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Some 110 human rights and civil society organisations from around the world have jointly called for all governments to adhere to human rights laws when using digital surveillance technologies to track and monitor individuals and populations to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus. Signatories of the joint statement include Amnesty International, Algorithm Watch, Australian […] More
Image: Elastic, ZDNet For the past two weeks, a hacker has been breaking into Elasticsearch servers that have been left open on the internet without a password and attempting to wipe their content, while also leaving the name of a cyber-security firm behind, trying to divert blame. According to security researcher John Wethington, one of […] More
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
