Tech

Massive preloaded Android malware campaign uncovered affecting millions

Researchers at Trend Micro have uncovered a massive cyber crime campaign that has infected nearly 9 million Android-based devices with preloaded malware.

David Hollingworth • Sat, 02 Dec 2023

Google’s new top-level domains prompt possible security concern

At the beginning of May, Google introduced a raft of new top-level domains for purchase from the public — .dad, .phd, .prof, .esq, .foo, .zip, .mov and .nexus.

David Hollingworth • Wed, 17 May 2023

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, supported by regular government funding. Although the ...

David Fairman • Wed, 17 May 2023

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, there are limitations to the service still being ...

David Hollingworth • Fri, 12 May 2023

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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 users from scams and phishing attempts, as well as ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 11 May 2023

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 battles are particularly high-profile: in entertainment ...

Guy Brown • Thu, 11 May 2023

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 and even multifactor authentication.

David Hollingworth • Fri, 05 May 2023

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 staff via a memo.

David Hollingworth • Wed, 03 May 2023

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

You may have seen the recent headlines from a few journalists who have used artificial intelligence (AI) to create synthetic versions of their voices and access their own ...

Brett Beranek • Tue, 02 May 2023