant Samsung has announced an internal ban on the use of AI chatbot ChatGPT, the company announced to ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 03 May 2023
Op-Ed: World Password Day is about more than just passwords — identity management matters too

Op-Ed: World Password Day is about more than just passwords — identity management matters too

Passwords have undergone an evolution in recent years and with good reason.

Chern-Yue Boey Wed, 03 May 2023
Op-Ed: Why ‘voice cloning’ won’t help fraudsters beat biometrics

Op-Ed: Why ‘voice cloning’ won’t help fraudsters beat biometrics

You may have seen the recent headlines from a few journalists who have used artificial intelligence (AI) to create ...

Brett Beranek Tue, 02 May 2023
Apple rolls out its 1st Rapid Security Response update to the public

Apple rolls out its 1st Rapid Security Response update to the public

Apple has utilised its Rapid Security Response feature overnight to roll out its first such update.

David Hollingworth Tue, 02 May 2023
Medusa threat actor boasts about spreading Microsoft’s Bing source code

Medusa threat actor boasts about spreading Microsoft’s Bing source code

The Medusa ransomware outfit is sharing what it claims to be the leaked source code of two of Microsoft’s Bing products ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 20 Apr 2023
Op-Ed: Operational technology under attack from rising cyber security threats

Op-Ed: Operational technology under attack from rising cyber security threats

The past few months have seen cyber attacks hit nearly every single industry in Australia, across the government and the ...

Stefanie Oakes Thu, 20 Apr 2023
Old routers are revealing important corporate secrets — is yours one of them?

Old routers are revealing important corporate secrets — is yours one of them?

A pair of security researchers recently lucked onto an alarming statistic — it would appear that perhaps half of the ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 19 Apr 2023
How hackers exploit Discord: A case study

How hackers exploit Discord: A case study

Recent research has detailed how hackers have been able to leverage Discord’s integrations for financial and political ...

Mon, 17 Apr 2023