“The user’s going to pick dancing pigs over security every time.”
– Bruce Schneier
Quote: Bruce Schneier “The user’s going to pick dancing pigs over security every time”
Quote: IRA to Margaret Thatcher “We only need to be lucky once. You need to be lucky every time”
December 12, 2016
Quote: James Thurber “Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness”
October 24, 2016
Australian InfoSec and Cyber News
- Parliament watchdog frowns on plans to share facial recognition data May 25, 2020The COVIDSafe contact-tracing app is not the only technology causing furrowed brows among human rights groups across the country. Facial recognition …
- Australian government faces epidemic of breaches May 25, 2020Long the proponents of good cyber security hygiene, Australian government agencies have been on the defensive after a series of successful cyber …
- RBA looks to upgrade settlement system ahead of SWIFT reforms May 25, 2020The Reserve Bank of Australia has kicked off its search for a customer transaction processing and settlement system to support new payment and …
- Incident: Hackers target West Australia's major daily newspaper, putting data of subscribers at risk | WAtoday - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory May 25, 2020Australian Phishing Attack May 2020: Hackers target The West Australian, WA’s major daily newspaper, putting data of subscribers at risk. Hackers …
- Incident: Citizen data compromised as Service NSW falls victim to phishing attack | ZDNet - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory May 25, 2020Australian Phishing Attack April 2020: Citizen data compromised as Service NSW falls victim to phishing attack. The attack involved the illegal …
- Call for cyber laws as COVID-19 highlights small business shortfall May 25, 2020The qualitative research report involved lengthy interviews with executives at larger organisations and founders and CEOs at smaller companies and …
- Govt frets on critical infrastructure hack threat May 24, 2020Control systems in the firing line.
- Cyber attacks on hospitals 'unacceptable' May 21, 2020A hospital in the Czech Republic had to cancel surgeries due to a cyber attack. Picture: Shutterstock Hospitals, medical centres and research …
- Assistant Treasurer insists there was 'no cyber breach of the ATO' May 21, 2020Housing Minister and Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar has confirmed there was no cyber breach of the Australian Taxation Office website, as it …
- Cyber attacks on Australian businesses on the rise but experts not blaming state actors May 21, 2020It used to be a business needed a lock on its door and a CCTV camera to protect against criminals, now experts say they need to invest in security …
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