Hackers

If you’re tempted to do a make a couple of cheeky payments while waiting for the band to come on, think again.

There are many ways of breaking into your devices. Make sure you safeguard against them.

AI could help close cybersecurity vulnerabilities at offshore wind farms.

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.

Sabotaged space stations, falsified space probe data and faked alien contact are just a few of the scenarios a report on space cybersecurity outlines.

Think you can trust every website? One typo and you could be caught in a phishing trap.

The Chinese Communist Party has inadvertently given the country’s nationalist movement influence that it’s struggling to contain.

Modern web browsers are increasingly becoming like virtual computers, able to send email and play music and videos. The downside is it’s a new way for hackers to get into your computer.

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

Chinese state-sponsored hackers are targeting critical infrastructure. Here’s what they’re doing, how the US government is responding and how you can help.

Australian fans who didn’t manage to snag Eras tickets are on the hunt – and scammers are capitalising on this. Here’s everything you need to know to protect yourself.

The federal government’s web portal for reporting cybercrimes is of little use if you have limited proficiency with English.

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.

Australia could become one of the world’s strongest cyber nations – but the success of the new strategy will come down to the details.

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.

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.

Cyberspace is a battlefield in modern conflicts – and combatants must follow international humanitarian law to protect civilians.

Thieves are trading their pry bars for laptops and wireless devices to steal cars that nowadays rely on remotes and computer networks.

The Five Eyes alliance is critical to hunting and detecting foreign cyber actors, but tends to work in secret.

‘Star Trek: Picard’ is set 400 years in the future, but, like most science fiction, it deals with issues in the here and now. The show’s third and final season provides a lens on cybersecurity.

The new National Cybersecurity Strategy reiterates the government’s focus on resilient infrastructure and taking the offensive against hackers. But it also brings a fresh approach to the private sector.

The hacker who steals your data is just one part of an illicit supply chain featuring producers, wholesalers, distributors and consumers – a black-market industry worth millions of dollars.

Former Twitter security chief alleges in a whistleblower complaint gross security malpractice, with many employees having access to the social media platform’s code as well as user data.

One of a hacker’s most valuable tools is the phishing attack, and you might be unwittingly making the hacker’s job easier by leaving useful information about you online.