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Lion has suffered a cyber attack. Picture: lionco.com

Hackers demanding $1m from beer giant

One of Australia’s biggest beer producers is reportedly being asked for a $1 million ransom to save its confidential data from being posted online.

Australian Signals Directorate HQ.

Call that triggered cyber attack alarm

Government sources have revealed the trigger for Scott Morrison’s announcement this morning that Australia is under cyber attack.

Professor Buckland, of UNSW, said people needed to make sure they were doing software updates on their phones.

Simple ways to avoid cyber attack

An expert says the massive cyber attack was basic stuff we should have got right, so what can the everyday Aussie do to protect themselves?

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All businesses are at risk from costly cybercrime. Ethical hacker - Wayne Ronaldson will give a Be Cyber Smart presentation as part of NT October Business Month.

‘Large-scale’ hacking targets Australia

Australia is being hit with a massive cyber attack by a sophisticated foreign “state-based” hacker, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced.

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There might be more to the map than meets the eye. Picture: Digital Attack Map

US hit by ‘major attack’ as sites go down

A sudden, widespread outage in online services has some worried America is under attack, but there might be more to it than that.

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Problems? This website has a few.

Tiny detail that hid huge scam

People who thought they were using an encrypted message service didn’t realise the one key difference that led them to scammers.

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The NSW Digital Driver Licence is the digital version of the NSW Driver Licence available through the Service NSW app. Picture: Supplied

Service NSW hacked in major data breach

NSW citizens’ personal data is at risk after nearly 50 email accounts at the department responsible for driver’s licences and other services were hacked.

Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan speaks to the media during a press conference in Perth, Friday, May 1, 2020. (AAP Image/Richard Wainwright) NO ARCHIVING

Premier hit by hackers with China link

Australia was the target of a sophisticated cyber-attack by foreign hackers linked to the Chinese military, according to a new US report.

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Australian money, currency or cash flat on table

Tax office detects super scheme ‘fraud’

The AFP is investigating after the ATO detected fraudsters attempting to access the Government’s early superannuation scheme.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, April 16, 2020. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

PM backflips on ‘mandatory’ virus app

The government has scrapped plans to force Australians to download a tracking app onto their mobile phones to trace coronavirus in the community.

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The lawsuit could also force Facebook to make further changes to the way it handles users’ information.

Facebook sued over Aussie privacy breach

More than 300,000 Australians had their private information and communications harvested from Facebook. Now the Commissioner is seeking multimillion-dollar penalties.

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You can now run Android on your iPhone (barely)

You can now run Android on iPhone

Debate rages about why you would want to, but the team working to run Android on an iPhone has at least proven that it can.

Tesla, SpaceX files leaked after hack

Elon Musk is facing a potentially massive data leak after one of the companies his does business with was held to ransom by hackers.

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Local media reported this was the lakefront house in question.

Man swaps ‘house of lies’ for jail

An ex-Microsoft engineer will be sent to jail after his lavish “house of lies” came tumbling down when he stole from the company.

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event on California water accessibility, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Bakersfield, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump denies offer over Russia hack

A lawyer for jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has claimed in court the US President made him a tantalising offer of freedom.

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One of the pictures the Israeli Defence Force said was used by Hamas to catfish soldiers.

Sneaky attack behind racy photos

A long-running war has an advanced new weapon as hackers use a sneaky trick to get into the phones of opposition soldiers.

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CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos (R) and his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez (L) pose for pictures as they arrive to attend an event in Mumbai on January 16, 2020. (Photo by Sujit Jaiswal / AFP)

Prince ‘leaked’ billionaire’s explicit pics

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince has been accused of leaking explicit photos of the world’s richest man after hacking his phone.

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A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace on November 9, 2016 shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) and the kingdom's trade and investment minister, Majed bin Abdullah al-Kassabi (L), posing with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (3rd L) during the latter's visit to Riyadh. (Photo by Bandar AL-JALOUD / various sources / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Amazon boss’ phone ‘hacked by prince’

The United Nations has said Amazon founder Jeff Bezos had his phone hacked after receiving a file from an account used by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

SIM swap scams are often used by scammers to bypass two-factor authentication protocols to access your personal accounts.

