Peter Dutton has confirmed that the Department of Home Affairs superministry has absorbed all cybersecurity functions for the Australian government. …read more Source:: oss watch
Month: August 2018
Dutton retains Home Affairs and Fifield Communications as Scott Morrison unveils ministry
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•Peter Dutton and Mitch Fifield will continue as Home Affairs and Communications ministers, respectively, while Karen Andrews will head up Industry, Science and Technology and Michael Keenan retains Human Services …read more Source:: oss watch
Online scams push Singapore crime rate up 5.6 percent in 1H2018
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•Country’s high internet and smartphone penetration likely fuelled the increase of online crime incidents, which included a 72.8 percent climb in e-commerce scams during the first half of 2018. …read more Source:: oss watch
Trivago hauled to court by ACCC for allegedly misleading customers
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•The consumer watchdog has taken action against the hotel search engine over price advertisements. …read more Source:: oss watch
Huawei: Australian 5G decision ‘extremely disappointing’
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•Huawei Australia has told ZDNet that the decision by the Australian government to prevent it from taking part in 5G network rollouts down under is ‘extremely disappointing’ for consumers. …read more Source:: oss watch
Facebook kills 650 Russian, Iranian accounts for ‘inauthentic behavior’
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•Facebook suspends multiple campaigns that have used ads and fake news to manipulate political discourse. …read more Source:: oss watch
ACMA begins enforcing NBN migration rules backed by AU$10m penalties
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•The ACMA will be able to take NBN retail service providers to court to gain injunctions and civil penalties of up to AU$10 million for non-compliance with its new broadband …read more Source:: oss watch
Google sued for tracking you, even when ‘location history’ is off
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•A lawsuit accuses Google of tracking a man against his wishes and disguising what ‘location history off’ means. …read more Source:: oss watch
Microsoft: We’ve just messed up Russian plans to attack US 2018 midterm elections
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•Claiming a win over Russian plans to hack US politicians, Microsoft unveils a new security service to detect attacks expected in the lead-up to the midterms. …read more Source:: oss watch
Sydney man avoids jail after 3D printing guns
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•A NSW judge has ruled that Sicen Sun wanted ‘his work as a craftsman acknowledged’ when he advertised a 3D-printed gun replica for sale on Facebook for AU$1 million. …read more Source:: oss watch