Government

Digital rights groups call for government to scrap surveillance bill

A coalition of digital rights groups has called for the government’s draft surveillance bill to be scrapped wholesale, saying that it “effectively enacts insecurity by design” and will create “extremely broad powers with almost no oversight without any substantive justification”.

Encryption: Has the government stuck to its ‘no backdoors’ pledge?

The government this morning unveiled an exposure draft of its much-anticipated legislative response to the increased use of encrypted communications services.

New law to force tech companies to build features for police

Companies that provide communications services to Australians could be compelled to build new capabilities to help law enforcement agencies access information about how their services are being used, under a draft bill released today by the government.

Huawei ups R&D budget by billions amid 5G blocks

Huawei Technologies will increase annual spending on R&D to between US$15 billion and US$20 billion, as it races to be a global leader in 5G.

MyRepublic pays $25K penalty over NBN Speed Claims

MyRepublic has paid penalties totalling $25,200 following the ACCC issuing two infringement notices for alleged false or misleading representations about its NBN service performance.

My Health Record: Labor calls for longer opt-out period

Labor has called on the government to extend the opt-out window that allows Australians to request they are not enrolled in the national eHealth record system.

What happens if the Australian government locks Huawei out of 5G?

Regardless of whether the government chooses to go forward and ban Huawei from being involved with Australia's next-generation of 5G networks, there will almost certainly be repercussions here that could affect Australian consumers.

Huawei pushes back against possible Australian 5G ban

Australia will be left behind if the government bans the nation’s telcos from using 5G equipment supplied by Huawei, the chairperson of the Chinese company’s local subsidiary has warned.

John Lord dispels Huawei ‘myths’

Huawei Australia chairman John Lord used his address at the National Press Club in Canberra today to speak out against what he says are ‘myths’ about the Chinese technology company.

Huawei top sponsor of Aussie politicians’ overseas trips

Chinese telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies is the biggest corporate sponsor of overseas travel for Australian politicians.

NBN Co overhauls top-tier pricing in reseller capacity drive

The move is aimed at improving speeds for end customers and driving top-tier product uptake.

NBN puts HFC rollout on hold

NBN will press pause on its rollout of further hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) connections while it works to address poor performance encountered by end users.

Suspected CIA spying tools linked to hacks in 16 countries

The suspected CIA spying tools that WikiLeaks has dumped have been linked to hacking attempts on at least 40 targets in 16 countries, according to security firm Symantec.

Angry Shadow Brokers release password for suspected NSA hacking tools

Annoyed with the U.S. missile strike last week on an airfield in Syria, among other things, hacker group Shadow Brokers resurfaced on Saturday and released what they said was the password to files containing suspected National Security Agency tools they had earlier tried to sell.

WikiLeaks: CIA used bits of Carberp Trojan code for malware deployment

When the source code to suspected Russian-made malware leaked online in 2013, guess who used it? A new release from WikiLeaks claims the CIA borrowed some of the code to bolster its own hacking operations.