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| Jan 8, 2026 | Australia to hold royal commission inquiry into Bondi Beach shooting | SYDNEY: Australia will hold a royal commission inquiry into the mass shooting that killed 15 people at Bondi Beach, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday (Jan 8), as he faced public demands for answers.
"I've repeatedly said... |
| Dec 5, 2025 | TSA Warns Travelers to Avoid Free Airport Wi-Fi | Key Takeaways
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is warning people to avoid free airport Wi-Fi when traveling this holiday season.
While a valuable perk, free public Wi-Fi is a hotbed for hackers to gain access to your sensiti... |
| Sep 2, 2025 | Three Sydney dockworkers charged over massive cocaine shipment | SYDNEY: Three Sydney dockworkers have been charged over a massive shipment of cocaine in a law enforcement investigation into trusted insiders importing illicit drugs into Australia, authorities said on Tuesday (Sep 2).
The three, aged 25, ... |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Australia's Qantas says cyber criminal contacts one week after data breach | A cyber criminal has made contact with Australia's Qantas following a data breach last week that exposed personal information of six million customers, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday.
The hacker had targeted a call centre an... |
| Jun 25, 2025 | KordaMentha makes eight partner and executive director promotions | Business advisory KordaMentha has made eight mid-year partner and executive director promotions, including three within its real estate practice among a growing list of segments.
Based out of Melbourne, Zachary Pearson becomes a partner in ... |
| Apr 29, 2025 | Australian investors lose AUD $945 million to cyber scams | |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Fraud against Australian businesses on the rise, report finds | |
| Feb 28, 2025 | The ADL’s Misguided Attack On Steam | Last November, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released Steam-Powered Hate, accusing Valve’s game launcher, Steam, of fostering extremism. The report dropped just before Senator Mark Warner, a SAFE TECH Act proponent, threatened Steam’s ow... |
| Jan 8, 2025 | Australian Federal Police and DXC win award for neurodiversity employment program | The AFP has been recognised for its efforts to create alternative pathways into law enforcement for neurodiverse individuals, awarded for a program in partnership with DXC Technology.
While the agency’s November raid on the Sydney offices o... |
| Dec 16, 2024 | Ransomware to Cause ‘Bumpy’ Security Ride in 2025 | Ransomware attacks will continue to plague APAC enterprises in 2025, according to Rapid7. The cybersecurity tech vendor expects that more zero-day exploits and changes in ransomware industry dynamics will result in a “bumpy ride” for securi... |
| Dec 11, 2024 | AFP trials AI to improve operations & officer welfare | The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has revealed its trial use of artificial intelligence to improve operations and enhance the well-being of its personnel.
The announcement was made during Microsoft's AI Tour in Sydney, where AFP Manager T... |
| Nov 29, 2024 | The Ripple Effect of Resilience and Tragedy: Two Stories of Human Spirit | Life often throws curveballs. Some are gentle nudges, while others hit hard. Two recent stories highlight this truth: one of resilience in the face of cancer and another of tragedy stemming from a tainted drink. Both narratives weave a tape... |
| Nov 25, 2024 | New Zealand citizen poisoned by tainted alcohol in Laos returns home | A New Zealand citizen poisoned after drinking contaminated alcohol in a popular tourist town in Laos has returned home, authorities said on Monday (Nov 25), as Laos pledged to prosecute those responsible for the incident which has killed si... |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Australian Federal Police descend on PwC’s Sydney headquarters for Operation Alesia | The Australian Federal Police investigation into PwC’s government tax breach affair has stepped up a notch, with officers descending on the Big Four firm’s Australian headquarters in Sydney.
