https://www.scmp.com/rss/506516/feed Paul Haskell-Dowland is professor of cyber security practice and associate dean for computing and security in the School of Science at Edith Cowan University in Australia. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com It seems hardly a day goes by without another report of a cybercrime incident. With last year’s cyberattack on health insurer Medibank still fresh in Australians’ minds, the latest assault in the country is on a Sydney cancer treatment facility, the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre in Westmead Hospital. The cyber criminal group Medusa claims to have stolen thousands of files and is holding the facility to ransom. In what has become a common practice, the criminal gang seems to be using double... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3219832/why-does-australia-keep-facing-cyberattacks-its-health-services?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3219832/why-does-australia-keep-facing-cyberattacks-its-health-services?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 May 2023 21:00:14 +0000 In an age of isolation, video-sharing platform TikTok has emerged as a bonding force for many. But recent headlines allege the service, owned by Beijing-based company ByteDance, is feeding users’ data to the Chinese Communist Party. An Australian newspaper, the Herald Sun, this week reported that an unnamed federal MP was pushing for the app to be banned. Following suit, Liberal Senator Jim Molan said TikTok was being “used and abused” by the Chinese government, while Labor Senator Jenny... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3092279/australia-concerns-mount-china-could-use-tiktok-spy-users?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3092279/australia-concerns-mount-china-could-use-tiktok-spy-users?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Jul 2020 04:39:02 +0000