City has leading role in cyber crime fight

BRISBANE is at the forefront of the nation’s cyber security efforts with the opening of a new multimillion-dollar centre.

Site secretly films gyms, toilets

ORDINARY Aussies’ nude photos have been exposed online with a network of spy cams operating in public toilets and gyms.

Hackers target singles this Valentine’s Day

IF you were planning on joining a dating site to be less lonely this Valentine’s Day, there is some bad news.

Simple trick can expose browser history

IF YOU’RE an avid social media user, researchers have revealed just how easy it is to see everything else you do online.

Country where your data’s up for grabs

EVER wanted to know your colleague’s salary, or the exact locations your friend has been to? Welcome to the country where people’s most private information can now be purchased.

Security misstep helped Trump

MANY are blaming the Russians for the Hillary Clinton email hack, but one person has reminded people of some rather embarrassing facts.

Trick lets you spy on friend’s downloads

A CONTROVERSIAL new website gives you a way to spy on what people are downloading. But its creators say it can be a force for good.

Yahoo baffled over hack of 1 billion users

YAHOO has failed to determine how hackers were able to get into its system and steal personal details from 1 billion users.

A billion Yahoo accounts hacked

YAHOO’S security woes go from bad to disastrous as it admits hackers stole personal data from one billion accounts.

Pamela Anderson: ‘Assange is a hero’

WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange has found an unlikely supporter in former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson.

Scam email warning for Aussies

POLICE have issued a warning over fake parcel delivery emails, so if you have ordered anything online be careful.

Biggest security threats of 2017

SNAPCHAT users are just one of the groups expected to be targeted next year, experts warn. Here’s what you need to watch out for.

Tech giants to create digital ‘footprint’

FOUR of the world’s biggest tech giants – Facebook, YouTube, Microsoft and Twitter – will create a digital “footprint” of content they can share behind the scenes. Should we be worried?

Mum fights disgusting Clinton meme

A TREASURED photo of a four-year-old girl posing with her idol, Hillary Clinton, turned into a sinister internet meme that has left her family devastated.

Has IS infiltrated Secret Service?

A FORMER porn star has been arrested by Germany’s Secret Service after allegedly selling sensitive information.

The internet is moving to Canada

CLINTON supporters are not the only ones in denial of the Trump result – the entire Internet Archive is plotting a move to Canada.

Porn viewing could get awkward

HACKERS have allegedly exposed the details of 380,000 users of the pornographic website xHamster — including Australian viewers.

IBM pays out millions for Census fail

PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull says IBM was overwhelmingly responsible for this year’s census debacle — and the tech giant has paid big time.

Radical fight against revenge porn

AUSTRALIA will target the growing problem of revenge porn with a beefed-up cybersafety watchdog and a new tool to take nude photos off the web.

Mystery behind ‘tower of doom’

IT WAS built to withstand an atomic blast and for years people have wondered what its story is. Now all has been revealed.

Creepy website monitors you

A NEW website has been developed to demonstrate how your online behaviour is analysed in real-time and it’s actually very troubling.

‘Is someone really coming for me?’

GINGER Gorman thought she was writing a story about discrimination. But when her subjects were jailed for paedophilia the internet turned on her.

‘These are civic dangers to everyone’

EXILED NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden weighs in on what many people see as the ‘disaster’ of Trump running the world’s largest surveillance program.

No secrets: Your car is watching you

YOUR next new car will know where you’re driving, where you’ve parked, and even how often you’ve braked. The computing power behind it is incredible.

Deep inside the Dark Web

WHAT is the Dark Web and how does it operate? From drugs and guns to contract killers, a look inside the encrypted network.

‘It was a pea shooter, not a bazooka’

THE attack that shutdown the Census has been exaggerated with the system just “falling over”, according to one Senator.

IBM messes up Census but no one’s sacked

NO one at IT giant IBM has been sacked or disciplined over the botched census, but its managing director has unreservedly apologised for the shutdown.

