Security News

New Snowden Leak Exposes NSA's Spying Hub in Australia (The Hackers News)
2017-08-20 10:00

The new documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has exposed a United States secretive facility located near a remote town in Australia's Northern Territory for covertly monitoring...

Ricoh Australia Scrambles to Fix Document Leak (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-20 09:18

Breach Likely Poses No Danger, But Ricoh Notifies CustomersRicoh's Australia office has notified banks, government agencies, universities and many large businesses about a curious data breach...

Australia Considering New Law Weakening Encryption (Schneier on Security)
2017-07-17 11:29

News from Australia: Under the law, internet companies would have the same obligations telephone companies do to help law enforcement agencies, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said. Law...

Australia Plans to Force Tech Companies to Decrypt Content (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-14 13:18

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull Promises New Laws by Year's EndAustralia plans to introduce new laws by the end of the year that would compel technology companies to provide access to encrypted...

Australia to Compel Chat Apps to Hand Over Encrypted Messages (Security Week)
2017-07-14 12:05

Social media giants like Facebook and WhatsApp will be compelled to share encrypted messages of suspected terrorists and other criminals with Australian police under new laws unveiled Friday. read more

Australia Digs Into Medicare Card Breach Mystery (InfoRiskToday)
2017-07-05 13:33

Government Raises Eyebrows by Claiming Leak Isn't a BreachThe fraudster who is selling Australian Medicare numbers has clocked one more sale over the past day as the government and federal police...

Australia Pushes 'Five Eyes' for Tools to Counter Encryption (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-26 13:18

But Australia Doesn't Want Backdoors. So What Does It Want?Worried about the use of encryption by terrorists, Australia plans to lobby its key signal intelligence partners at a meeting in Canada...