Cybercrime

International law enforcement efforts against ransomware groups achieved successes in 2024. More global coordination is needed to keep up with cybercriminals, who are constantly adapting.

Ghana and Nigeria are hosts of training schools for online scams.

As they improve, we’ll likely trust AI models with more and more responsibility. But if their autonomous decisions end up causing harm, our current legal frameworks may not be up to scratch.

Gaming or watching sports in the metaverse might be fun, but these ‘immersive online environments’ are also enabling new kinds of crime. To tackle this problem, we must first understand it better.

Widely available AI tools are supercharging cyber crime, which means we need to stay on top of our online security like never before.

Software like Crowdstrike Falcon can access core computer systems and, essentially, spy on everything. We live with these tradeoffs – but perhaps we don’t have to.

Combining behavioural and data science yields high-quality insights from complex datasets.

Unfortunately, there’s no cure for scammers – but you can build immunity against them.

The question has shifted from whether cyberattacks will occur to when and how they will happen.

It feels like a data breach is in the news every single week. Here’s why you should guard your personal information more jealously than ever.

A data breach has affected the digital prescription company MediSecure. While investigations continue, cyber criminals will likely use this event for new scam campaigns.

Last year, Australians lost $2.74 billion to scams, with a 150% increase in losses to job scams, in particular. Here’s what you need to know about these insidious tactics.

Iran and the US have been at loggerheads for decades. But in recent years much of the conflict has moved into cyberspace.

With 17 billion internet-connected devices worldwide, AI is subtly creeping into our everyday lives – and making us more vulnerable to cyberattacks.

Anthony Albanese has flagged a crack-down on people’s personal details being shared online without consent. But like so much of the internet, it’s hard to police.

With doxing suddenly on the national agenda, here’s what you need to know.

Like many technologies, AI can be subverted by cybercriminals.

In what is colourfully termed a ‘brute force’ attack, hackers use bots to test millions of username and password combinations on different websites – until they find a match.

Cybercriminals don’t take breaks, so you shouldn’t ever drop your guard.

Cyber-scams tend to ramp up at this time of year, with criminals and scammers eager to exploit people’s generosity and excitement.

The Australian government has promised to crack down on companies that aren’t prepared to defend themselves against cyber crime, but their proposed new laws may offer those same businesses a reprieve.

Prolific and highly profitable, LockBit provides ransomware as a service. Aspiring cybercriminals sign up to the scheme, and the group takes a cut. Here’s how it works.

AI-generated faces are now readily available, and have been used in identity fraud, catfishing and cyber warfare.

Port operator DP World handles roughly 40% of Australia’s sea freight. Over the weekend its ports were disrupted by what appears to be a malicious, targeted cyberattack.

There are different tactics that governments can use to block the internet, some more sophisticated than others.