Qld premier's top bureaucrat hit by spam attack

iTnews: "The Queensland Department of Premier and Cabinet has fallen victim to a suspected email spoofing scam that has seen bogus messages sent out purportedly from Annastacia Palaszczuk’s top bureaucrat."



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‘Certain death’ for Aussie jihadists

‘Certain death’ for Aussie jihadists: "Australians fighting with Islamic State now face “almost certain” death on the battlefield as the terrorist group loses the war in Iraq and its myth of invincibility, Malcolm Turnbull has declared."



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Australia strengthening cyber defences as hacker threats grow

Australia strengthening cyber defences as hacker threats grow: "The Australian Signals Directorate, a grey and dull-looking building in the defence precinct on a hill above Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, houses the nation's offensive cyber capability."



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ABS quietly drops Census data security claim

ZDNet: "The Australian Bureau of Statistics' claim that a security audit had rated their systems in the 'Cyber Secure Zone' has disappeared from their website."



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