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Beware: Your phone just turned on you

IT’S been called a “shambles”, but from today, if you email a rival employer or call a medical centre about an embarrassing problem, your secret could be out.

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The worst holiday picture you can take is of your boarding pass

MOST of us are guilty of posting this picture before we go on a big holiday, but it just be the worst thing you upload.

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The high price of your safety

FROM next week, you will have to pay a personal price for Australia’s efforts to stop more terrorist attacks.

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Solving crimes before they happen

A JAPANESE tech giant reckons it now has the ability to pinpoint when and where crimes will occur. But is this Big Brother surveillance gone mad?

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Kmart customer private details hacked

AN investigation is under way after Kmart Australia confirmed some of its customers’ private details have been hacked in an online security breach.

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Kardashian insecurities exposed

THE Kardashian-Jenner army have been ruling the iTunes charts this week, but a security flaw in their new apps has exposed the private information of users.

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‘National security’ raises privacy concerns

AUSTRALIAN government plans to use of facial recognition in its counterterrorism strategy raise concerns about privacy.

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‘Aussie jihadi’ is actually an internet troll

REMEMBER the Aussie Jihadi who made headlines earlier this year with his blog? The FBI says a young Jewish man from Florida is behind it all.

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‘I promise you I will win. I have the votes’

DRUGS, sex and murder have all been common themes in his life, but now he is running to be the President of the United States of America.

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Secret memos reveal Assange escape plot

BOOZE, fights and fancy dress costumes. Leaked documents show what’s really been going on inside embassy where Julian Assange has been hiding for years.

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‘The most damaging defectors in history’

TO NEIGHBOURS and friends, Jane and Jason Wang were just like any other successful couple. Then, three months ago, they vanished.

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Woman tells of creepy ‘cyber flashing’

POLICE are investigating what they term a new tech crime after a woman using Apple Airdrop on her iPhone was cyber flashed with explicit pictures.

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How students beat the uni system

FALSE fingerprints and spy cameras are becoming part of a dodgy student’s study kit as universities struggle to the lengths kids are going to for good grades.

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Warning! Virus email scams users

A FAKE email promising the Windows 10 upgrade is making the rounds, and falling for it will have big consequences for your wallet.

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The virus that holds data to ransom

A SOUTH Australian student lost six months of their work from a computer virus sweeping the state that cripples machines.

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US spying on Japan: WikiLeaks

THE US has been spying on Japan’s top level talks and sharing the intelligence with Australia, Wikileaks claims in an explosive new report.

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Telstra scam affecting thousands

THE messages look authentic, telling customers they are eligible for a refund. Here’s what to look for to avoid falling for the scam.

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Cheating Aussies could be exposed after data hack

UP TO a million Australians could be at risk of having their affairs exposed after cheating dating website Ashley Madison was hacked on Monday.

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Identity thief reveals dirty tricks

OPERATING in a cyber crime racket, this man stole thousands of dollars from unsuspecting victims. Now, he is exposing the secrets of identity theft.

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The police tweet that went too far

IT WAS supposed to be a joke, but now police are facing a massive backlash after tweeting a picture of a famous comedian captured from a helicopter camera.

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Parents are failing their kids online

YOU think they’re safe, tucked away in their bedrooms, innocently playing on their computers. But chances are, what your kids are doing online will shock you.

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Shoppers hit by cyber crime onslaught

ONLINE shoppers are increasingly victims of cyber criminals with fraud rates soaring to nearly $300 million. Read how to protect yourself.

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Twitter could tip off suspected terrorists

TWITTER will tip off suspected terrorists and criminals using its service if police ask it for information about them, the Herald Sun can reveal.

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Would-be jihadis to be kicked off net

YOUNG would-be jihadis will be banned from using the internet, under a plan designed to stop the radicalisation of youths.

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Is there any point to jailing drug kingpin?

HE’S the criminal genius who will never taste freedom again. The sentence handed to Ross Ulbricht, 31, has created shock waves, but some say it’s completely pointless.

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Aussies attacked by Breaking Bad malware

FANS of the show Breaking Bad will recognise the logo but it’s something that you definitely don’t want to see pop up on your computer screen.

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When social media privacy isn’t a good thing

AMID concerns over the privacy and security of social media accounts, the world’s top law-enforcement officers are on the Gold Coast devising new ways of hacking them.

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Snowden: ‘You’re being watched’

EDWARD Snowden has lashed out at the Australian government, labelling data retention laws as ‘dangerous’ and saying everybody is being watched ‘all the time’.

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Dark web introduces digital contracts

IN an attempt to make the dark web more secure, a marketplace has introduced digital contracts to protect customers from fraud.

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Who’s using your Facebook?

WHEN Moosa looked at his phone and saw someone typing from his account, he was terrified. He was just one victim of state-sanctioned global spying.

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