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Westpac and TCS are building two integrated command centres
Two arrested over large-scale SMS phishing scam
La Trobe University plans "significant" increase in online-only degrees
Westpac to settle AUSTRAC transaction monitoring lawsuit for $1.3bn
US Justice Department proposes changes to internet platforms immunity
cryptography
OpenSSH to remove SHA-1 as cracking cost drops
Start the switch to better algorithms.
May 29 2020 1:26PM
High-security locks for government, ATMs hacked by researcher
Electronic locks cracked by monitoring their power at Def Con.
Aug 7 2019 6:58AM
Home Affairs chief Pezzullo decries rise of the 'digital industrial complex'
Cyber tsar worried about "connectivity without values".
Mar 14 2019 8:30PM
Australia's anti-encryption laws ridiculed on world stage
'Not going to end well for anyone'.
Mar 6 2019 3:47PM
Govt's decryption bill can only lead to 'systemic weaknesses'
As more governments try to copy Australia, say cryptographic experts.
Sep 11 2018 4:38PM
Decades-old ROBOT flaw busts open TLS
Sites and equipment vendors issue patches.
Dec 14 2017 7:00AM
DUHK attack recovers secret keys from Fortinet devices
"Absurd" flaw in government-certified crypto.
Oct 25 2017 6:56AM
Google experiments with quantum-secure crypto
Chrome will use post-quantum key exchange algorithm.
Jul 8 2016 6:40AM
OpenSSL users urged to patch high-severity holes
Could be used for MitM attacks, remote code execution.
May 4 2016 9:28AM
Comodo issued SSL certs with banned internal names
Credentials could be used in man-in-the-middle attacks.
Nov 11 2015 11:28AM
Apple open sources iOS, OS X crypto libs
Security Framework, Common Crypto and corecrypto libraries released.
Oct 30 2015 4:28PM
Experts protest Aussie law banning crypto export
Defence Trade Controls Act threatens to "criminalise" cryptology.
Jul 13 2015 9:32AM
'High severity' flaw discovered in OpenSSL
Certificate bypass check possible.
Jul 10 2015 6:13AM
Crypto experts slam govt encryption backdoor demands
Revisiting a bad idea considered an even worse idea.
Jul 8 2015 10:57AM
Defence laws threaten to shut down Aussie encryption
[Opinion] Poorly drafted trade controls cast the net too wide.
May 20 2015 11:39AM
OpenSSL patches nine security flaws
Code security audits kicking in.
Aug 7 2014 5:35PM
Serious new flaws discovered in OpenSSL
'Man in the middle' attack possible.
Jun 6 2014 5:37AM
NIST launches post-NSA review into crypto guidance
Updated: Addressing concerns over compromised algorithms.
May 15 2014 11:12AM
'Nearly unbreakable' crypto modeled off human body
Generates unlimited number of keys, cuts out noise.
Apr 7 2014 6:11PM
Russia bans Bitcoin
'Curious' decision grates with Western government approaches.
Feb 7 2014 1:41PM