IBM blames ‘Island Australia’

IBM might be sorry for the bungled 2016 Census, but the company didn’t miss a chance to shift the blame.

China’s creepy ‘Big Brother’ system

IT’S the kind of thing you’re only supposed to read about in dystopian novels, but the Chinese government is turning it into a chilling reality.

Cyber attacks disrupt PayPal, Twitter

HACKERS targeting a little known internet infrastructure company have disrupted access to dozens of websites in the US and Western Europe.

Facebook removes breast cancer video

A VIDEO showing women how to spot suspicious lumps on their breasts has been deleted by Facebook because it deemed the images offensive.

Government ‘hammered’ over WhatsApp

GEORGE Brandis could do nothing but stare blankly ahead and say nothing during a heated moment as the government was grilled over its use of WhatsApp.

‘The threats are unprecedented’

RUSSIA and the US are embroiled in a dangerous new spat, as America accuses the Kremlin of interfering in its election and promises to counter-attack.

Early adopters can be early victims

PARENTS creating Facebook and Instagram accounts for their kids are letting them in for unintended consequences.

Apple responds to pic-sharing claims

STAFF at a Brisbane Apple store have been fired after they were caught stealing and rating customers’ pictures as part of a photo-sharing ring.

Eight-year-old cancer kid told: ‘Just die’

ANIMAL rights activists have bombarded a young cancer patient with abusive messages after he took part in a bullfight show in Spain.

We’re under attack, it’s time to fight back

A NEW report shows Australia is being targeted by hackers, with one expert saying we need to protect ourselves using a “cyber militia”.

Government: Proof foreign spies hacked us

THE Government has confirmed foreign spies hacked into the Australian Bureau of Meteorology to steal sensitive documents.

NSA contactor arrested for security breach

FEARING another Snowden case, the US National Security Agency has arrested one of its own contractors on charges that he removed classified information.

Yahoo gave US govt access to emails

Germany threatens to sue Facebook

FACEBOOK, Twitter and Google are removing illegal content from the internet more often, but more work is needed, says Germany.

Could this be Snowden’s lifeline?

HE’S been in exile for the last four years, but with his residency in Russia running out, this whistleblowing American has made a final bid to come home.

Fears over new ‘Great British Firewall’

THE UK’s top cyber security official has revealed plans to introduce a national internet filter, sparking concerns of a British version of China’s notorious firewall.

Exiled Snowden pleads for pardon

US whistleblower Edward Snowden has made his case for a presidential pardon from Barack Obama, saying his actions had been “morally necessary”.

Zuckerberg succumbs to public pressure

FACEBOOK has backed down from their censorship of the iconic napalm girl photo and have reinstated the picture after a massive public backlash.

What we are not asking China

CHINA’S been buying up Aussie land, funding our pollies and attacking our computer systems. What exactly do they want?

Porn site accounts exposed in hack

OVER 800,000 users of the porn site Brazzers have had their personal details exposed in a major security breach.

IS plans to eclipse Sydney siege

IS is trying to spark a terror attack in Australia that would eclipse the Sydney Siege, a counter-terrorism expert has warned.

’Your fridge is spying on you’

WHAT happens when the smart technology in your kitchen appliances becomes too intelligent it actually poses a risk to your privacy?

Free games luring kids to porn

IT LOOKS innocent, but one of the most popular free gaming sites has a dark underbelly. This is a wakeup call for parents.

19 schools added to porn site hit list

THE porn site maliciously “hunting” schoolgirls is back and even more schools have been added as targets. We have the full list.

Police secret weapon arrests 370

HE’S the modern-day Sherlock so effective even criminals respect him. And he isn’t even a fulltime cop. Check out his amazing superpower.

Hidden danger of sharing kids’ pics

JUST because everyone is sharing photos of babies and kids, doesn’t mean it should be done — OR that it’s safe.

