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A Chinese scientist has been issued a prison sentence of two years for stealing next-generation battery technology from his US employer. The former associate scientist, Hongjin Tan, has also been ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution and will spend three years on supervised release, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) said on Thursday. The 36-year-old […] More
Security vulnerabilities in a brand of Internet of Things connected vacuum cleaner could allow hackers to gain access to devices, send commands and even monitor live video feeds recorded by the in-built cameras, according to security company researchers. Researchers at cybersecurity Checkmarx said they have discovered the potential flaws in the Trifo Ironpie M6 smart vacuum cleaner […] More
The National University of Singapore (NUS) is establishing a new facility that aims to tap artificial intelligence (AI) and data science technologies to study the implications of internet use on the local population. Its researchers also will assess regulations such as those involving privacy and freedom of expression enacted to curb misinformation. Scheduled to begin […] More
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has revealed that there was a 19% increase in the number of data breaches reported under the Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme between July and December 2019, compared to the first half of the year. Specifically, the OAIC reported that 537 breaches were notified under the scheme, […] More
Image: RiskIQ 9Game.com, a portal for downloading free Android games, was identified as the mobile app store hosting the most malicious apps in 2019. 9Game ranked number one on the list of app stores with the most “new” malicious app uploads, but also number one on the list of app stores with the highest concentration […] More
Two government departments copped a beating from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) on Friday over extensive gaps in their oversight of Australia’s mandatory data retention laws. The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in particular came under sustained attack from Labor’s Anthony Byrne, a former chair of the committee, for what he […] More
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has moved to make telcos seek further approval from customers before a mobile number can be ported from one mobile provider to another. Communications Minister Paul Fletcher said the process would include multifactor authentication, without detailing the exact steps involved, nor what factors would be used. Telcos will […] More
It wasn’t that long ago that most websites weren’t secured with Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption. You could tell because the sites started with HTTP instead of HTTPS. Today, 81% of web pages use HTTPS globally, and 91% are secured in the US. For that vast increase in secure web browsing, we owe a large […] More
