How criminals are scamming Airbnb users
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Consumer Security
Cybercrime to cyber warfare: Australia woefully unprepared
Cyber attacks against Australian agencies, businesses and individuals are on the rise, but our nation still lacks the capability to defend.
Deutsche Telekom's customer routers targeted in global attack
Deutsche Telekom AG fell victim to hackers using malware that targets household devices, with hundreds of thousands of customers experiencing technical issues with their phone, internet and TV services.
Corrupt video can cause any iPhone to freeze
A newly-found bug in Apple's Safari software causes any iPhone or iPad to slow down and then crash when a specific video file is played in the browser.
Protect your digital life in 7 easy steps
There are more reasons than ever to understand how to protect your personal information.
Mumbai cyber breach a case of 'buyer beware', former spy boss warns
Australian companies caught out by the sale of leaked customer information from offshore call centres may only have themselves to blame, former cyber spy David Irvine suggests.
Assange says US benefited from Clinton email leaks
'The real victor is the US public which is better informed as a result of our work,' Assange wrote. 'It would be unconscionable for WikiLeaks to withhold such an archive from the public during an election.'
Smart devices, dumb security
Security experts speaking at Australia's Ruxcon 2016 event explain why the weekend's internet problems are likely just the beginning.
Google drops ban on personally identifiable web tracking
'Last stand' on web privacy has fallen away, with search giant now able to pair its ad data with what it knows about you personally.
Samsung's woes highlight explosive limits of lithium batteries
Consumer demand for smaller, longer lasting devices is forcing manufacturers to push the technology to the limits, battery experts say.
Social networks helped surveillance of minorities in Ferguson and Baltimore: claims
A powerful surveillance program that police used for tracking racially charged protests in Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri, relied on special feeds of user data provided by social networks.
Alleged Lizard Squad, PoodleCorp DDoS attackers arrested
Two members of hacking groups Lizard Squad and PoodleCorp were charged last week with 'conspiring to cause damage to protected computers'.
Yahoo scanned all of its users' incoming emails on behalf of US intelligence officials
Yahoo developed specific software that secretly scanned the incoming emails of its hundreds of millions of users on request from US intelligence.
Have a Yahoo account? Here's what you need to know
Yahoo has confirmed that at least 500 million user accounts had been affected by a massive breach. Here are some answers to basic questions that you may have about the breach.
500m Yahoo users affected in 'biggest data breach ever'
Yahoo has announced that the account information of at least 500 million users was stolen by hackers two years ago.
New one-click payment system could change internet transactions
Byron Bay inventor is aiming to revolutionise security in online commerce and possibly other internet transactions with a new one-click payment system.
'Guccifer', hacker who exposed Hillary Clinton emails, jailed
A Romanian hacker nicknamed "Guccifer" who helped expose the existence of Hillary Clinton's private email server has been jailed.
Your fridge is watching you
Your fridge is getting so smart, security-software experts think you probably shouldn't trust it.
Passing on the word: the cry of the modern era
Some time in the future – and I don't know when – I will withdraw from the world.
Warning: don't post photos of your tickets on social media
As the AFL and NRL finals seasons approach, Ticketmaster warns of an increase in counterfeiters taking barcodes from social media and selling duplicate tickets online.