This Month
- Exclusive
- Cyber security
Aussie cyber experts fight back against North Korea
Australian cyber security specialists have been quietly traversing the world, training financial institutions how to guard against an increasingly aggressive rogue state.
- Ronald Mizen
- Exclusive
- Cyber security
Engineering firm involved in Nine HQ hit by cyber raid
The Sydney-based company confirmed the attack and said it had engaged external IT and cyber security experts.
- Ronald Mizen and Max Mason
Darwin Port lease owner drafts in advisers for gas IPO
Chinese-owned infrastructure investor Landbridge has a fair bit on its plate!
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
April
National security committee to consider India flights ban
Health Minister Greg Hunt said India is ‘gasping for oxygen’ ahead of a meeting of cabinet’s powerful national security committee to consider banning flights from the subcontinent.
- Andrew Tillett
Hackers look to team up with short sellers
A hacker group is pitching a new product to sharemarket traders looking to cash in on cyber heists.
- Ronald Mizen
Former NSA boss says misinformation a threat to democracy
Admiral Rogers said tech companies are beginning to understanding they need to focus on misinformation full-time, not just in an election cycle.
- Max Mason
Advocates plea for safe haven for Afghanistan’s persecuted
Australia has a moral obligation to protect ethnic minorities and those who helped Western forces, advocates say.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Opinion
On the war on terror in Afghanistan, I don’t withdraw
By copying Donald Trump’s unilateral withdrawal policy, Joe Biden risks defeating the purpose behind Australia’s support for its major ally: freeing the Afghan people from the dystopian nightmare of the Taliban.
- Alexander Downer
Afghanistan: it’s about a net positive, not victory or defeat
The withdrawal of the last Australians from Afghanistan will mark the end of the country’s involvement in the 20-year conflict. It’s an open question whether the gains made are sustainable.
- Andrew Tillett
Aid groups plea to keep funding assistance for Afghanistan
With the final 80 Australian troops to come home, foreign aid groups warn the government cannot turn its back on Afghanistan entirely.
- Andrew Tillett
Morrison confirms Australian troops will exit Afghanistan by September
The Prime Minister promises ongoing assistance to preserve gains, particularly for girls, as coalition forces prepare to depart.
- Andrew Tillett
Australia yet to follow US out the Afghanistan door
The Defence Department says any decision on withdrawing the last Australian troops will be made in consultation with US and Afghanistan governments.
- Andrew Tillett
March
Morrison takes aim with $1b boost to missile manufacturing
The government will develop a home-grown missile industry in a bid to ensure the Australian Defence Force can still be supplied.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Cyber warfare
Australia’s a soft cyber target
As the demand curve of digital risks grows exponentially, it is exposing the yawning gap between the flat, minimally growing supply line of cyber security skills and solutions.
- Lesley Seebeck
UQ chancellor accuses Liberal senator of endorsing conspiracy theories
The polarising figure of university student Drew Pavlou came to the fore again during a feisty exchange in a parliamentary inquiry.
- Julie Hare
ASIO goes woke: spy boss says political labels outdated
ASIO chief Mike Burgess says labels such as ‘right-wing extremism’ or ‘Islamic-inspired’ are no longer accurate descriptions of the kinds of risks being posed today.
- Andrew Tillett
Boris Johnson draws business into his global ambitions
The UK sees scientific and technological competition as a critical geopolitical struggle, and will use industrial policy to try to beat the likes of China.
- Hans van Leeuwen
February
The many lives of Cold War double agent George Blake
I was beguiled when I met the notorious British spy in Moscow, but the charm wore off fast when I considered the man’s life.
- Simon Kuper
Union fears bill would unleash ‘Big Brother’ snooping on workers
The security legislation potentially classes up to 1.6 million workers in more than a dozen broadly defined sectors as ‘insider risks’.
- David Marin-Guzman
Hacked: Renewables firm, coffee roaster hit by ransomware attacks
The hackers are threatening to publish data allegedly stolen from the two companies. Cyber security firm CrowdStrike says attacks have become “unrelenting” and “overwhelming”.
- Ronald Mizen
