by admin | Sep 11, 2017 | News & Analysis
The Australian government is seeking greater intelligence power, though backdoor access to encrypted messaging services, claiming this will give them better capabilities when it comes to preventing terrorism. This has sparked discussions about the current level of...
by admin | Sep 8, 2017 | News & Analysis
The AIPI National conference took place in Melbourne, on Thursday September 7. This year, the conference theme was technology enabled financial crime, which covered aspects such as prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution and reparation. A topic seemingly...
by admin | Sep 6, 2017 | News & Analysis
Resumes of over 9,000 US military personnel have been exposed on an unsecure amazon platform. It is believed the lapse was mainly due to human error, and occurred during a document transfer using the S3 server between a security contractor and recruitment firm....
by admin | Sep 5, 2017 | News & Analysis
China has banned fund-raising activities in virtual currencies such as Bitcoin following several major hacks of digital currency exchanges. Several of China’s financial regulatory organisations have released a joint communication addressing the ban. ...
by admin | Sep 4, 2017 | News & Analysis
Three former Tesco executives will face trial at the end of the month after being accused of fraud and false accounting. All three men pleaded not guilty to the accusations at a hearing in August, following an overstatement of Tesco’s profit forecast in 2014. The...
by admin | Sep 1, 2017 | News & Analysis
The rise in value of crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin has led to the introduction of a range of rival, imitator currencies across the globe, including in Australia. Companies are now offering ICO’s (initial coin offerings) – essentially the same as an IPO, but with...
