Huawei? No way! Why Australia banned the world’s biggest telecoms firm

Huawei? No way! Why Australia banned the world’s biggest telecoms firm

Upgrading Australia’s communications network meant our national security experts had to get to grips with tech titan Huawei’s ties to the Chinese government. A ban would infuriate Chinese leaders. The alternative was worse.

  • byPeter Hartcher

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Should Alexa read our moods?
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Should Alexa read our moods?

If Amazon’s Alexa thinks you sound sad,should it suggest that you buy a tub of ice cream?

  • byShira Ovide
When it comes to passwords,complex is not always safer,new study shows

When it comes to passwords,complex is not always safer,new study shows

Companies that force workers to create complicated passwords could actually be weakening their data security,Queensland researchers have found.

  • byStuart Layt
The ‘artisanal genius’ of creating iPhone-breaking hacks

The ‘artisanal genius’ of creating iPhone-breaking hacks

When the FBI wanted to unlock the iPhone of a shooter following a 2015 mass killing,and Apple refused to help,the bureau had to turn to Aussie expertise.

  • byTim Biggs
Hackers can stop the trains and the lights. But could they start a war?
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Hackers can stop the trains and the lights. But could they start a war?

Total meltdown or death by a thousand hacks – how bad could a cyberwar get? And where is the line between espionage and all-out attack?

  • bySherryn Groch
What to do if your data is included in the massive Facebook leak

What to do if your data is included in the massive Facebook leak

Security experts have now indexed and organised the leak of half a billion phone numbers,so you can check if yours is affected.

  • byTim Biggs
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Facebook data on millions of users re-emerges online for free

Facebook data on millions of users re-emerges online for free

The personal data of more than half a billion Facebook users re-emerged online for free,a reminder of the company’s ability to collect mountains of information and its struggles to protect these sensitive assets.

  • byKurt Wagner
Tesla cars banned by China military on concerns over cameras

Tesla cars banned by China military on concerns over cameras

Tesla cars have been banned from Chinese military complexes and housing compounds because of concerns about sensitive data being collected by cameras built into the vehicles.

The good,bad and the ugly of our hyperconnected world

The good,bad and the ugly of our hyperconnected world

For better or for worse the digital tools that have kept us connected and informed through the COVID-19 pandemic now also hold us captive.

  • byTim Biggs
Hackers breach thousands of security cameras with password found online

Hackers breach thousands of security cameras with password found online

Hackers say they gained access to the feeds of 150,000 surveillance cameras after finding a password exposed on the internet.

  • byWilliam Turton
Australian businesses exposed in Microsoft Outlook hack

Australian businesses exposed in Microsoft Outlook hack

Foreign hackers have exploited flaws in Microsoft’s email server software to plant malicious tools in computers around the world.

  • byTim Biggs