Pamela Anderson: ‘Assange is a hero’
WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange has found an unlikely supporter in former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson.
Security
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.
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