Category: Uncategorized

Category: Uncategorized

Scams, terror, and national security: Problems with Chinese microloan apps in India
January 29, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

The pandemic, accompanied by job loss and pay cuts, has made many Indians even more desperate than they normally were for loans. This has made them easy targets for spurious loan apps whose origins lie across the border.

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OAIC asks Home Affairs to create ‘information champ’ role for overseeing FOI requests
January 29, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

Commissioner described the department’s governance for sharing non-personal information as part of the FOI Act as ‘not adequate’.

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Google says iOS privacy summaries will arrive when its apps are updated
January 28, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

Search and advertising giant says it is working to ‘understand and comply’ with Apple’s upcoming changes to app tracking.

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New cybercrime tool can build phishing pages in real-time
January 28, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

The new LogoKit phishing kit has already been spotted on more than 700 unique domains over the past month.

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519 data breach notifications include 33 from Australian government entities
January 28, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

One of the 33 breach notifications was the result of a brute-force attack, the OAIC has detailed in its latest report.

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Victorian firefighters get a dedicated drone unit
January 28, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

The new unit will be responsible for operating drone technology to assist firefighters.

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India’s homegrown messenger Hike signals its demise and a missed opportunity
January 27, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

Hike says its super app concept didn’t work because of network effects of overseas players like WhatsApp. Yet, an opportunity that laid within arm’s reach could have changed its fortunes.

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10-years-old Sudo bug lets Linux users gain root-level access
January 27, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

The vulnerability, named “Baron Samedit,” impacts most Linux distributions today.

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AWS skills training for 4,000 Telstra staff by 2025
January 27, 2021 Uncategorized administrator

Telstra said the training will help staff “apply innovative, cloud-first thinking”.

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