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...
by admin | Apr 17, 2020 | News & Analysis
Former NSW RSL president Don Rowe has avoided jail and been fined $2,000 for fraud offences. Mr Rowe used the RSL’s credit card to pay for expenses which included more than $9,000 in family phone bills and a $343 Sydney hotel room for his daughter....
by admin | Apr 16, 2020 | News & Analysis
The warrant to search the house of reporter Annika Smethurst in June 2019 was recently overturned by the High Court and ruled invalid. The raid sought to identify sources of a report published by Smethurst in April 2018, alleging that the government was planning to...
