AFP, AustCyber back ‘hackathon’ to help find missing people
The Australian Federal Police is supporting a hackathon intended to generate new leads that can help locate missing people.
The Australian Federal Police is supporting a hackathon intended to generate new leads that can help locate missing people.
ACT Policing has revealed that in the 2015-16 financial year it accessed so-called telecommunications metadata on 3365 occasions without the lawful authority required.
Two Victorian men have been charged following an investigation into what police claim were denial of service attacks against “Australian government infrastructure”.
An IT contractor for a federal government agency faces multiple criminal charges after he allegedly reaped more than $9000 in profits from a covert crypto-mining operation.
A proposal to exempt the Australian Federal Police from rules banning the use of certain types of drone-jamming technology has raised concerns about the potential impact on other wireless technologies, including the emerging category of intelligent transport systems.
The Australian Federal Police are seeking ongoing authorisation to use so-called drone-jamming capabilities that can be used to disable remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) and similar unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
The Australian Federal Police has revealed it today searched a property in Lara, a town north of Geelong, as part of an international malware investigation.
A 21-year-old man from the Sydney suburb of Dee Why has been charged over his alleged role with a credential selling website.
AUSTRAC — Australia’s money laundering and counter terrorism financing watchdog — says that it has suspended the registrations of two digital currency exchanges.
The Australian Federal Police has called for the scrapping of its oversight role for Technical Assistance Notices (TANs) issued by state and territory police forces.
Australia was the largest customer base for Phantom Secure, according to the local and international police agencies responsible for a multinational operation against the Canadian-based encrypted communications company.
An investigation by the Commonwealth Ombudsman has concluded that an Australian Federal Police breach of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act during an attempt to identify the source of a journalist’s story stemmed in part from a lack of awareness of the rules governing access to telecommunications ‘metadata’.
A new facility for the Australian Cyber Security Centre will house up to 650 workstations, offering significant room for the ACSC to expand. However, a crucial driver for the ACSC’s relocation is that it will boost opportunities for collaboration between the centre’s lead agency — the Australian Signals Directorate — and the other agencies that participate in the ACSC.
The Australian Federal Police will receive $1.6 million in “new big data capability,” justice minister Michael Keenan announced this morning.
The Australian Federal Police are preparing to stand up a research project that will examine the potential of investing in a voice biometrics capability.