News (70)

  • End users weakest security link: AFP

    Fewer than half of all home computer users protect their systems from viruses, cyber-crime and other hacking, Australian Federal Police e-crime chief Neil Gaughan told federal parliament this week in a wide-ranging testimony.

  • AFP unites last tech units in fight against cybercrime

    The Australian Federal Police (AFP) yesterday finalised the restructuring of its high tech crimes division, with the announcement that the force's final two independent technical units have been amalgamated with High Tech Crimes Operations.

  • Brisbane "mule" jailed for money laundering

    A Queensland mother of two has been jailed for operating bank accounts in an internet money laundering scam.

  • AFP stalls in India as crime embraces offshoring

    Despite missing its target to set up a base in India to target ID theft and information crime, the AFP says it's still planning to open its offshore centre.

  • AFP cybercrime fight derailed by overseas officers

    Overseas deployments have begun to drain both the manpower and resources of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), and efforts to fight high-tech crime are suffering ahead of the Rudd government's promise to increase the force by 500 officers.

Features and Case Studies (14)

  • AFP's high-tech unit let Rome burn

    The "Anonymous" hacker group gave Australia's police forces a month's warning that it was going to attack the Federal Government. Why didn't the Australian Federal Police's electronic crimes unit do anything about it?

  • Did Australian Police raid a script kiddie?

    The footage Four Corners displayed of a suspected Melbourne fraudster's house and technology during a police raid last week hardly fits the profile of a master fraudster.

  • Budget 2007: IT misses out on windfall

    The biggest loser in this week's budget was broadband -- not one cent was allocated to improve infrastructure works. However, security was the winner with funding confirmed to fight intellectual property crime and cyber-terrorist attacks.

  • Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

  • BigPond blues

    It's been an exceptionally busy period for the nation's largest Internet service provider, but all for the wrong reasons.

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