Teen crypto scammer charged

A teenager allegedly hacked 75 phones and stole over a million dollars in cryptocurrency before his arrest earlier this month.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 1, 2019 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures from the window of a prison van as he is driven out of Southwark Crown Court in London, after having been sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions in 2012. - The treatment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is facing the threat of extradition from Britain to the US on espionage charges, is putting his life

Prison computer ‘not suitable’ for Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said he was unable to adequately prepare for his “very challenging case”, as his prison computer was not up to the task.

Red beam coming from end of laser pointer pen.

$26 to hack your entire home

Quote-en-quote “smart” speakers have a huge security flaw that allows them to be hacked with a run-of-the-mill laser pointer.

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FILE - In this June 11, 2019, file photo, a man walks past the logos of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo. Unprecedented demand for Tokyo Olympic tickets is driving interest in the Paralympics, although Tokyo may struggle to surpassed Londonâ€™s 2012 record. Tokyo organizers said on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 they have sold 600,000 Paralympic tickets in the first of several lotteries, and are touting records set for the number of people who participated. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Russian hackers targeting Olympics

Forget foreign governments and corporate giants – Russian-backed hackers have been accused of turning their attention to the Tokyo Olympic Games.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 1, 2019 WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures from the window of a prison van as he is driven into Southwark Crown Court in London, before being sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions in 2012. - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on June 14, 2019, faces his first British court hearing since the US submitted a formal extradition request on espionage charges that have upset defenders of press freedoms and human rights. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

Julian Assange rambling and confused

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appeared confused, rambling and close to tears in an appearance at a London courtroom on Monday.

Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton speaks to the media during a press conference in Canberra, Friday, October 11, 2019. (AAP Image/James Gourley) NO ARCHIVING

Dutton’s China attack ‘just stating fact’

A senior government minister has defended Peter Dutton’s controversial remarks about China’s hacking and intellectual theft activities.

Shockingly easy WhatsApp hack revealed

All a hacker has to do is send one image and they can access all your WhatsApp messages and data.

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(FILES) This file photo taken on May 25, 2016 shows Microsoft's Finnish headquarters in Espoo. - Microsoft on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 said its profit in the recently ended quarter soared on the back of revenue from services hosted in the internet cloud and its career-focused social network LinkedIn. Microsoft reported net income of $8.8 billion on revenue of $29.1 billion in the quarter that ended on September 30, up 34 percent and 19 percent respectively from the same period a year earlier. (Photo by Vesa Moilanen / Lehtikuva / AFP) / Finland OUT

Microsoft: Iranian hackers targeted US campaign

Microsoft has revealed that the Iranian government tried to hack into a 2020 US presidential campaign, as well as media, government and prominent ex-pats.

Yahoo perv faces jail for smut search

Reyes Daniel Ruiz’s hack of 6000 accounts may not be Yahoo’s biggest data breach, but he’ll still go to jail for it.

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Three biggest threats to Australia

ASIO head Duncan Lewis has revealed the three biggest threats to Australia’s security. And believe it or not, terrorism is the least of our worries.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 3, 2017 an Apple employee demonstrates the app switcher on the iPhone X at the Apple Store Union Square, in San Francisco, California. - Apple is set to court software savants at its annual developers conference beginning June 3, 2019 while contending with criticism that the iPhone maker has made its App Store a walled garden.The App Store is the lone shop for content for Apple devices, with the technology giant deciding which software creations to accept and taking a 30 percent cut of financial transactions. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage / AFP)

Update your iPhone right now

Google’s research team have discovered an alarming software bug that could allow a hacker to take control of your iPhone.

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NSW Police has issued a warning over this email. Picture: NSW Police

Cops’ warning over hacked webcam

Police are warning Aussies not to give in to demands made by scammers, who are sending out emails claiming to have X-rated footage.

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