Audit slams crime body over failed NEC-developed biometric project
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The Australian National Audit Office has slammed the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission over the failure of a biometric identity project, contracted out to NEC Australia,… Australian firms lack confidence about net security: claim
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A little more than a fifth of the Australian companies surveyed are confident about their Internet security, a study by the business process services provider… Malware uninstalls cloud security products from Linux machines
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Security firm Palo Alto Networks claims to have found samples of malware spread by a group known as Rocke that uninstalls five different cloud security… German industry group says evidence needed for Huawei ban
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The Federation of German Industries says that evidence is needed to block any telecommunications provider from being involved in the country's 5G networks, even as… 
Israel-based security company Check Point says it has found a vulnerability in the popular game Fortnite which would allow an attacker to log taking advantage… 
More than a million files belonging to the Department of Securities in the US state of Oklahoma were exposed to public view for an unknown… NZ cryptocurrency exchange loses 'significant' funds in breach
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New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has suffered a breach and its operations have been locked down, with police saying that they are not yet in… Docker playground site allowed server access as it was not secured
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Researchers at security firm CyberArk were able to gain access to the underlying server running Docker's playground website because of the additional permissions provided in… Trend Micro shows way to hack RF-controlled industrial machines
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Researchers at security outfit Trend Micro have built a device they call RFQuack which can be used to take command of industrial machines that are… Huawei founder claims no user data will be given to govt
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Huawei chief executive and founder Ren Zhengfei says the company will under no circumstances allow the Chinese Government to access customer data. 
