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• Scams cost Australians more than $100M a year

  Australians have so far lost $118.5 million to scams as at October 2019, which is already $10 million more than what it cost in 2018 ($107 million).

• The 'super easy' way to hack a Swede's email account

  When you forget your Gmail password, and have two factor authentication (2FA) enabled, Google will SMS or call you with a six to eight digit code. You enter the code (Google calls this 2-step verification) and gain access to your account.

• Triton intrusion discovered at second industrial facility

  ​Intrusion activity attributed to the same group which attacked the industrial safety systems of a petrochemical plant in Saudi Arabia in 2017 has been uncovered at a second facility, security researchers have confirmed.

• Firms pay CEOs more, shareholders less in wake of data breach, analysis reveals

  ​Companies give CEOs a pay rise while cutting dividend payments and research and development investment in the wake of a data breach, analysis by researchers at Warwick Business School has revealed.

• SkoolBag secure says MOQ, after user creds found in massive dump

  ​MOQ, the ASX-listed firm behind popular school communications tool SkoolBag says its app is secure following the discovery of user credentials in a major dump of emails and passwords earlier this month.

• 11 signs your kid is hacking -- and what to do about it

  Here’s how to find out if your child is involved in malicious online activity -- before the authorities do

• Four tech nightmares keeping IT leaders up at night

  What’s keeping CIOs awake at night? From data breaches to social engineering, there’s plenty to keep tech types tossing and turning.

• Unseen, all-out cyber war on the US has begun

  Security pros and government officials warn of a possible cyber 9/11 involving banks, utilities, other companies, or the Internet

• Opinion: The Petraeus scandal and computer ethics

  Last week Gen. David Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, resigned in response to what has turned out to be a much bigger scandal than it first appeared.

• Top 10 hacking movies

  2011 so far has been filled with news of high-profile hacking - the Epsilon data breach, Microsoft and the various attempts of the nefarious Anonymous. Even the Australian Government copped a little unwanted interest. With this in mind, we thought it was time to track down the top ten Hollywood movies about hacking.

Whitepapers about hacking

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  Why Technology Supply Chain Resiliency Matters

  With technology supply chains rapidly evolving to all corners of the globe, doors continually open for unsavoury elements to find new ways to take advantage. Whether for personal gain, monetary gain, criminal activity, espionage, or military threat, black hats keep unearthing opportunities to exploit supply chain vulnerabilities.

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  Anatomy of a Hack Disrupted

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  Advanced persistent threats: Hijacking insider credentials

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  Evolving Threats Demand; New Approaches To Security