According to reports, the AFP officers will now s... |
| Sep 18, 2024 | Global police sting targets users of 'Ghost' organised crime app | THE HAGUE: A 32-year-old Australian "computer geek" has been arrested on suspicion of building an encrypted messaging app used by hundreds of criminals worldwide to arrange drug deals and order killings, police said on Wednesday (... |
| Aug 23, 2024 | The AI Accountability Shift: A New Era for Government Oversight | The landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) is shifting. Governments worldwide are grappling with the implications of AI technology. In Australia, a significant move is underway. Starting September 1, all federal departments must appoint ... |
| Aug 23, 2024 | Neural Notes: Who’s on the hook for the government’s AI crackdown? | Minister for Finance Katy Gallagher. Source: SmartCompany via AAP Image/Mick Tsikas. article-article-body
Welcome back to Neural Notes, a weekly column where I look at some of the most interesting artificial intelligence news of the week. I... |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Australian Feds Spent More Than $500,000 Trying To Lock Up An Autistic 13-Year-Old On Terrorism Charges | We learned earlier this year, it’s not just the FBI targeting extremely vulnerable people with the intent of radicalizing them into arrests on terrorism charges. The FBI has been a world leader in this particular category, apparently incapa... |
| Aug 13, 2024 | The Dollar's Resilience: A Glimpse into Economic Stability Amidst Volatility | In the world of finance, the dollar is a heavyweight. It dances to the rhythm of economic data, swaying with the winds of labor statistics and market sentiment. Recently, the dollar flexed its muscles, gaining strength after U.S. jobless cl... |
| Aug 9, 2024 | What makes winning data-driven solutions? Insights from Cloudera EVOLVE24 | Cloudera’s EVOLVE24 event, which took place this week at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, put the spotlight on the power of data, the necessity of data security, and the reality of hybrid infrastructure to underpin operational efficiency and ... |
| Aug 8, 2024 | Cloudera's EVOLVE 24: A New Era in Metadata Management | In the bustling world of data, Cloudera is carving out a niche. At the recent EVOLVE 24 APAC conference, the company unveiled significant enhancements to its metadata management solutions. This event, held in Singapore, attracted a diverse ... |
| Aug 8, 2024 | Cloudera boosts metadata management at EVOLVE 24 APAC conference | This week Cloudera hosted its APAC-specific event, EVOLVE24, inviting partners, customers and stakeholders from the region to hear more about how they can advance their use of data, analytics and AI with Cloudera.
In the midst of many annou... |
| Aug 5, 2024 | Is Australia’s Public Sector Ready for a Major Cyber Security Incident? | Recent investigations into the cyber security preparedness of Australian Federal Government agencies have found gaps in the public sector’s readiness for cyber security attacks or major data breaches, contributing to a focus in 2024 on impr... |
| Jul 18, 2024 | 91% of Australians seek better support for neurodivergent employees | Recent findings from a survey conducted by DXC Technology reveal that 91% of Australians believe organisations could do more to support long-term employment for neurodivergent individuals. In an effort to address this issue, DXC Technology ... |
| May 28, 2024 | Passenger accused of running naked through Virgin Australia airliner mid-flight, knocking down crew member | A man accused of running naked down the aisle of an Australian domestic flight, knocking down a flight attendant and forcing the plane to turn back, was arrested by police at the airport, officials said on Tuesday.
The incident happened ear... |
| May 1, 2024 | Australian PM says violence against women a 'national crisis' | SYDNEY: Australia's prime minister on Wednesday (May 1) declared violence against women a "scourge" and a "national crisis", after protests in several major cities.
Meeting state premiers, Anthony Albanese announced a ra... |
| Apr 30, 2024 | DHS Completes Secretary’s Commitment to a Peer-to-Peer Exchange with the Government of Australia as Part of the Australia-United States Joint Council on Combating Online Child Sexual Exploitation | Online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) increasingly threatens the safety of children globally. In 2023, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received more than 36 million CyberTipline® reports of suspect... |
| Apr 18, 2024 | Arrest made after massive amount of cocaine mysteriously washes up on Australian beaches | An alleged drug trafficker has been charged after being linked to bricks of cocaine that mysteriously washed up on Australian beaches in 2023 and early 2024.
The unnamed 36-year-old man is from Brisbane, Australia, officials said in a news ... |
| Apr 15, 2024 | RSIPF and SIAF lead civil disorder exercise in Solomon Islands | RSIPF and SIAF lead civil disorder exercise in Solomon Islands
The AFP has supported the RSIPF to deliver a significant public order management exercise in Solomon Islands this week in anticipation for the upcoming Joint Elections on 17 Apr... |
| Apr 8, 2024 | ATO issues new false invoice warning to businesses scamming the tax system | Source: Unsplash/Scott Graham. article-article-body
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has dodgy invoicing in its crosshairs, warning businesses that the Serious Financial Crimes Taskforce is ready and able to take action.
