Sensitive business addresses among 500,000 published in COVID data breach
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Sensitive business addresses among 500,000 published in COVID data breach

Locations of hundreds of thousands of businesses registered for NSW’s COVID-19 QR codes were discovered on a government data website in September.

  • byJonathan Kearsley andClair Weaver

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‘Defend democracy’:The race to tackle conspiracy theories ahead of federal election

‘Defend democracy’:The race to tackle conspiracy theories ahead of federal election

The Australian Electoral Commission is increasingly assertive at correcting misinformation online,responding to public posts amid growing fears about foreign interference and homegrown conspiracy theories.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Apple says iPhones at risk of being hacked if App Store forced open

Apple says iPhones at risk of being hacked if App Store forced open

Apple says that attempts to force it to allow downloading from outside of its secure iPhone App Store - a process known as “sideloading” - could put consumers at risk.

  • byMatthew Field
Amazon’s Twitch breached,exposing source code and payout information

Amazon’s Twitch breached,exposing source code and payout information

Anonymous attackers post massive trove of data online,which experts say could be disastrous for the livestreaming site.

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Scams,forgeries rise as vaccine passport mandates loom

Scams,forgeries rise as vaccine passport mandates loom

Cyber criminals are exploiting the confusion around vaccine passports to sell fake credentials and steal sensitive information.

  • byTim Biggs
Apple fixes Messages flaw that allowed for zero-click hack

Apple fixes Messages flaw that allowed for zero-click hack

The company is pushing out updates for iPhone,iPad,Mac and Apple Watch that close a gap used to hack an unnamed Saudi activist.

  • byDavide Scigliuzzo,William Turton andMark Gurman
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Police accessing QR data violates our emergency pact

Police accessing QR data violates our emergency pact

Our governments are wielding extraordinary powers in an extraordinary time. But it is vital that these powers are not used for anything beyond the emergency itself.

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Call for Australia to declare spyware use as Pegasus outrage grows

Call for Australia to declare spyware use as Pegasus outrage grows

Amnesty Australia says countries should immediately implement a moratorium on the export,sale and use of surveillance software.

  • byTim Biggs
Ransomware victim Kaseya gets master key to unlock networks

Ransomware victim Kaseya gets master key to unlock networks

After the criminal gang responsible disappeared from the internet last week,a key unlocking the systems of more than 1000 global victims has appeared.

  • byFrank Bajak
Boards set to face the music on cyber security lapses
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Boards set to face the music on cyber security lapses

Company directors need to be more accountable when it comes to IT security,experts say,as frequency of ransomware attacks globally continues to escalate.

  • byTim Biggs
‘This is what bad looks like’:Major company ignored Australia’s cyber spy agency after hack

‘This is what bad looks like’:Major company ignored Australia’s cyber spy agency after hack

A major company in charge of critical infrastructure refused to comply with Australia’s cyber spy agency for weeks after it was hit by a significant cyber attack.

  • byAnthony Galloway