Serious change coming to adult websites
IT’S been labelled as “impossible” and “a dangerous precedent”, but will Australia follow this plan to change the rules around pornography?
Security
Three biggest threats to the world
A DIRE warning has been issued by intelligence chiefs overnight following the release of a worldwide threat assessment report.
Sextortion threat after nude photo
A BRAVE victim of ‘sextortion’ has spoken out to describe how he was tricked into exposing himself online, then threatened with blackmail.
When online fantasies turn fatal
NICOLE Lovell, 13, died after her online fantasy world with an older man exploded into real-life murder.
End to net’s most annoying thing
THEY drive us crazy and are easily the most frustrating thing on the internet, but Google has just declared war on them.
New scams you need to know
THINK you’re immune to phone and internet scams? Well, think again, because smart new scams are robbing us blind.
The worst passwords of 2015
IF you are using on the 25 passwords in this article, you should change now or you are making it easy as possible for hackers to gain access to your accounts
Total anarchy on the internet
WE THOUGHT Silk Road was bad with its illicit drug sales. What’s sprung up in its place is much worse than we’ve seen before.
Revenge porn king has change of heart
SCOTT Breitenstein’s business was so nasty, he could ruin your life with a single Google search. Now he’s performed a stunning about-face.
Huge change coming to Explorer
A MASSIVE change coming into effect today changes everything you know about Internet Explorer. If you use it, pay attention.
Revenge porn laws dangerously ‘soft’
AUSTRALIA’S most senior prosecutor has warned federal laws are unable to properly protect women from revenge porn attacks by bitter ex-lovers.
30 biggest threats to the world in 2016
FROM Islamic State to Russian aggression, there has been a lot to worry about in 2015. But brace yourself, because next year could be even worse.
Biggest threat to cybersecurity in 2016
SECURITY experts have warned of the latest threat to internet security, as hackers look to make attacks more personal.
Millions exposed in Hello Kitty leak
THE personal information of over three million Hello Kitty fans has been exposed in a major breach of the popular brand’s security.
World War III will be cyber war
PUT away the tanks and bombs — World War III will be fought online and Islamic State is better prepared than us.
Julian Assange to be grilled for rape
ECUADOR and Sweden have reached an agreement that will see the Australian founder of Wikileaks questioned over longstanding rape allegations.
Trump wants to ’close’ the internet
REPUBLICAN presidential candidate Donald Trump has detailed his latest plan to combat radical extremism and it could be his most ludicrous idea yet.
‘We have to wise up, it’s pathetic’
MANY think Australia is too small and unimportant for hackers to bother with, but one expert says we need to take the threat seriously.
China’s cyber attack on weather bureau
THE Bureau of Meteorology has had its sensitive systems compromised by a major cyber attack being blamed on China.
The sinister world of online arms dealers
THE dark web may be known as an online marketplace for the purchase of illicit drugs, but it is also home to something far more sinister.
Anonymous fail in war against IS
ANONYMOUS set out to utterly destroy IS, but its campaign might be backfiring. A breakaway group claims it has a better plan.
Trump’s outrageous idea to stop terrorism
REPUBLICAN presidential candidate Donald Trump caused a stir after his latest idea to stop terrorism was likened to ‘Nazi Germany’.
Australia’s biggest emerging cybersecurity threat
INTEL Security’s 2016 Threat Predictions report has been released and it flags one major problem it expects to plague Australians next year.
‘Top secret’ leak lands Defence grad in jail
HE might have been trying to become the next Julian Assange, but all Michael Scerba achieved was a jail sentence.
Online love scam targeting Aussie women
THE identity of a man believed to be dying from cancer was stolen and used to trick Australian women into handing over hundreds of thousands of dollars.
When your video ends up on porn sites
When jilted lovers out for revenge post intimate photos of their former partners on porn sites, life for some, is never the same again.
‘Excited to see hubby on Tinder’
THE wife of one of Australia’s best surfers got a shock when she saw her husband on Tinder. Then she had some fun with it.
Why aren’t we e-voting already?
KAZAKHSTAN, India and Estonia already do it. So why can’t Australia get its act together and start e-voting here?
Could Putin bring down the internet?
THE US government has raised fears that in a time of conflict, Vladimir Putin could turn the lights out on the world’s internet connection.
Every call you make, they’ll be tracking
CONTROVERSIAL new data retention laws come into play today. Here’s everything you need to know and how to get around them.
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