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Scammers can slip fake texts into legitimate SMS threads. Will a government crackdown stop them?

Last Updated on 20 March 2023 by Daniel

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Suranga Seneviratne, University of Sydney and Carol Hsu, University of Sydney

Are you tired of receiving SMS scams pretending to be from Australia Post, the tax office, MyGov and …

Published 20 March 2023
Categorised as Online Security

What the Coincheck hack tells us about how Australian regulators will handle a cryptocurrency hack

Last Updated on 19 March 2023 by Daniel

Hacks like the one on Coincheck expose gullible investors to risk, but it also means funds could be flowing undetected into the hands of money launderers and terrorists. www.shutterstock.com

Philippa Ryan, …

Published 19 March 2023
Categorised as Online Security

Phishing scams are becoming ever more sophisticated – and firms are struggling to keep up

Last Updated on 18 March 2023 by Daniel

Emma Williams, University of Bath and Debi Ashenden, University of Portsmouth

Companies are bombarded with phishing scams every day. In a recent survey of more than 500 cyber security professionals …

Published 18 March 2023
Categorised as Online Security

Why has healthcare become such a target for cyber-attackers?

Last Updated on 17 March 2023 by Daniel

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Myrsini Athinaiou, University of Brighton

More than 16m patient records were stolen from healthcare organisations in the US and related parties in 2016. That year, …

Published 17 March 2023
Categorised as Online Security

Hacking, cracking and the wild, wild web

Last Updated on 16 March 2023 by Daniel

Is it time to get tougher on hackers, whatever their motivations? Philippe Huguen/AFP

Mark A Gregory, RMIT University

PRIVACY – Who are hackers and what do they want from you?

Pop …

Published 16 March 2023
Categorised as Online Security

How Bodyguard raised the very real issue of insider threats in big organisations

Last Updated on 15 March 2023 by Daniel

BBC drama Bodyguard, which delves into the murky world of insider leaks in the police and security services. BBC, CC BY-NC-SA

Rona S Beattie, Glasgow Caledonian University

Jed Mercurio’s gripping, if …

Published 15 March 2023
Categorised as Online Security

WhatsApp hacked and bugs in Intel chips: what you need to know to protect yourself

Last Updated on 14 March 2023 by Daniel

WhatsApp says more than 1 billion use the app. Shutterstock/XanderS

Robert Merkel, Monash University

It’s been a day of high-profile security incidents.

First there was news the popular WhatsApp messenger app …

Published 14 March 2023
Categorised as Online Security

‘Digital sovereignty’: can Russia cut off its Internet from the rest of the world?

Last Updated on 13 March 2023 by Daniel

What digital border controls should be used in Russia? Wikimedia

Francesca Musiani, Mines Paris; Benjamin Loveluck, Télécom Paris – Institut Mines-Télécom; Françoise Daucé, École des hautes études …

Published 13 March 2023
Categorised as Online Security

Why 50,000 ships are so vulnerable to cyberattacks

Last Updated on 12 March 2023 by Daniel

The shipping industry has been slow to prepare adequate cybersecurity. Alexandersonscc/pixabay, CC BY-SA

Keith Martin, Royal Holloway University of London and Rory Hopcraft, Royal Holloway University of London

The …

Published 12 March 2023
Categorised as Online Security

Would you notice if your calculator was lying to you? The research says probably not

Last Updated on 11 March 2023 by Daniel

As our worlds are become increasingly digitised, we’re starting to rely more on machines and devices for everyday tasks. But in an age when even pacemakers can be hacked, how do we
…
Published 11 March 2023
Categorised as Online Security

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