On Friday, the ... |
| Apr 1, 2024 | Australia's Tasmania Makes First Ever Conviction for AI-Generated Child Abuse Material | Aldohn Domingo, Tech Times 01 April 2024, 12:04 am
A Tasmanian man reportedly becomes the first offender in his state for artificial intelligence-generated child abuse material. The 48-year-old man was convicted after possessing, uploading,... |
| Aug 8, 2023 | Nearly 100 arrested in global child sex abuse operation launched after murder of FBI agents | Close to 100 people have been arrested in Australia and the United States in connection with a global online child abuse network uncovered in the aftermath of a high-profile murder of two FBI agents, authorities announced this week.
The myr... |
| Mar 28, 2023 | AFP adds Latitude to data breach monitoring operation | The Australian Federal Police is expanding Operation Guardian, set up in the wake of the Optus data breach, to also monitor the internet for leaks of Latitude Financial data.
Operation Guardian is a joint effort between federal authorities ... |
| Mar 22, 2023 | Cybercrime levels prompt Australian Federal Police restructure | The Australian Federal Police is citing the complexity of dealing with cybercrime as one of the drivers behind a restructure announced today.
Under the restructure, there will now be four executives supporting commissioner Reece Kershaw: de... |
| Mar 6, 2023 | Australian National Maritime Museum hit by alleged 'trusted insider' attack | A third-party IT contractor working at the Australian National Maritime Museum allegedly accessed its accounting system and “illegally changed bank account details stored in the system to his own.”
The Sydney man, aged 23, was arrested and ... |
| Mar 6, 2023 | Federal MP's office allegedly email-bombed | A woman from Western Sydney is alleged by police to have sent 32,397 emails to the office of an unnamed federal MP over a 24-hour period, overloading the network.
The alleged email bombing campaign “impaired workers from operating IT system... |
| Feb 8, 2023 | Optus scammer avoids jail | The man who tried to extort money from customers affected by the Optus data breach has avoided a jail sentence.
Named as 20-year-old Dennis Su in media reports, he sent the attempted scam text messages to at least 92 Optus customers, using ... |
| Jan 24, 2023 | Sydney man jailed for SMS phishing scam | A man charged with scamming customers of Telstra, CBA and NAB has been jailed for two years and eight months.
The Australian Federal Police said the SMS phishing scam targeted 450 victims and netted the 40-year-old Sydney man more than $100... |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Accused kingpin "Asia's El Chapo" extradited to Australia in "one of the most high-profile arrests in the history" of the country | The alleged boss of Asia's biggest crime syndicate and one of the world's most wanted men has been extradited to Australia and arrested on drug trafficking charges, police said Thursday.
Chinese-born Canadian Tse Chi Lop, 59, is suspected o... |
| Dec 12, 2022 | AFP arrests four over crypto, investment scams | After a tipoff from the US Secret Service, the Australian Federal Police has arrested four men over a scam that the police say has netted more than $100 million worldwide.
Known colloquially as “pig butchering”, the scam involves social eng... |
| Nov 28, 2022 | Two Victorians charged in help desk scam investigation | An international police operation that shut down a telephone spoofing service has led to the arrest of two Victorians over alleged scamming that netted them $1 million.
The Australian Federal Police announced the arrests on Friday, saying t... |
| Nov 11, 2022 | Australia tells Medibank hackers: ‘We know who you are’ | The Australian Federal Police claims to have identified the cybercriminals behind the Medibank ransomware attack, which compromised the personal data of 9.7 million customers.
AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw said on Friday that the agency kn... |
| Oct 6, 2022 | Sydney man charged for allegedly trying to scam Optus breach victims | A 19-year-old Sydney man has been charged with allegedly trying to blackmail Optus customers whose data was leaked onto the internet as proof of a data breach.
