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Twitter warns users about potential 'state-sponsored' hacks
For the first time Twitter has issued a warning to certain users that their accounts may have been targets for attack
Security
In security, humans are the weakest link
Cynthia Karena A man on a suburban train in Sydney is on his phone, loudly discussing a current tender process for new desktops for Telstra. Behind him sits Milton Baar, director of security firm The Swoose Partnership, who recognises the guy on the phone, Richard, an employee from a major IT company that is a Telstra supplier.
System clouds efforts to hack bank accounts
Adam Turner The rise of sophisticated online banking attacks, defeating two-factor authentication via identity theft, is the driver behind the Australian-based BankVault security system.
ACT libraries tackle cyber bullying with eSafe Spaces
Clare Sibthorpe A new pilot website will also make it easier for material to be taken off the internet.
Delayed Australian data breach notification bill lands
Ben Grubb Australians will be informed of certain breaches of their personal information under new laws being proposed by the Turnbull government, but only if the company or organisation breached turns over $3 million in revenue a year.
Bureau of Meteorology computers breached, ABC reports
Ben Grubb Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has reportedly had its computer systems breached.
Hacking
Cyber spies raise their game against pro-democracy Chinese
Clare Baldwin, James Pomfret and Jeremy Wagstaff Almost a year after students ended pro-democracy street protests in Hong Kong, they face an online battle against what Western security experts say are China-sponsored hackers using techniques rarely seen elsewhere.
Security
Marie's mission to highlight fatal flaws in medical devices
Liam Tung Marie Moe's heart could be affected by a software flaw or attacked remotely by a hacker, but regulations and restrictions make it difficult to prevent.
Anonymous group hacks Islamic State, tells them to chill out: reports
Keegan Thomson Terrorists' propaganda appears to be shifting to the Dark Web so that it will be harder to shut down.
Hilton payment systems hit by malware
Keegan Thomson Hilton advises customers to check their bank statements after malware incident.
Security
Retailers hunt for attacks after warning on stealthy malware
Jim Finkle Retailers hunt for new credut card breaches after warning about malware that evades almost all security software.
FBI probes 'mr.grey' and 1.2b stolen web credentials
Nate Raymond ​Hacker linked through a Russian email address to the theft of a record 1.2b credentials, the FBI court documents show.
Security
Kim Dotcom's MegaNet a 'preposterous pipe dream'
Claire Connelly Eccentric entrepreneur's 'new private internet' is 'brittle, unforgiving and only applicable to very unusual people', security expert says.
Security
Taxpayer records exposed by serious ATO, myGov security flaw
Hannah Francis Taxpayer says he was hung up on twice by call centre staff when trying to report the issue.
Attacks
Officials picked up 'chatter' on possible France assault, then were blocked by encryption
Henry Chu, Richard A. Serrano, Patrick J. McDonnell Intelligence officials in Europe and the US were picking up 'chatter' as early as September about a potential Islamic State-related attack on France but lost the ability to track the exchanges when the militants switched to encrypted communications.
Security
Inside NSA's secret school
Susan Svrluga Leonard Reinsfelder's wife found a note on her car as she was leaving a shopping centre one day: 'Have your husband give us a call. We think we could use him.'
'It will get worse before it gets better'
Rachel Olding Australian government agencies and organisations are increasingly vulnerable to a major cyber attack yet security has not evolved in more than 20 years, according to an international cybercrime expert.
ID fraudsters attack ATO at least 11,000 times in one year
Noel Towell, Lisa Cox The ATO has been targeted more than 11,000 times by identity fraudsters attempting to steal tax refunds in 2014-15.
Google puts Symantec on notice
Liam Tung After Symantec issued dodgy digital certificates, Google plays hardball with the security firm.
Cyber fraudsters hijack businesses in tax scam
Noel Towell Australian companies are having their identities hijacked by international criminals who use them to try to defraud the Australian Taxation Office.
