An endless game of whack-a-mole

Cybersecurity is an “infinite game” of endless threats and attacks which lays beyond the finite concerns of politics in Canberra.

Australia’s new cyber czar

The federal government is further stepping up its efforts to improve Australia’s protection against increasing cyber threats, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announcing the establishment of a Coordinator for Cyber Security.

Technological diplomacy

Diplomacy is needed to manage governance and security in cyberspace, and so diplomats must better engage with the big technology and internet companies.

Could blockchain stop data breaches?

The public saw enormous amounts of data hacked and leaked in 2022. UNSW Business School’s Dr Eric Lim asks if blockchain offers a way to stop it happening again.

Australia must stand up to cyber assault

Australian society, companies and citizens are under cyber-assault by criminal gangs and state actors, and real action must be taken to protect them.

Consumers feel excluded from Australia’s cyber debate

Recent cyber attacks have heightened awareness of the hazards of insecure digital systems and Australian consumers want to play a more active role in tackling hacking, online deception and malicious bots.

Protecting our privacy from criminals – and corporations

Corporations extract and keep huge amounts of personal information from their customers, then allow hackers to steal it through lax security. Reducing the amount of information they can hold would therefore limit the damage caused by criminal and state sponsored cyber-criminals.

Revil

Russian security services, cyber-criminals and state-sponsored hackers are waging war against the world, with Australia’s Medibank only one of thousands of victims.

Open season on your data

Companies demand more and more information from their users, store it for years for marketing purposes and then get routinely hacked by criminals who then use customer data to defraud them. Why don’t firms do something about it?

Who was behind the Optus attack?

Given the massive scale of the Optus security breach, the nature of the personal information and the utility of this data, the government should come clean about whether a state or criminal actor was behind the attack.

Cyberworld

Governments have focused on the practicalities of interests, threats and operating in the cyber environment and while such difficulties shouldn’t be underestimated, it’s not enough to focus on those alone.

Cyber-proofing small business

SMEs are not immune to cyber-attacks from hackers looking to steal user data, hijack their server or hold their systems to ransom, but a new Australian tool – auCheck – will help small business owners protect themselves and fight back.