Australian Federal Police executed a search warrant at a home in Rockdale in Syd... |
| Oct 1, 2022 | Australian police, banks join forces to monitor leaked Optus dataset | Federal and state authorities have set up a new operation aimed at protecting the identities of 10,200 Optus customers whose details were published to an online forum following a massive data breach.
Operation Guardian, launched Friday, cov... |
| Sep 6, 2022 | The cocaine in Australia contains barely any cocaine | Australian Federal Police officers with suitcases used to smuggle cocaine, at a news conference in Sydney on February 6, 2003. REUTERS/Mark Baker
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A high proportion of recent cocaine samples in Australia contained no trace of the ... |
| May 9, 2022 | Victorians lost $31.9 million to business email compromise in 2021 | Victorians lost $31,904,837 to business email compromise (BEC) in 2021, but some VPN operators are helping Victoria Police unmask fraudsters, Detective Sergeant Tas Gagatsakis from the Cybercrime Squad told iTnews.
Gagatsakis said there wer... |
| Jan 21, 2022 | The Australian Federal Police says it is exercising powers to penalise retailers price gouging RATs with jail time and fines of up to $66,000 | The AFP raided a journalist's house.
Businesses and individuals face five years’ imprisonment for re-selling COVID-19 tests for more than 20% of the original retail purchase price.
The Australian Federal Police on Friday confirmed it was co... |
| Dec 9, 2021 | Police analyse 19 million messages captured in AN0M encrypted comms sting | Federal, state and territory police have identified up to 160 “targets” following extended analysis of messages from the AN0M encrypted communications device and app developed by law enforcement for a sting operation that ran for three year... |
| Dec 9, 2021 | Encrypted Phone Company Backdoored by FBI Will Lead to 'Years' of Arrests | Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard's podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet.
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Arrests from the fallout of Anom, an encrypted chat platform that authorities secretly backdoored, will c... |
| Oct 29, 2021 | AFP confiscates $1.2m in cryptocurrency earnt from nicked Netflix services | A Sydney man has been told to forfeit more than $1.2 million in cryptocurrency that he earnt from selling stolen Netflix and Spotify subscription credentials.
The 23-year-old man was ordered to hand over the cryptocurrency – the largest for... |
| Jun 8, 2021 | Приложение, через которое преступники по всему миру вели свои дела, оказалось разработкой ФБР | Александра Кукуть 8 июня 2021, 17:13 Приложение, через которое преступники по всему миру вели свои дела, оказалось разработкой ФБР
ФБР годами тайно наблюдало за международными преступными группировками, которые общались через зашифрованное ... |
| Jun 8, 2021 | AFP and FBI sting used encrypted app to intercept crims' comms | A large, worldwide organised crime bust announced today was facilitated by the Australian Federal Police working with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation running a sting operation involving an encrypted communications app, AN0... |
| Jun 8, 2021 | Police arrested hundreds of suspected criminals after tricking them into using a messaging app that was actually run by the FBI | An international sting operation using a fake encrypted messaging app has resulted in 800 arrests.
The app was developed by the FBI and presented as a secure platform for organized criminals.
In fact, the FBI could read every word, piling u... |
| Jan 24, 2021 | The crime boss dubbed ‘Asia’s El Chapo’ who leads one of the world’s biggest drug gangs, has been arrested in Amsterdam | Tse Chi Lop, Joaquin ‘El Chapo” Guzman. YouTube/The Straits Times/Getty/Omar Torres
Tse Chi Lop, one of the world’s most wanted fugitives, has been arrested in Amsterdam.
Lop is understood to head an organisation called The Company that dom... |
| Jul 22, 2020 | Australia's Police Chief Blasts Facebook for Aiding Rape by Letting Paedophiles Hide Behind Its End-to-End Encryption | CJ Robles, Tech Times 22 July 2020, 12:07 pm
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) commissioner blasted Facebook for aiding to rape and torture of children.
According to Associated Press, as reported by Daily Mail, AFP Chief Reece Kershaw rip... |
| Dec 5, 2019 | Police in Australia seized nearly R12 billion worth of meth hidden inside stereo speakers smuggled in from Thailand | The Australian Federal Police and the Australian Border Force charged three people on Thursday in relation to smuggling meth inside stereo speakers originating from Bangkok, Thailand.