Why we type annoying letters

EVER wondered why you have to spell out those two words online to prove you’re not a robot? You’re actually part of a cool project.

ABS faces Origin-sized challenge

HOW many people still need to do the 2016 Census? Here are the numbers in terms of figures we all understand — State of Origin crowds.

Victoria probes electronic voting

DESPITE the online disaster from the national Census, Victoria is pushing ahead with public hearings on electronic voting.

Aussie schoolgirl porn site removed

A WEBSITE targeting female students at more than 70 Australian schools has been taken down after an underage girl came forward.

ABS slammed as Census site crashes again

THE reputation of the ABS has been dealt another blow, with the Census website unavailable yet once more this morning. Here we go again.

Gmail in trouble for reading emails

A US judge has ruled that Google scanning your emails for advertising purposes is not defensible as standard practice.

‘I’m scared my boss might see’

MADELEINE was just 15 when she unwittingly fell victim to a predatory, middle-aged photographer. Now the photos are online.

‘It’s as if I got classed as a porn star’

NAKED pictures of a Queensland teen have been posted online, after it was revealed men were offering “bonus points” for them.

What to do if you’re a porn site victim

A TEAM of former police detectives has advice for any Australians caught up in the online pornography ring. Here’s what you should do.

$450,000 of your money is gone for good

FRAUDSTERS put in place an elaborate scam that has claimed the most high profile Australian scalp yet.

School porn ring investigated

STATE and federal police will investigate an online porn sharing site that has targeted girls at least 70 schools across the country.

Students make mockery of Census

AS the ABS spends days getting its $9 million census server back to full operation, two students have built a version four times better — for $500.

Why everyone is hating on IBM

THE government is looking for who to blame for the big Census fail and it’s certainly not the first time they’ve been screwed by IBM.

Other victim of the Census fiasco

THE “appalling incompetence” of Census night has dealt a terminal body blow to a plan Australians were just starting to support.

FBI’s dark warning for Silicon Valley

THE director of the FBI has a warning for Silicon Valley and wants to resolve a major issue before “something terrible happens”.

Social media faces pressure to censor

FACEBOOK and Twitter are being urged to act faster to shut down graphic images and video in the wake of terror attacks and fatal shootings in Europe and the US.

How would we actually vote electronically?

MALCOLM Turnbull and Bill Shorten have backed electronic voting to stop election delays but how do you actually cast a ballot online?

The atomic bomb of cyber warfare

IN 2010 nuclear facilities in Iran were secretly brought down with an unrecognisable computer code that has changed the face of global warfare.

Phishing scam targets GoT pirates

SOME ISPs have reportedly been tricked by a phishing scam, passing it on the customers believed to have downloaded GoT.

Donald Trump has a powerful new weapon

DONALD Trump just got the ammunition he needed to revive his faltering presidential campaign, thanks to the one person Americans dislike.

How we can avoid this election mess next time

ABC numbers man Antony Green says Australia needs to consider a different method of voting to speed up the long wait for results.

Why can’t we vote online?

IT MIGHT mean the end of the sausage sizzle but would this way of voting be worth it if we got the result in minutes, not weeks?

iPhone users target of Apple ID scam

A NEW scam targeting iPhone users is making the rounds, with victims being tricked into sharing personal details with cyber criminals.

China’s big threat to peace in 2030

IT’S a scary, but potentially real threat facing the world by 2030. Expert warns China’s cyber capabilities will be more dangerous than anything else.

US debate cutting internet in Syria

THE US military has been stepping up its cyber war against the Islamic State but there’s one thing they’re reluctant to do.

When will Australia create a cyber militia?

EVEN the tiny country of Estonia is leaving us in the dust when it comes to building a cyber militia. But one Aussie university wants to change that.

Silicon Valley and FBI at war

GOOGLE, Facebook and Yahoo are among a coalition trying to prevent the FBI from having access to everyone’s internet browsing history.