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Australians in emergency situations could soon be using Triple Zero in a whole new way, with Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull announcing a review into the system and how it could be better used to take advantage of modern mobile technologies.

Australia's cyber citizens have been relatively quiet amid the NSA snooping scandals that have engulfed pretty much every country across the globe - and it might just be time for them to do something.

Already in the midst of NBN controversy, Aussie communications provider TPG has been slapped with a $400,000 fine by the Federal Court for failing to give customers access to police, fire and ambulance services.

New Zealand-based global communications solutions provider Tait Communications has won a contract to design and develop the pilot phase of an upgrade to the Vietnam Traffic Police radio network.

A 21-year-old Queenslander has been arrested and charged with allegedly hacking a US online gaming developer’s computer network, according to police.

The Australian Federal Police has announced plans to implement controversial new technology that will capture emails and other information sent in real time.

A US man has been tricked into reporting his own child pornography offences to police after a computer virus said the FBI was investigating him.

Police are hunting a man who may have scammed hundreds of Gumtree uses since June last year.

Who needs Batman when you can whip out your smartphone to help fight crime?

A man has died at a construction site in NSW while working on the NBN today.

The Tasmanian Department of Police and Emergency Management has signed a three-year contract with iiNet for the provision of managed Internet services over the NBN.

Imagine walking around a shopping centre and having your every move tracked; by software that has latched onto your mobile phone's unique ID.

A surveillance system in the Melbourne inner suburb of Footscray led to 18 arrests before it was commissioned.

When a kindly soul discovers a trivially simple security bug and then posts it to the organization concerned, the last thing he expects is a warning letter from the lawyers and a visit from the police.

There seems to be no stopping the scam artists as they move from state to state attempting to extort money from naive computer users.

RIM's BlackBerry Messenger software is helping rioters stay co-ordinated in their efforts to cause serious mayhem in London, but with calls for Messenger to be blocked, could a genuinely useful technology be hobbled by calls for greater security?

Today's assertion by a Queensland Police representative that receiving a (potentially) ill-gotten image derived from Facebook is akin to receiving a stolen TV completely beggars belief.  Queensland Police, you're wanted on the phone, it's the 21st Century calling.

It is with some sense of shock and dismay that we see a Fairfax journalist detained by police in connection with his reporting of a security presentation at AusCERT.

Ayonix releases a new face recognition product for government sector. Face Recognition software APS ver2.1 aids the identification of suspect persons

If you receive an unsolicited phone call or email suggesting that your PC is infected and offering to help, just say 'no.'