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Govt funding starts flowing to agencies in real-time
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Social media giants to face same EU hateful content rules as broadcasters
ANZ sees fivefold increase in digital channel use
Govt mulls stricter cyber security accountability for agencies
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Shipbuilder Austal was hacked with stolen creds sold on dark web
Provides full post-mortem of late 2018 attack.
Apr 8 2020 7:05AM
AFP gets more suspects to unlock devices, cloud services
Explores 'technical feasibility' of industry requests.
Feb 4 2019 3:05PM
Fisheries Qld blames bad update for password 'fault'
Allowed fisherman to get into any account.
Jan 11 2019 6:51PM
Australia's encryption-busting bill also after PINs, passwords
Home Affairs proposes simpler mechanism to get at data.
Oct 19 2018 11:09AM
WA govt still struggling with infosec practices
Poor password practices, security vulnerabilities identified.
Aug 22 2018 7:00AM
PageUp People revises data impacted by breach
Uncovers ‘very small amount’ of clear text password data.
Jun 18 2018 7:16AM
Twitter urges password reset for all users
Finds plain text passwords in internal log.
May 4 2018 6:54AM
"123456" tops list of worst passwords again
'Password' steady in second.
Dec 28 2017 9:49AM
Easily guessed password led to downfall of Russian cybercriminal
Bad opsec sends empire crashing.
Jul 28 2017 6:45AM
Some WA agencies still floored by simple infosec
Poor passwords, patching, and plain text.
Jun 29 2017 2:25PM
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Data61's mission to wipe out the password
Researchers want to authenticate you by the way you swipe.
May 31 2016 6:35AM
Web host Linode resets all user passwords after suspected breach
Hack follows Christmas DDoS attack.
Jan 6 2016 4:16PM
Why you need to build security architecture into your enterprise
[Blog post] Don't follow the WA public sector's lead.
Nov 10 2015 2:30PM
WA auditors guess govt database passwords on first attempt
Performance watchdog laments atrocious security.
Nov 6 2015 10:37AM
Xero resets passwords after phishes hook users
Two-factor authentication bolt-on "imminent".
Oct 23 2015 11:58AM
Yahoo's attempt to eliminate the password
IDs verified via smartphone for mail app.
Oct 16 2015 7:10AM
Adobe failed to properly protect customer data: Pilgrim
Lack of security on old server made hacker’s work too easy.
Jun 9 2015 11:20AM
Are passwords becoming passe?
[Blog post] One step forward, two steps back.
Mar 24 2015 2:30PM
LinkedIn settles with users over massive password leak
Class-action against networking site succeeds.
Feb 25 2015 6:38AM
Samsung bites back over Knox security concerns
Enterprise customers safe, personal users less so.
Oct 28 2014 11:02AM
