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The Brazilian government has created a national cybersecurity strategy with the core objectives of increasing the country’s digital trustworthiness and resilience against cyber threats. There are good initiatives currently in place in Brazil around cybersecurity, but they are “fragmented” and introduced on an ad-hoc basis, which “hinders the convergence of efforts in the sector,” said […] More
The use of automaton to weaponize stolen information dumps is an emerging trend in cyberattacks taking place against enterprise targets, new research suggests. On Tuesday, IBM released the annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, a report based on information gathered from 70 billion security events across 130 countries to spot patterns and themes in cybersecurity. This […] More
The Labor Party has attempted to distance itself from its role in the mess surrounding the passing of Australia’s encryption laws in December 2018. It has failed. A Senate debate on Monday showed that while Labor may talk the talk when it comes to balancing the needs of cops and spooks against our privacy and […] More
The Australian government has on Tuesday offered advice for how parents can keep their children safe online, focusing on those in preschool. Announcing the release of a booklet targeted at those with kids under the age of five, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Online Safety for under 5s, which was developed by the eSafety Commissioner, […] More
Image: FBI, ZDNet, Florian Krumm Special feature Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now be millions — or even billions — of dollars at risk when information security isn’t handled properly. Read More The FBI has sent a security alert to the US private […] More
The Law Council of Australia (LCA) has joined the debate for the retention period for data held by the nation’s telecommunications carriers to be reduced from the current two-year timeframe. Representing the LCA at the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) and its review of the data retention regime that came into being in March […] More
Image: David Dvořáček A software error in Denmark’s government tax portal has accidentally exposed the personal identification (CPR) numbers for 1.26 million Danish citizens, a fifth of the country’s total population. The error lasted for five years (between February 2, 2015, and January 24, 2020) before it was discovered, Danish media reported last week. The […] More
The US Department of Justice has announced charges against four Chinese hackers for breaching US credit reporting agency Equifax in the summer of 2016. Speaking at a press conference on Feb. 10, US General Attorney William Barr said the four hackers are believed to be members of the Chinese People Liberation Army (PLA). The four […] More
