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Communications department flags idea of tying telco licences to cyber capability
December 11, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

Australian government could clamp down on telcos that fail to secure their networks properly.

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Australian intelligence community seeking to build a top-secret cloud
December 11, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

The Office of National Intelligence has called for expressions of interest from vendors to build a highly-secure private community cloud service for the national intelligence community.

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Will Biden save the H-1B?
December 10, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

All signs point to the visa being salvaged, but the reality is more nuanced than that.

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Tech industry concerns put aside as Critical Infrastructure Bill enters Parliament
December 10, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

New Bill introduces a positive security obligation, cybersecurity requirements such as mandatory incident reporting and vulnerability testing, and government ‘last resort’ powers to step in and defend.

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Hackers are selling more than 85,000 SQL databases on a dark web portal
December 10, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

Hackers break into databases, steal their content, hold it for ransom for 9 days, and then sell to the highest bidder if the DB owner doesn’t want to pay the ransom demand.

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Samsung to start sales of 110-inch MicroLED TV for the home
December 10, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

The 110-inch TV will cost an eye-watering 170 million won, or around $156,000.

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NSW’s new information and privacy committee to advise government on best practices
December 10, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

To be chaired by NSW Information Commissioner Elizabeth Tydd, the committee will advise the state government on how to best deliver information and privacy management practices.

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Christchurch terrorist’s radicalisation shows the limits of surveillance and censorship
December 9, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

New Zealand’s inquiry found YouTube and Facebook were central to the right-wing mass murderer’s radicalisation, but detecting the lone-wolf attacker would have required connecting dots they didn’t have.

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Optus wants clarification in TSSR regime after having significant effect from it
December 9, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

Singaporean-owned telco says it is responsible for over half the notifications made under the scheme.

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Will LG Mobile’s bet with outsourcing and 5G pay off?
December 9, 2020 Uncategorized administrator

LG is hoping that outsourcing its smartphone production and 5G will revive its mobile business. Will it work?

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