State-sponsored hackers from China, Iran, North Korea and Turkey have started testing, exploiting and using the Log4j bug to deploy malware, including ransomware, according to Microsoft. As predicted by officials at t...
Singapore has finalised negotiations with South Korea on a digital economy agreement that will see both nations collaborate across several areas, including cross-border online payments, data flows, cryptography, and artificial int...
Australia will create a new panel consisting of Australian youths and young adults that will provide consultation to industry and government about how to approach regulating online platforms. "Young people know better than anyone ...
Image: Google Google has rolled out a new bushfire layer on Google Maps for Australian users to easily access official bushfire information about active fires. The new layer can be turned on by tapping the layers symbol on Maps ...
The Oregon Anesthesiology Group (OAG) said it suffered a ransomware attack in July that led to the breach of sensitive employee and patient information. Recommends The best security key While robust passwords help you sec...
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have ordered all civilian federal agencies to patch the Log4j vulnerability and three others by December 24, adding it to the organization's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities C...
Image: Cisco The City of Adelaide has picked TPG Telecom to replace its free Wi-Fi network at a cost of AU$4.8 million. Since 2014, the network was built and run by hometown telco Internode, with Internode's parent win...
The US government will look to transition core government services to being available online after President Joe Biden signed an executive order earlier this week to make them more accessible for citizens. "Bureaucracies assume th...
Security researchers have found evidence that state-sponsored groups, as well as the group behind the Khonsari ransomware family, are all exploiting the Log4j vulnerability. more Log4j Log4j zero-day: How to protect yours...
Tax-related identity theft is a persistent problem in the US. In fact, the IRS's Criminal Investigation Division reported that it identified$2.3 billion in tax fraud in fiscal year 2020, with the fraud ranging from cyber crimes to...
A new chapter has opened in the conflict between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) -- a conflict concerning C-band spectrum use for commercial 5G services across the US. The ...
Image: Opal While businesses decide when to return to the office, many employees continue to work remotely. Part of remote work often entails hours on video or audio calls, but the webcams and microphones built into ou...