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: Written by: ZDNet; Category: News; Published: 21 September 2020; Hits: 312

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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Monday announced the sentencing of a 34-year old man from Sydney for using Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) equipment to...

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Ericsson announced on Friday that it has acquired Cradlepoint in a deal that values the enterprise at $1.1 billion.

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The Swedish carrier equipment manufacturer said Cradlepoint had

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The class action lawsuit brought on by Gordon Legal against the Commonwealth of Australia in relation to the Centrelink Online Compliance Intervention (OCI) scheme, colloquially known as robo-debt, was scheduled to begin 21 September 2020, but the trial...

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Australia scored number eight out of 30 major nations for "cyber intent" in the National Cyber Power Index 2020^[1] (NCPI) published earlier this month, but...

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The default login option ^[1] for agents used by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is vulnerable to a code replay attack, security researchers Ben Frengley and Vanessa Teague said.

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A United States district court judge has issued a nationwide injunction against President Donald Trump's executive order ^[1], thereby preventing the country's WeChat ban ^[2] from coming into...

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The cruel march of ransomware ^[1] has apparently reached a grim new milestone. In Germany, authorities are investigating the death of a patient during a ransomware attack on a hospital; according to reports ^[2],...

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Imagine these situations (women, minorities, and junior associates in organizations deal with them regularly, but they can happen to anyone):...

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Sydney man sentenced for mining over AU$9,000 in crypocurrency on CSIRO kit

Ericsson picks up Cradlepoint for enterprise value of $1.1 billion

Ministers and officials named in updated robo-debt class action claim

Australia's cyber power is more bark than bite

ATO declines to fix code replay flaw within myGovID

US district court blocks Trump's WeChat ban

The ransomware crisis is getting worse. We need to make these four big changes

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