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Cyber attacks can cost you tens of thousands of dollars. Expert advice can help you stay safe – and it’s not complicated.
Romanian authorities declassified five intelligence files that suggest the election was exploited by external forces.
Reports claim the government is cancelling the JP9102 project by Lockheed Martin, meant to deliver an “uncrackable” comms network for the Australian military.
Clearer laws and better enforcement could make us all less vulnerable to data breaches. But organisations also need to be more transparent when they happen and get security basics right.
Human error is responsible for nearly 70% of successful cyber attacks. But three key strategies can help address this problem.
AI could help close cybersecurity vulnerabilities at offshore wind farms.
From disrupting nuclear facilities to throwing national health services into disarray, cyberattackers often target the most secure government computer systems.
Software like Crowdstrike Falcon can access core computer systems and, essentially, spy on everything. We live with these tradeoffs – but perhaps we don’t have to.
The question has shifted from whether cyberattacks will occur to when and how they will happen.
The Chinese Communist Party has inadvertently given the country’s nationalist movement influence that it’s struggling to contain.
The consequences of cyber conflict are primarily felt by civilians, who call for retaliation, fueling cycles of violence.
The attacks pose a serious threat to the island’s democracy. And they could be replicated elsewhere.
A major focus of the federal government’s defence policy update is the need to develop quantum-based defence technology that will help Canada address two big threats: the Arctic and cyber security.
British elections are pencil and papers affairs, which makes them difficult to hack. But the breach of millions of people’s details is still a deeply serious matter.
Prepping is fast becoming mainstream, but new government advice fails to address inequality, and could cause division between the haves and have-nots.
A cyberattack on one of Australia’s biggest port operators has highlighted the potential vulnerability of the global economy.
Port operator DP World handles roughly 40% of Australia’s sea freight. Over the weekend its ports were disrupted by what appears to be a malicious, targeted cyberattack.
What will ransomware attackers focus on next?
Contrary to popular belief, cyber security isn’t a strong point for China and this makes it particularly vulnerable to attack in wartime.
Top contributors
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Adjunct Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Defense Analysis, Naval Postgraduate School
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Professor, Management Information Systems, Simon Fraser University
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Security Researcher, Associate Professor in Resilient Systems, Edith Cowan University
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Doctoral Researcher in Cyberwarfare, University of Birmingham
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Director, McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security, Auburn University
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Deputy Director, Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, Auburn University
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Senior Lecturer, New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science, University of Waikato
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Teaching Professor, CSEE & Assistant Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Criminology, University of Leeds
