NYT exposé on smartphone location tracking / Chinese hacking group resumes global attacks / Israeli spyware allegedly used to target Pakistani officials' phones
UK to create regulator to police big tech companies / Japan, US and Europe team up to counter China's quantum rise / China ramping up ability to spy on 1.4 billion people
The Australians who hacked the Islamic State | The longest Internet shutdown in a democracy | Medicare details of AFP commissioners for sale
China claims Australia has expanded 5G restrictions | 2020 Campaigns throw their hands up on disinformation | Google and YouTube moderators speak out on the work that gave them PTSD
Rachel Noble to become first woman to lead a major Australian spy agency | New Orleans declares state of emergency following cyber attack | Who spied on Indians–WhatsApp, NSO,or the government?
FTC weighs seeking injunction against FB | Aus govt. unveils 'world-leading' regulation of tech giants | Merkel faces revolt over Huawei as lawmakers seek full ban
Chinese diplomat threatened Faroese leader over Huawei | Pensacola hit by cyberattack following shooting at military base | ‘Spymaster’ linked to Australian defector has ties to Chinese defence
White House veterans helped Gulf Monarchy build secret surveillance | Facebook intends to implement end-to-end encryption | Coalition outlines plan to pressure internet giants over cyberbullying
China orders state offices to replace foreign PCs and software | Beijing to legalise ‘theft’ of Aussie business secrets | Facebook ads push misinformation
Australian politicians call for Mark Zuckerberg to appear before inquiry | TikTok goes to Washington to meet with lawmakers | Fake Corbyn tweets tried to 'sow doubt' among voters
Huawei Sues the F.C.C | Facebook has floated limiting political ads and labeling that they aren’t fact-checked | China resurrects Great Cannon for DDoS attacks on Hong Kong forum
U.S. to Tap $60 Billion War Chest in Boon for Huawei Rivals / New Iranian wiper discovered in attacks on Middle Eastern companies / Japan joins NATO cybersecurity drills to counter Chinese hackers
China uses DNA to map faces with help from the West | China’s military might has now become a top issue for NATO | Labor seeks to amend encryption legislation
Leak of papers before UK election raises 'spectre of foreign influence' | China brings in mandatory facial recognition for mobile phone users | Cybercrime investigation shuts down insidious malware
Chinese tech groups shaping UN facial recognition standards | ASIO takes lead as spy agencies on war footing | Singapore ‘fake news’ law targets a Facebook post about Salt Bae restaurant chain
NEW REPORT: Mapping more of China's tech giants: AI and surveillance / FB's only Dutch factchecker quits over political ad exemption / France not ruling out response to cyber attack on hospital
China controls the Philippine's power grid | Germany US clash over Huawei | China's bid to head UN's intellectual property agency
Senate Democrats unveil new online privacy bill | Workers at Israeli surveillance firm NSO sue Facebook for blocking private accounts | Commerce Department issues proposed rule to secure communication
New ASPI report on Chinese Defence Universities | 23 Australians flagged in Xinjiang crackdown | Canada's 'no timeline' over Huawei decision
Alex Joske on Chinese spy defection | How the Marcoses are using social media | What do we know about cyber escalation?
Facebook & Google’s surveillance poses danger to human rights: Amnesty International | Microsoft restores services large global outage | China can turn off the Philippine national power grid
Law Should Treat Social Media Companies as publishers | Facebook Lobbyists Tied to Members of Congress | Twitter Accuses Tories of Misleading Public with 'Factcheck'
Concerns over Giuliani's use of unsecured phones & WhatsApp | U.N. passed a resolution that gives Russia greater influence over internet | Brexit campaign founder private messages leaked
Cybersecurity is a national priority for Australia | Iran's influence in Iraq | TikTok's chief speaks
Amazon Begins Appeal Over Pentagon Cloud Contract | Leaked Files Expose How China Organized Mass Detentions of Muslims | Internet Disrupted in Iran Amid Fuel Protests
Huawei chip mission shows Taiwan economy gaining from trade war | Home Office app for EU citizens easy to hack | Parliament House thwarts recent cyber attack
U.S. manufacturing group hacked by China as trade talks intensified / Russian hackers who stole DNC emails failed at social media. WikiLeaks helped. / Crackdown to expose universities' China ties
Labour Party hit by second cyber-attack | Advancing Cyberstability, final report 2019 | Sri Lankans sound alarm over Facebook fake news
Hikvision markets Uyghur ethnicity analytics, now covers up | Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ gathers personal health data | How Russia meddles abroad for profit: cash, trolls and a cult lead
Internet freedom declines around the world | Tech companies rush to fight misinformation ahead of UK vote | Cambodia launches disinfo campaign to repress opposition groups
Suspected North Korea hackers targeted Indian space agency | Leak from neo-Nazi site could identify hundreds of extremists worldwide | Breach at DNA-test firm exposed customer information
Former Twitter employees spied for Saudi Arabia | Huawei threat uncovers enemy within UK spy agencies | Your DNA profile is private? A Florida judge just said otherwise
Ex-Google chief warns of need for AI co-operation with China | German minister casts doubt on Huawei participation in 5G | US tech giants distributing products building China's surveillance state
US and Taiwan host security exercise to boost cyber defence | Democratic strategists set up $75 million digital campaign to counter Trump | US urges Taiwan to curb chip exports to China
