by admin | Apr 17, 2020 | News & Analysis
The Australian Cyber Security Centre has received more than 1900 reports in just one week of a large-scale “sextortion” campaign targeting Australian internet users. Online scammers use limited personal details with the aim of intimidating recipients into paying the...
by admin | Apr 17, 2020 | News & Analysis
SIM spoofing attacks (where a mobile phone number is taken over by an attacker) means that millions of dollars of cryptocurrency and bitcoin wallets can be lost. WebAuthn, is a new W3C open standard for web authentication. It allows traders to add a biometric device...
by admin | Apr 17, 2020 | News & Analysis
Government support programs rushed by necessity in a crisis will have problems. Some employers are trying to exploit their employees by keeping a share of the job keeper payment for administration costs, whilst others are trying to double dip superannuation tax...
by admin | Apr 17, 2020 | News & Analysis
Due to the Covid-19, the 45 whistleblower protection groups who make up the Whistleblowing International Network (WIN) have called on all public authorities and institutions to protect whistleblowers. Now even more, whistleblowers need to be protected from exposing...
by admin | Apr 17, 2020 | News & Analysis
Digital contract tracing using smartphone technology location data, holds the greatest chance for us to outpace the virus, but surrendering to surveillance requires a balance between safety and privacy. Human right groups, have demanded that any surveillance measures...
