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CyberBeat is a community driven, educational and informative 15 minute podcast keeping you up to date with news and analysis on what’s happening with the internet in Australia and how it relates to you.

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CyberBeat #139
May 2024

FEATURE: As we delve deeper into Australia’s Kafkaesque digital space - lets try and understand the circular discourse and the bureaucratic confusion regarding privacy laws.

Latest CyberBeat News

Zircodata cyber hack

09 May 2024
Hackers accesses 4,000 sensitive documents from Monash Medical Centre and the electronic profiles of 60,000 Melbourne Polytechnic students.

New UNESCO report warns social media affects girls’ well-being, learning and career choices

09 May 2024
The report sheds light on how social media amplifies gender stereotypes, with negative effects on girls’ well-being, learning and career choices.

TikTok's not for sale

03 May 2024
ByteDance has 9 months to divest Tik Tok in America or it will be blocked.

New rules for Australian telcos

03 May 2024
Industry will also now be required to “provide work plans to the regulator following a major outage, to explain how an impacted telco will mitigate the risk of a similar outage in future”.

Alphabet surpasses $3 trillion

03 May 2024
The recent announcement by Alphabet about offering dividends and a stock buyback highlights the growing significance of artificial intelligence (AI) for big tech companies.

AFP traps alleged RAT developer

25 April 2024
An Australian man and a man based in the US will appear in court, following an international investigation into the creation and sale of a global Remote Access Trojan (RAT).

Google fires employees involved in Israel protest

25 April 2024
Google has just fired 28 employees for protesting against Project Nimbus, a £1.2bn joint contract with Amazon to provide AI cloud services to the Israeli government.

AI potential to boost Australian economy by $200 billion yearly

25 April 2024
An Australian man and a man based in the US will appear in court, following an international investigation into the creation and sale of a global Remote Access Trojan (RAT).

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Protestors and authorities in cyberspace
CyberBeat news #137 | 25 April 2024

In the United States a court has ruled that police officers can force suspects to unlock their phone with their thumbprint. This week we consider what happens in the U.S. and Australia when  ordinary people  have no way to maintain ‘boundaries’ from gov intrusion. 

AI and bat call types
CyberBeat news #136 | 19 April 2024

This week we look at how Artificial intelligence (AI) has been used to identify bat call types.

How to avoid cyber scams
CyberBeat news #135 | 12 April 2024

How do we protect ourselves when scammers  can reach us via our phones, emails, social media accounts, and websites? This week we go through each one of the ways we can get digitally reached and scammed. And what we can do to better protect ourselves on line….

IoT Devices - Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme
CyberBeat news #134 | 04 April 2024

Matt Tett, Managing Director, Enex TestLab talks about a voluntary live Cybersecurity Labelling Scheme for IoT Devices and the lessons learnt. 

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