Australia’s 2020 cybersecurity strategy: defining the mission | Pentagon deploying cyber personnel abroad to gather intel for 2020 elections | Reporter reveals life in a Polish troll farm
WhatsApp hacked to spy on top government officials at U.S. allies | A hacker group of Chinese spies is stealing text messages | Hong Kong court bans posting & sharing online messages inciting violence
Twitter bans all political ads | FB removes Africa accounts linked to Russian troll factory | North Korean malware found on Indian nuclear plant's network
WhatsApp pushing back on NSO Group hacking | EU tells Facebook, Google and Twitter to take more action on fake news | Russia will test its ability to disconnect from the internet
New ASPI ICPC report maps China-Russia tech cooperation | Dissent erupts at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads | Home Affairs pushes face-matching service for porn age verification
Australia readies for cyber 'Pearl Harbour' | Pentagon awards $10 billion contract to Microsoft | Boris Johnson to grant Huawei access to UK's 5G network
Pakistan to Install Nationwide “Web Monitoring System” | China’s Information War on Taiwan | Australian Committee Rejects Facial Recognition Database
Google claims quantum breakthrough | Monash uni partners with Chinese state firm linked to industrial espionage | ACSC confirms it killed off CyberCon whistleblower talks
‘State actor’ responsible for cyber attack likely to stay a secret | Spies muscle in on foreign takeover deals | China sharpens hacking to hound minorities
Russian cyberattack unit ‘masqueraded’ as Iranian hackers, UK says | Facebook finds new disinformation campaigns and braces for 2020 torrent | Islamic State Turns to Teen-Friendly TikTok
China says Cold War mentality hindering trust in cyberspace | Zuckerberg Says Facebook Won’t Police Political Speech | Bot-like Turkish accounts complement military operation in Syria
Aust Senate pushes encryption fix for US CLOUD Act fracture | UK's controversial 'porn blocker' plan dropped | Germany’s 5G proposal leaves door open for China’s Huawei, sparking criticism
U.S. carried out cyber strike on Iran after Saudi oil attack | How one tweet turned pro-China trolls against the NBA | Bot-like Turkish accounts complement military operation in Syria
New German rules leave 5G telecoms door open to Huawei | Building China's Comac C919 airplane involved a lot of hacking | Encryption laws a CLOUD deal risk
NEW ASPI ICPC REPORT: Engineering global consent | 5G and cyber security | How safe is Apple’s Safe Browsing?
BBC-ASPI ICPC joint investigation: Papua unrest, social media bots 'skewing the narrative' | EU warns of 5G risks amid scrutiny of Huawei | Dutton takes aim at CCP for hostile conduct
Huawei slammed by new ‘nightmare scenario’ warning | Spies hacked Moroccan activists amid crackdown on protests | Apple has a lot to lose if it crosses China’s party bosses
NSA director rebukes Beijing for 'weaponizing' disinformation in HK protests | US DHS cyber unit wants to subpoena ISPs | Melb cybercon organisers pressured speaker to edit 'biased' talk
Deal to access US data for law enforcement at risk over controversial Aust law | Top secret Russian unit seeks to destabilize Europe | HK govt would not rule out internet controls to curb protests
Iranian hackers target Trump campaign / FB removes accounts targeting Iran & Qatar / U.S. puts Hikvision, Chinese security bureaus on economic blacklist
U.S., U.K. and Australia to ask Facebook to halt encryption tech | HK takes stand against China’s high-tech control | Political operators impersonating Americans to flood Govt
ANU hack details / Singapore's 'fake news’ law comes into effect / Sydney IT contractor arrested over Landmark White data breach
New report on language and Aust–China relations | Mark Zuckerberg rallies Facebook employees against critics | Victorian hospitals hit by ransomware attack
Britain is 'at war every day' due to constant cyber attacks | Trump pressed Morrison to help Barr investigate Mueller inquiry | Twitter executive for Middle East is British Army 'psyops' soldier
Plan for facial recognition database sparks concerns | Trump told Russian officials he wasn’t concerned about Moscow’s interference in election | Big data expert is China’s new cybersecurity chief
At least 70 countries have had disinformation campaigns | Telegram channels used to doxx and report Hong Kong protesters | CyberPeace Institute to support victims harmed by escalating conflicts
Why Trump mentioned CrowdStrike to the Ukrainian president / How TikTok censors videos that do not please Beijing / Teenage girls threatened & doxxed for sounding the alarm on climate
27 countries sign cybersecurity pledge with digs at China and Russia | Big tech loses $56 Billion after Trump speech | Sandberg outlines Silicon Valley's plan to fight online extremism
The urgent search for a cyber silver bullet against Iran | Snap gathered info on Facebook as part of ‘Project Voldemort’ | New Zealand's 5G plan 'not a political decision'
Chilling video shows Chinese police transferring prisoners | Facebook suspends tens of thousands of apps amid privacy investigation | Congress Asks over 80 Companies for Big Tech Complaints
Zuckerberg met Trump during DC visit | Alibaba, Tencent refuse to hand loans data to Beijing | Huawei suspended from global forum aimed at combating cybersecurity breaches
Trump weighs retaliation against Iran | Documents reveal how Russia wiretaps phone companies | China denies it led cyber attack
Facebook unveils plan for oversight board | US files civil suit against Snowden | Security agencies feared electoral commissions targeted in cyber attack
Australia concluded China was behind hack on parliament, political parties | Database leaks data on most of Ecuador's citizens | Russia carried out a 'stunning' breach of FBI comms
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