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Three people have been charged ... |
| Jun 4, 2019 | Today’s Headlines and Commentary | George Nader, a key witness in the Special Counsel’s investigation, was arrested on Monday, having been charged in January 2018 with transporting child pornography, the Washington Post reports.
The House will vote next Tuesday on whether to... |
| May 21, 2019 | Busted Australian IT Agent Used Government Computer for Crypto Mining | The Australian Federal Police (AFP) in a press release today charged a 33-year-old Government employee for modifying the agency’s computer network to mine cryptocurrency for personal gain.
According to the enforcement agency, the Killara (N... |
| Aug 10, 2018 | Nuix founder Castagna cops seven years jail sentence for offshore tax fraud | The former chairman and co-founder of Macquarie-backed Australian cyber security and investigation software vendor Nuix, Anthony (Tony) Castagna, will spend at least four years in jail after being handed a seven-year prison term for a strin... |
| Jun 15, 2016 | Are Australian Govt websites up to scratch? | Australian government websites need to up their game when it comes to readability, with a new report revealing a majority are failing to meet plain English language website guidelines. |
| Jun 13, 2016 | Governments in Australia and New Zealand fail to meet plain English website guidelines | VisibleThread identifies that 4 out of 5 of Australian Government websites analysed do not meet recommended readability standards. New Zealand fares better, but still has a way to go to achieve its readability goals.
Cambridge UK, Monday 13... |
| Jan 26, 2016 | Hack attack on a hospital IT system highlights the risk of still running Windows XP | A virus attack on the computer system of one of Melbourne’s largest hospital networks is cause for concern because it affected machines running Microsoft’s Windows XP, an operating system no longer supported by the software giant.
A report ... |
| May 15, 2015 | Dark Web Guns Bust: Over a Dozen Arrested in Undercover Operation | Buying a gun on the dark web is theoretically pretty easy, but a recent series of busts shows how risky it can be. A six-month joint investigation between law enforcement in Australia and the United States, which involved law enforcement op... |
| Apr 16, 2015 | How children view privacy differently from adults | Have you seen the how-to video of a teenage girl styling her hair that went disastrously wrong? She was obviously very disturbed by what happened, yet still uploaded the footage onto YouTube. Do you think a 45 or 50 year-old would upload an... |
| Mar 27, 2015 | Your guide to the data retention debate: what it is and why it’s bad | It’s time to clarify what data retention is and the nature of the threat it poses to citizens writes Crikey’s Bernard Keane.
Crikey has been covering data retention for several years, and we’ve written tens of thousands of words in that tim... |
| Mar 26, 2015 | Your guide to the data retention debate: what it is and why it’s bad | It’s time to clarify what data retention is and the nature of the threat it poses to citizens writes Crikey’s Bernard Keane.
Crikey has been covering data retention for several years, and we’ve written tens of thousands of words in that tim... |
| Dec 18, 2014 | Australia Announces an Investigation Into the Sydney Siege, Then Has to Investigate the Announcement | The Australian government on Wednesday announced an investigation into the events that allowed Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis, an individual with an extensive criminal past, to walk the streets. They didn't expect the first thing they'... |
| Nov 5, 2014 | Australians' Stored Metadata Could Be Used In Any Civil Case, Including Against Copyright Infringement | It was bad enough when the Australian government announced that it was joining the growing club of countries that would be retaining huge swathes of its citizens’ metadata. But now people are beginning to realize that once that store of met... |
| Dec 5, 2012 | Hardening your business | Last week’s bust of a gang of credit card thieves by the Australian Federal Police was a warning to businesses on the need to take computer security seriously.
In Australia, a Romanian crime gang targeted small retail businesses’ computer s... |
| AFP arrests man over alleged creation and sale of 'Firebird' RAT | The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has arrested a man for allegedly developing a remote access trojan (RAT) and selling it on a hacking forum.
The Australian man was arrested by the AFP on April 11 and will appear at Sydney’s Downing Centr... |
| Defence IS technician, partner accused of forwarding sensitive docs to private email | An information systems technician in the Australian Army and her partner have been charged with “an espionage-related offence” after allegedly forwarding sensitive Defence information accessed via the woman’s account to a private email.
