In the past few weeks, the glare of news-media scrutiny has shone on the murky, mysterious world of the darknet, that online territory estimated to be many times bigger than the ordinary internet most of us access daily from the comfort of our computers and smartphones using web browsers... Read more
Category Archive: International Security
Syrian hackers attack Melbourne IT reseller
Alter domain records for NY Times, Twitter. Hackers associated with the Syrian dictator Bashir al-Assad have once again succesfully attacked Western media, this time by altering the domain name registration records for sites such as Twitter and the New York Times. The Syrian Electronic Army also redirected the NYT website to a... Read more
ASIO turns its spies onto high-tech espionage
Australia’s top spy has flagged a shift in focus for the national security agency ASIO, with more resources for high-tech espionage after a decade of concentrating on terrorism. ASIO boss David Irvine said on Tuesday that cyber espionage by other countries was escalating threats amid rapid technological change – requiring... Read more
MEPs Call for Private Security Regulations
Private security companies (PSCs) in Europe should be regulated by the EU to ensure compliance with international conventions and human rights, a bloc of both conservative and socialist members of the European Parliament have argued. Growing support for such measures was evident during a European Parliament sub-committee on defence and... Read more
