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Smart home devices

Old smart devices will be a massive security risk

Posted on February 10, 2025October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Your smart lights, smart fridge, home router and smart TVs will become a security threat when they no longer qualify for updates.

Ric Richardson to crush malware

Posted on September 11, 2023October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Prolific Australian inventor Ric Richardson is back with an operating system modification that he says will stop malware and ransomware in its tracks.

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Smart home devices to talk a common language

Posted on August 31, 2022October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

The Connectivity Standards Alliance has been working with big tech to help save the flagging smart home device market.

Inside Conti, the world’s most feared ransomware gang

Posted on March 7, 2022October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

The leaking of more than a hundred thousand internal messages at the world‘s biggest ransomware gang has offered explosive insights into how it attacks its victims which include Australian companies.

How to protect your online accounts from hackers with two simple tools

Posted on April 14, 2021October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Securing your online accounts against the hackers is now an urgent matter. Here’s how.

Surveillance cameras near the foreshore at Shanghai. Source: Internet 2.0

Aussies exposed in China data leak

Posted on April 3, 2021October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

A massive leak of surveillance data held by China’s government has exposed Australian travellers to identity theft.

Infrastructure a heightened risk

Posted on July 1, 2020October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Australia’s industrial infrastructure faces a heightened security risk from state sponsored hackers.

China’s Wuhan Labs hacked

Posted on April 24, 2020October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

An Australian cyber security expert says the Wuhan Labs in China have been hacked in what appears to be a deliberate attack on health organisations.

Safety in numbers

Posted on March 28, 2019October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Researchers are using artificial intelligence to predict and alleviate natural disasters such as earthquakes, bushfires and floods.

Secrets and lies

Posted on January 24, 2019October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Federal parliament passed amendments last month to give Australian agencies more tools to access encrypted conversations.

Every move you make

Posted on May 25, 2018October 4, 2025 by Chris Griffith

Google may go past seeing what we buy to swaying our choices.

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