Security
When Optus, Medibank and non-bank lender Latitude Financial were hit by separate cyber attacks in the past few years, millions of Australians felt the fallout: stolen personal data, disrupted services and weeks of uncertainty. ...
Jan 20, 2026
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Internet
Cyberattacks can wreak havoc on the systems they target, yet their impact often spreads far beyond technical failures, potentially triggering crises that engulf entire communities, a new study argues.
Jan 19, 2026
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Security
One more reason things cost more today: cybercrime.
Jan 19, 2026
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Security
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that makes a victim's data, system or device inaccessible. It locks the target or encrypts it (converting text into an unreadable form) until the victim pays a ransom to the attacker.
Jan 19, 2026
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Security
Artificial intelligence models that are trained to behave badly on a narrow task may generalize this behavior across unrelated tasks, such as offering malicious advice, suggests a new study. The research probes the mechanisms ...
Jan 15, 2026
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Internet
New year, new privacy rules. At least for Californians.
Jan 15, 2026
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Security
A new forensic framework designed specifically for the Internet of Things (IoT) is discussed in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics. This deep learning-driven system offers benefits over ...
Jan 15, 2026
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Security
You can probably quickly tell from a friend's tone of voice whether they're feeling happy or sad, energetic or exhausted. Computers can already do a similar analysis, and soon they'll be able to extract a lot more information. ...
Jan 14, 2026
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Security
A short, seemingly harmless command is all it takes to use Elon Musk's chatbot Grok to turn public photos into revealing images—without the consent of the people depicted. For weeks, users have been flooding the platform ...
Jan 14, 2026
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Computer Sciences
The data inputs that enable modern search and recommendation systems were thought to be secure, but an algorithm developed by Cornell Tech researchers successfully teased out names, medical diagnoses and financial information ...
Jan 13, 2026
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