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| AFP modified software updates of encrypted platform to gain covert access | The Australian Federal Police gained access to an encrypted communications platform called Ghost by tampering with regular software updates pushed by its creators.
AFP officers make an arrest. (Image credit: Australian Federal Police)
The A... |
| WA man faces charges for alleged evil twin attack | A Western Australian man is facing cybercrime charges for allegedly creating fake wifi networks that mimicked legitimate ones at airports, on flights, and at other locations.
Image credit: Australian Federal Police.
The 42-year-old allegedl... |
| Melbourne man caught in scam services site investigation sentenced | The Melbourne County Court has sentenced a man to two years imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 10 months, following an investigation into an overseas website selling spoofing services.
The Melbourne County Court
The man fraudulently ... |
| Dirty money continues to be a huge problem in Australia. Here’s the solution | Source: joshua hoehne/unsplash.
Australia’s financial crime laws are unfit for purpose. The problem: there are many professionals currently facilitating money laundering within the country who are exempt from the laws and regulations set up... |
| Australian police seize devices used to send over 318 million phishing texts | Australian police forces have 29 SIM boxes and “thousands” of SIM cards during raids in several states aimed at curtailing smishing - SMS phishing - attacks.
Image credit: Australian Federal Police.
In NSW, 26 of the cellular devices - whic... |
| Melbourne man pleads guilty to buying stolen data on Genesis Market | A 32-year-old Melbourne man was sentenced to 150 hours of community work on Friday for buying stolen data over Genesis Market before it was seized last year.
AFP arrested the man at his Endeavour Hills house in April 2023. Credit: AFP.
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| ANZ transaction tracer joins AFP-led real-time data enabled crime crackdown | ANZ Banking Group has embedded one of its transaction-tracing specialists into a joint initiative between the financial services sector and law enforcement agencies aimed at disrupting crime through bolstering real-time intelligence sharing... |
| WA man jailed after global Genesis Market shutdown | A Western Australian man has been sentenced to two years in prison after fraudulently using stolen credentials from dark web marketplace Genesis Market.
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The 36-year-old was found to have 20,000 stolen credentials... |
| IT contractor sentenced in Australian maritime museum fraud | A former IT support contractor to the Australian National Maritime Museum will spend at least 15 months behind bars over a ‘trusted insider’ attack.
The Macquarie Park man, now 25, was employed as an IT contractor by a third-party provider ... |
| The $500 million ATO fraud highlights the flaws in the myGov ID system. How to ensure you’re not next | The Australian Tax Office (ATO) paid out more than half a billion dollars to cyber criminals between July 2021 and February 2023, according to an ABC report.
Most of the payments were for small amounts (less than $5,000) and were not flagge... |
| Australian Federal Police officers using more online face search tools | Australian Federal Police officers “potentially” used online facial image search tools on 10 occasions for operational matters in the first half of the year, against internal guidelines.
A freedom of information (FoI) request by Guardian Au... |
| AFP involved in shutdown of alleged myGov phishing kit supplier | A joint operation by Australian, Malaysian and US authorities has led to eight arrests over alleged “phishing kits” that could be used to target online government services sites, including myGov.
The Australian Federal Police said it suppli... |
| AFP, ACIC continue to use account takeover, network activity powers | Two Australian law enforcement agencies handed warrant powers to access devices and alter or delete data in 2021 continued to utilise those powers in their second year of existence.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Cri... |
| Why it’s time to take warnings about using public Wi-Fi, in places like airports, seriously | What cybersecurity experts refer to as “evil twin” attacks are on the rise, targeting public Wi-Fi in airports or coffee shops.
The miniaturization of the digital twinning technology has made this kind of cyberattack more appealing to hacke... |
| Australian Federal Police claw back $45m lost to BEC scammers | The Australian Federal Police has claimed some success in thwarting in-progress business email compromise (BEC) scams, in cases where the incident is disclosed inside the first 24 hours.
Cybercrime operations commander Chris Goldsmid said y... |
