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Australian spies in global deal to tap undersea cables | theage.com.au - 0 views

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    Australian spies in global deal to tap undersea cables | theage.com.au
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    Australian spies in global deal to tap undersea cables | theage.com.au
David Howard

Silk Road black market online drugs site seized, FBI arrests owner 'Dread Pirate Robert... - 0 views

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    Silk Road black market online drugs site seized, FBI arrests owner 'Dread Pirate Roberts' | theage.com.au
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    Silk Road black market online drugs site seized, FBI arrests owner 'Dread Pirate Roberts' | theage.com.au
David Howard

AAPT breached Privacy Act | theage.com.au - 0 views

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    AAPT breached Privacy Act | theage.com.au
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    AAPT breached Privacy Act | theage.com.au
David Howard

'I was attacked for wearing Google Glass' | theage.com.au - 0 views

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    'I was attacked for wearing Google Glass' | theage.com.au
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    'I was attacked for wearing Google Glass' | theage.com.au
David Howard

Canadian teen arrested for stealing tax data with Heartbleed | theage.com.au - 0 views

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    Canadian teen arrested for stealing tax data with Heartbleed | theage.com.au
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    Canadian teen arrested for stealing tax data with Heartbleed | theage.com.au
Roland Gesthuizen

SMS 20th Anniversary | Text Messages Turn Twenty - 0 views

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    The first SMS message was sent 20 years ago this week. In Australia, we've been LOLing and WTFing for even less time than that - but some are already questioning how many birthdays the technology has left.
Roland Gesthuizen

Spies blow their cover through the internet - 0 views

  • Social engineering is the art of manipulating people into divulging confidential information, either through the introduction of malware into computer systems through carefully crafted, personalised emails - spear phishing, obtaining access to security codes - or by orchestrating social contact with intelligence targets.
  • the abundance of personal and career information available on the internet posed a clear security risk for both government and the corporate sector, especially companies engaged in national security work or high technology activities
  • Defence Department security instructions require that ''when engaged in online forums … Defence personnel must exercise professional judgment to ensure no information breaches operational security''.
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    "HUNDREDS of former and some present Australian spies have posted information about their employment with intelligence agencies on the internet in what security experts have called ''a gift for foreign espionage''. "
Roland Gesthuizen

The Simpsons hits Google Glass where it hurts - 0 views

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    "On this week's episode of The Simpsons, "Specs and the City", Mr Burns gives every employee of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant a pair of "Oogle Goggles". It seems like an unusually generous and savvy gift, but really Mr Burns just wants to use the devices to spy on his employees. You see where this is going. "
Roland Gesthuizen

If you wear Google Glass to the movies, the FBI might come after you - 0 views

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    "A man who went to a cinema in the US wearing Google Glass was interrogated by FBI agents for an hour because employees thought that he was illegally recording the movie (his Glass was off). Even if you don't have a lot of context for FBI interrogations that still sounds like a really scary hour."
Roland Gesthuizen

Australian behind futuristic Iron Man-style Meta SpaceGlasses says they're the future o... - 0 views

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    "Looking like a cross between ski goggles and Ray-Bans, Meta SpaceGlasses allow wearers to see and interact with virtual objects in 3D space with their hands. Wearers can see the non-existent objects thanks to tiny projectors in the glasses, while sensors detect hands and allow interaction."
Roland Gesthuizen

The challenge is to rise to the stimulus material - Education News - 0 views

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    "The questions on this year's exam paper may include case studies, design briefs, newspaper articles, and images as stimulus material. This could make it interesting as well as challenging. The challenge is in being able to apply your knowledge to the stimulus material presented on the exam paper."
Roland Gesthuizen

Web security in doubt after discovery of 'Heartbleed' flaw - 0 views

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    "Millions of websites, online stores and social networks are operating with a major security hole in place, exposing user information and financial information to hackers. That is because a core safety mechanism used to secure the internet has a flaw in it. Worse still, it has been in place for over two years and experts are unsure if it has been exploited for criminal or espionage purposes."
Roland Gesthuizen

Hackers exploit 'Shell Shock' bug with worms in early attacks - 0 views

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    "Hackers have begun exploiting the newly identified "Shell Shock" computer bug, using fast-moving worm viruses to scan for vulnerable systems and then infect them, researchers have warned. "
Roland Gesthuizen

Shell Shock: Bash bug labelled largest ever to hit the internet - 0 views

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    "A new security vulnerability found in everything from iPhones and laptops to light bulbs and web cameras has been dubbed by security experts as worse than Heartbleed, the bug found earlier this year that affected almost every device."
Roland Gesthuizen

See everything you've ever Googled with this little-publicised web tool - 0 views

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    Google logs all of your searches, analyzes them, and uses them to individually personalise the search results you see - which has pretty profound implications for both literacy and privacy.
Roland Gesthuizen

Why keeping your keys in the freezer can stop thieves breaking into your car - 0 views

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    "Last week, I started keeping my car keys in the freezer, and I may be at the forefront of a new digital safety trend."
Roland Gesthuizen

Why no one cares about privacy - 0 views

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    ":While I'd like to be able to report that Australians are passionate about their privacy - that they're debating the fundamental shifts underway and the implications for freedom and democracy - the reality is, it's not happening."
Roland Gesthuizen

Digital archaeologists dig up internet's past - 0 views

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    "In an age in which uninterrupted access to the sum total of human knowledge now seems a given, we're in paradoxical danger of losing a lot of recent history."
Roland Gesthuizen

'One more thing': Apple Watch unveiled - 0 views

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    "Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook has unveiled Apple Watch, a device that will not only do what other smartwatches are now expected to do - give you access to apps, email, text messages and health monitoring, but also serve as a payment tool."
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