Hacking the internet

Microsoft software developer Andres Freund may have saved the internet from a major, long-con, hacking attempt when he discovered a backdoor in XZ Utils, a data compression utility used by Linux-based computer applications.

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.

Fighting back

There can be no return to a trusting ‘win–win’ relationship with Beijing at the same time as we are being spied on and robbed blind by its hackers. It’s time to fight back.

Hacking the headlines

Journalists and media organisations should be asking much tougher questions whenever a cybersecurity company tries to shop them a story that sounds a little too cinematic to be true.

It’s time to pin the blame for the Parliament hack

Whoever becomes prime minister after the election will face a sobering moment in Australia’s China policy.

Hackers for hire pose growing international security risk

A hacker has been jailed in the UK over his role in a massive cyberattack in Liberia in 2016, in a case which is likely to be a sign of things to come as hackers for hire become ever more available—and affordable.

How vulnerable is Australia’s identity data?

The government must ensure that national identity assets are protected from manipulation, falsification or destruction to safeguard our democracy, governance and security.