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Australia bans all Kaspersky products on government systems
2025-02-24 18:12

The Australian government has banned all Kaspersky Lab products and web services from its systems and devices following an analysis that claims the company poses a significant security risk to the...

Australia Bans Kaspersky Software Over National Security and Espionage Concerns
2025-02-24 09:57

Australia has become the latest country to ban the installation of security software from Russian company Kaspersky, citing national security concerns. "After considering threat and risk analysis,...

Australia moves to drop some cryptography by 2030 – before quantum carves it up
2024-12-17 03:58

The likes of SHA-256, RSA, ECDSA and ECDH won't be welcome in just five years Australia's chief cyber security agency has decided local orgs should stop using the tech that forms the current...

Australia Passes Groundbreaking Cyber Security Law to Boost Resilience
2024-11-26 19:02

Australia's landmark Cyber Security Act has been passed, setting new standards for incident reporting, ransomware payments, and critical infrastructure protection.

New GootLoader Campaign Targets Users Searching for Bengal Cat Laws in Australia
2024-11-11 11:55

In an unusually specific campaign, users searching about the legality of Bengal Cats in Australia are being targeted with the GootLoader malware. "In this case, we found the GootLoader actors...

Cybercrooks are targeting Bengal cat lovers in Australia for some reason
2024-11-06 21:47

In case today’s news cycle wasn’t shocking enough, here’s a gem from Sophos Fresh from a series of serious reports detailing its five-year battle with Chinese cyberattackers, Sophos has dropped a...

Australia’s New Scam Prevention Laws: What You Need to Know
2024-10-21 13:42

Australia's Scam Prevention Framework aims to protect consumers by holding tech, banking, and telecom sectors accountable, with fines up to $50 million.

Australia’s government spent the week boxing Big Tech
2024-09-13 04:47

With social media age limits, anti-scam laws, privacy tweaks, and misinformation rules Elon Musk labelled 'fascist' Australia's government has spent the week reining in Big Tech.…

Australia Threatens to Force Companies to Break Encryption
2024-09-09 11:03

In 2018, Australia passed the Assistance and Access Act, which—among other things—gave the government the power to force companies to break their own encryption. The Assistance and Access Act...

Australia Proposes Mandatory Guardrails for AI
2024-09-05 15:27

New mandatory guardrails will apply to AI models in high-risk settings, with businesses encouraged to adopt new safety standards starting now.