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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.

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

‘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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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 20: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange parts the curtains as he starts to speak from a balcony at the Ecuadorian Embassy on December 20, 2012 in London, England. Mr Assange has been living in the embassy since June 2012 in an attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden where he faces allegations of sexual assault. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

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.

Chinese policewomen wave a Chinese national flag to celebrate as Beijing is announced as the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics at the ski resort region of Chongli where the Nordic skiing, ski jumping, and other outdoor Olympic events will be held in northern China's Hebei province Friday, July 31, 2015. Beijing was selected Friday to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming the first city awarded both the winter and summer games. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

‘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.

Lorraine Crighton-Smith, 34, is likely to be the first person to have been the victim of a new crime, cyber flashing. Picture: Web Grab / BBC

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.

Warning! Virus email scams users

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.

The Toshiba Satellite P50t is a Windows 8 laptop with a full ultra high definition display.

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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Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott (L) and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe chat prior to the tri-lateral meeting with US President Barack Obama at the G20 Summit in Brisbane on November 16, 2014. Australia is hosting the leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies for the G20 summit in Brisbane on November 15 and 16. AFP PHOTO / POOL

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.

FILE - In this June 10, 2015 photo, Ashley Madison's Korean web site is shown on a computer screen in Seoul, South Korea. Avid Life Media Inc., the parent company of Ashley Madison, a matchmaking website for cheating spouses, said it was hacked and that the personal information of some of its users was posted online. The breach was first reported late Sunday, July 19, 2015, by Brian Krebs of Krebs on Security, a website that focuses on cybersecurity. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

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.

Identity thief reveals dirty tricks

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.

Craigieburn jihadist Pic taken from E | Resistance @ResistanceER Twitter · Dec 3 2014 Named Jake. Creepy #ISIS Soldier in their rank of 'Brave and well Trained' Soldiers. #Syria #Iraq Embedded image permalink Jake Bilardi

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.

Photograph of siblings Cally and Ross Ulbricht, the accused mastermind of drugs website Silk Road, in Sydney in late 2011. Photo: Facebook.

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.

Aussies attacked by Breaking Bad malware

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.

When social media privacy isn’t a good thing

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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FILE - This Feb. 1, 2011 file photo shows medical marijuana clone plants at a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland, Calif. On Saturday, May 2, 2015, The Los Angeles Times reported that the California legislature is considering multiple _ and conflicting _ plans to impose the first major statewide restrictions on medical marijuana dispensaries and growers. California was the first state in 1996 to legalize the sale of marijuana for medical use. More than 1,000 dispensaries operate in the state. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

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?

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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The dark trade in revenge porn

A TECH journalist who researched the sickening trend has revealed the ways in which malware, blackmail and treacherous ex-partners can ruin lives.

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The darknet: Secret cause of identity theft?

MORE than 772,000 Australians have fallen victim to identity theft in the past 12 months, and these darknet websites may be to blame.

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FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2015 file photo, singer Taylor Swift attends the SNL 40th Anniversary Special in New York. Swift, Microsoft Corp. Harvard University are among those buying up .porn and .adult Web suffixes as a pre-emptive move before those domain names become available this summer. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, is making Internet address suffixes beyond the usual .com or .org available for people and businesses to use. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

The new way celebs are being blackmailed

A CANADIAN company has been accused of using the new ‘. sucks’ domain name to extract exorbitant sums from celebrities.

The NSA has a room for watching porn

The NSA has a room for watching porn

WHILE it may seem strange, the NSA has set up a surveillance room specifically for watching hardcore pornography.

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Which country blocked social media?

ONE country has blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube over the publication of an image controversially labelled “terrorist propaganda”. Which is it?

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$100K job graduates don’t want

IT WAS once considered the dream job. But since they found out what they’d actually be expected to do, many university graduates aren’t so sure.

It’s a bust for Street View boob flasher

It’s a bust for Street View boob flasher

SHE enjoyed a week in the limelight after flashing her K-cup breasts at a Google camera car and having them posted online. But things have not ended well for Karen Davis.

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