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  • QLD police charge Nigerian scammers

    The Queensland police have charged two people for allegedly conducting a Nigerian scam operation as well as a further four people for using credit cards with skimmed data.

  • Qld picks driver's licence suppliers

    Queensland Transport (QT) has selected three core technology suppliers for the state's chip-embedded drivers' licences, which will use public key infrastructure (PKI) to encrypt drivers' biometric information.

  • Qld smart-card licence project advances

    Queensland Transport (QT) has gone to market for up to 10,000 handheld smart card readers as it gears up to replace its 2.7 million antiquated drivers' licences with new smart card equivalents.

  • Queensland's plan to end Nigerian scams

    A national event aimed at stamping out so-called Nigerian scams will be held in Queensland, Detective Inspector Brian Hay, who heads up the Queensland Police Corporate Crime Investigation Group, said.

  • Queensland crime authority pushing phone-tapping powers again

    The Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) is lobbying to give the state's law enforcement agencies more powers to intercept telecommunications.

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  • Real-life internet scammers dissected

    Listen to audio recordings of conversations with real-life internet scammers in this guide to their history and recent activities.

  • How do you return stolen bank credentials?

    Sceptical that Australians are targeted by cybercrime? Late last year the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) was asked to repatriate hundreds of Commonwealth Bank customer credentials which had been stolen via the ZeuS trojan.

  • Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith: Q&A

    Suncorp CIO Jeff Smith talks about the the challenge of integrating a number of cultures and brands, usage of the agile management system, and his approach to the task at hand, despite uncertainty over whether the banking side of Suncorp will be sold.

  • Social engineering: Don't be fooled

    It is a hard one to protect against, as attackers prey on the kindness of strangers, but there are some tips to prevent your company being a victim to social engineering ploys. Also: Hackers: Under the hood

  • Smart cards: Coming up trumps

    What's holding back smart cards from widespread use in Australia? Could it be that vendors haven't found the applications consumers really want?

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