Tech

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 discarded routers currently on the second-hand market ...

David Hollingworth • Sat, 02 Dec 2023

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 gain.

Reporter • Mon, 17 Apr 2023

AFP opens new, advanced Victorian headquarters

The Australian Federal Police has officially opened a new Victorian headquarters.

David Hollingworth • Mon, 17 Apr 2023

Online alcohol counselling service warns customers of web-tracking data breach

An online alcohol counselling service has sent out letters to 109,000 of its customers warning that their data had been inadvertently shared with third-party tracking ...

David Hollingworth • Fri, 14 Apr 2023

Microsoft Bing usage skyrockets following ChatGPT update

In a new effort to jump ahead of leading search engine Google, Microsoft has announced an update to its Bing browser with a feature that integrates ChatGPT and allows it ...

Daniel Croft • Thu, 13 Apr 2023

Tech and retail giant Alibaba to get into the AI game with its own chatbot — but is it safe?

AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT are becoming the new cool thing for companies to roll out — in some cases, whether they’re ready for human consumption or not.

David Hollingworth • Wed, 12 Apr 2023

Inside the market for malicious Google Play apps

A new report has shed light on the trading and selling of malware and other malicious software on the Google Play app store for Android devices.

David Hollingworth • Tue, 11 Apr 2023

Boffins want a pause on AI — but one security expert thinks education and regulation are key

Last week a raft of industry experts put their names to an open letter calling for a pause on the current pace of AI development.

David Hollingworth • Mon, 03 Apr 2023

Microsoft Defender is flagging legitimate URLs as malicious

Microsoft Defender, the free anti-malware software that comes inbuilt into Windows, has been falsely flagging URLs as malicious.

Daniel Croft • Thu, 30 Mar 2023

Crypto-stealing malware hidden in trojanised Tor browsers on the rise

Clipboard injector banking malware is nothing new, but as always, hackers continue to evolve their tools to evade detection and increase their spread. Researchers have ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 30 Mar 2023

New AI chatbot GPT-4 is already being used to bait crypto scams

OpenAI’s latest generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) bot has only been live since 14 March, but scammers and phishers are already taking advantage of the technology — ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 22 Mar 2023