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Australia will hire 500 hackers as part of a AU$1.35bn boost to protect the nation's networks from a wave of cyber attacks. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced this morning that the government would funnel the money from existing defence funding over the next decade to bolster the capabilities of the Australian Signals Directorate and the Australian Cybersecurity Centre.
Australia unveiled the "Largest-ever" boost in cybersecurity spending Tuesday, days after Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke out about a wave of state-sponsored attacks suspected to have been carried out by China. Morrison said Tuesday that malicious cyber activity against Australia was increasing in frequency, scale and sophistication.
As Australia reels under sustained cyber attacks following increased Chinese diplomatic hostility, the country's Lion brewery and dairy conglomerate has been hit for the second time. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Lion told its staff today "It had been hit by a second cyber attack that had further disrupted its IT systems."
Australia's prime minister said Friday his country was under a broad cyberattack from a "State-based actor" targeting government, public services and businesses, with suspicions falling on China. Australia enraged China by calling for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and by accusing China of fuelling a virus "Infodemic" and engaging in economic "Coercion".
The US National Security Agency and its Australian counterpart the Australian Signals Directorate have published a set of guidelines to help companies avoid a common kind of attack: web shell exploits. A web shell is a malicious program, often written in a scripting language like PHP or Java Server Pages, that gives an attacker remote access to a system and lets them execute functions on a victim's web server.
Australia has released its promised COVID-19 contact-tracing app. Dubbed COVIDSafe, the smartphone app follows the now-established practice of asking people to register their name, age range, phone number, and postcode, and create a unique identifier.
Australia has released its promised COVID-19 contact-tracing app. Dubbed COVIDSafe, the smartphone app follows the now-established practice of asking people to register their name, age range, phone number, and postcode, and create a unique identifier.
2, the world's largest nonprofit membership association of certified cybersecurity professionals - announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Australian Security Industry Association Limited that will strive for the advancement of the information security profession in Australia. In addition to promoting the importance of having qualified and certified physical security and information security professionals, both organisations agree that physical and electronic security systems and information security systems are converging, and both these aspects of security are vital to the other.
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