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Australian privacy watchdog launches investigation into Clearview AI
Australia's anti-encryption laws need judicial oversight: INSLM
Qld govt places six-month hold on all non-essential new IT projects
Telstra to have Australian agents answer all inbound calls from 2022
Worley buys out TWPS for $20m in digital ops and maintenance push
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Twitter takes down Beijing-backed influence operation
170,000 accounts suspended.
Jun 12 2020 12:05PM
Russia applauds SpaceX launch but calls Trump's reaction 'hysteria'
"Should have happened long ago."
Jun 1 2020 1:33PM
NSA warns 'Sandworm' hackers targeting email servers
Leveraging a software vulnerability in Exim.
May 29 2020 10:20AM
Russia to use mobile phones to track people at risk of coronavirus
Five days to develop a system to track people using mobile phone geolocation data.
Mar 24 2020 6:35AM
Russia postpones sovereign internet test over coronavirus
Revised schedule due soon.
Mar 23 2020 1:02PM
Legalise online alcohol sales to help Russians self-isolating amid coronavirus - top banker
Say one of the nation's top bankers.
Mar 18 2020 6:43AM
Joint Russian-European Mars mission postponed over coronavirus
Launch pushed back two years.
Mar 13 2020 1:50PM
'Necurs' spam and malware botnet disrupted by Microsoft
Prolific Russian digital criminals lose control over their infrastructure.
Mar 11 2020 12:31PM
Georgia, backed by US and Britain, blames Russia for 'paralysing' cyberattack
Attributed to GRU.
Feb 21 2020 6:51AM
Facebook says it dismantles Russian intelligence operation targeting Ukraine
Suspends network of accounts used by Russian military intelligence to seed false narratives.
Feb 13 2020 6:42AM
Lithuania reveals how Chinese spies recruit via LinkedIn
Extremely cheap and low-risk way to target sources.
Feb 11 2020 1:15PM
Moscow court case challenges city's facial recognition use after launch
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin aims to have 200,000 cameras across the city.
Feb 3 2020 6:53AM
Russia blocks encrypted email service ProtonMail
Roskomnadzor claims end-to-end encryption product used to send fake bomb threats.
Jan 30 2020 6:55AM
No let up on REvil ransomware-as-a-service attacks
Russia and former Soviet states left alone.
Jan 29 2020 3:38PM
Coming soon - the smartphone that promotes 'Russian values'
Draft rules say devices must be pre-installed with software that is morally sound.
Jan 28 2020 1:17PM
Russia plans 'sovereign internet' tests to combat external threats
Experiment to put domestic internet infrastructure through its paces.
Dec 20 2019 6:55AM
US, UK go after Russian 'Evil Corp' hackers behind Dridex malware
Lamborghini-driving alleged leader and 17 associates face charges.
Dec 6 2019 6:50AM
Russia blocks Shutterstock domain for 'insulting state symbols'
Offensive stock photography sin-binned over inappropriate flag planting.
Dec 4 2019 6:46AM
Putin signs law making Russian apps mandatory on smartphones, computers
... and smart TV sets that will now come pre-installed with Russian software.
Dec 3 2019 1:51PM
FBI says Russian FaceApp is 'potential counterintelligence threat'
Responding to a US lawmaker's query about face-editing photo app FaceApp.
Dec 3 2019 1:33PM
