Information Technology

The Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI) is supportive of the nation’s pending Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (International Production Orders) Bill 2020, saying the new powers contained within would assist with international cooperation on law enforcement prosecution. In a submission [PDF] to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) and its review of the Bill, […] More

The Australian Privacy Foundation (APF) has labelled Australia’s pending Telecommunications International Production Orders Bill as “deeply flawed”, saying it sees no real need for the Bill to be put in place. “The Bill is deeply flawed. It conflates bureaucratic convenience with what is imperative,” the foundation said. “It obfuscates accountability through inadequate transparency, including reliance […] More

Image: ZDNet OGUsers, one of the most popular hacking forums on the internet, disclosed today a security breach, the second such incident in the past year. “It appears that someone was able to breach the server through a shell in avatar uploading in the forum software and get access to our current database dating April […] More

Mastercard has announced it will up its current contactless payment limit from AU$100 to AU$200. The increase will kick in on April 9 at Woolworths and Coles supermarkets, and will roll out to further retailers in the coming weeks. This means card users throughout Australia will now be able to spend up to AU$200 using […] More

Image via Yucel Moran Social networking giant Twitter disclosed today a bug on its platform that impacted users who accessed their platform using Firefox browsers. According to Twitter, its platform stored private files inside the Firefox browser’s cache — a folder where websites store information and files temporarily. Twitter said that once users left their […] More

Your spying gadget needs an anti-spying gadget. Somewhere, John Le Carré sniggers. Paranoid It was the column that launched screams around America. Last week, I wrote about a UK law firm that suggested Amazon’s Alexa and her cohorts should be switched off before you have any confidential work-related conversations. Now that you’re likely working from […] More

Cloudflare has apologized for blocking LGBTQIA+ sites with the launch of the new 1.1.1.1 for Families service.  Announced this week, 1.1.1.1 for Families is designed as an alternative to the 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver which also automatically filters out adult content and websites deemed to be a security threat.  “While 1.1.1.1 can safeguard user privacy and […] More

Cyber criminals are trying to trick Zoom users as the video-conferencing platform surges in popularity as a result of the coronavirus pandemic forcing people to work – and socialise – remotely. March saw the number of daily Zoom meeting participants reach over 200 million, compared to 10 million in December, as people turn to the […] More