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Surveillance Insecurity

16 Mar, 202315 Mar, 2021 by Nat Power

A white hat is a hacker with heart, Wiki gives a conservative definition here but a description with firework flair was recently documented in a Bloomberg piece quoting self-aggrandising hacker, Tillie Kottmann, “lots of curiosity, fighting for freedom of information and against intellectual property, a huge dose of anti-capitalism, a hint of anarchism — and it’s also just too much fun not to do it.” That really turns the hacker ‘stealing data and cash’ trope on its head.

Rolled enrolments for RMIT

16 Mar, 20231 Mar, 2021 by Nat Power

RMIT University is a leader in the field of cybersecurity education for tertiary students. They have hosted innovative competitive workshops like Hackathon in years gone by and spruik their cyber-wares to all that have a digital leaning.

NetWalker arrested

16 Mar, 202314 Feb, 2021 by Nat Power

A lightbulb moment happened when Faster Networks read about the latest FBI arrest of ransomware hacker, NetWalker.

Banking on loyal reserves

16 Mar, 202331 Jan, 2021 by Nat Power

Just when you thought New Zealand had reached the pinnacle of Australia’s envy they once again prove that taking professionalism and accountability to a national issue is the ultimate response.

Bursting the security bubble

16 Mar, 202318 Jan, 2021 by Nat Power

Late last year when most of us were attempting to check-out on a year that had dealt some terrible blows, real and imagined, there was a flurry of journalistic activity reporting a dramatic, global story of digital security gone awry.