Apple and Google Just Attended a Confidential Spy Summit in a Remote English Mansion - The Intercept

Apple and Google Just Attended a Confidential Spy Summit in a Remote English Mansion - The Intercept:

"At an 18th-century mansion in England’s countryside last week, current and former spy chiefs from seven countries faced off with representatives from tech giants Apple and Google to discuss government surveillance in the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s leaks."



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Business - THE NEWS WRAP: Australian spies part of international spook alliance to hack smartphones

Business - THE NEWS WRAP: Australian spies part of international spook alliance to hack smartphones:

"Australia’s spy agencies, along with those of the United States, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom planned to hijack the Google and Samsung app stores to implant spyware on phones."



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Snowden: NSA And Allies Planned To Use Google And Samsung App Stores To Spy On Smartphones : PERSONAL TECH : Tech Times

Snowden: NSA And Allies Planned To Use Google And Samsung App Stores To Spy On Smartphones : PERSONAL TECH : Tech Times:

"The National Security Agency has been at it again. New documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal that the NSA and its allies planned to infect smartphones with spyware via the Google Play and Samsung App stores."



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Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World, by Bruce Schneier | Books | Times Higher Education

Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World, by Bruce Schneier | Books | Times Higher Education:

"Paul Bernal clicks with a maverick thinker who shows how business and governments are building a global surveillance network and how we can fight back"



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Australian budget boosts spending on war and surveillance - World Socialist Web Site

Australian budget boosts spending on war and surveillance - World Socialist Web Site:



"One of the most revealing, and least reported, features of last week’s Australian federal budget was increased funding for the military and intelligence agencies, not just for this year but for every following year."



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Telstra-owned Pacnet hit by major data breach

Telstra-owned Pacnet hit by major data breach:

"Australia's leading cyber-spies have joined the hunt for hackers who broke into Telstra's Asian subsidiary Pacnet in an attack affecting thousands of customers including The Australian Federal Police, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and other government agencies."



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Cyber Resilience for Financial Services Entities | K&L Gates LLP - JDSupra

Cyber Resilience for Financial Services Entities | K&L Gates LLP - JDSupra:



"ASIC also recommends a number of Australian providers who deal with mitigating cyber risk including the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) publication 'Strategies to mitigate targeted cyber intrusions' and CERT Australia, who partner with major Australian businesses, particularly major financial institutions and market infrastructure providers in providing advice and support on cyber risks."



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Jim Furner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jim Furner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:



"Brigadier James Osmond "Jim" Furner AO CBE DSM (25 November 1927 – 17 September 2007) was an Australian military intelligence officer, who was the longest serving Director-General of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) from 1984 to 1992."



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A bet each way: our China policy is rational

A bet each way: our China policy is rational:

"Australia has had a clear, consistent and sound China strategy ever since the Defence Intelligence Organisation began querying why a China that was committed to its own 'peaceful rise' might be developing the world's first anti-ship ballistic missiles, anti-satellite missiles and other platforms for projecting military power far from its shores."



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