Stilgherrian is an Australian journalist covering internet policy, cybersecurity, digital surveillance, privacy.
Reports for the new Quad Tech Network say nations need to develop a long-term vision for technology, but that Australia is underperforming in...
The Greens have called upon the Morrison government to 'investigate the establishment of a publicly owned search engine'. Let's save everyone some...
Opposition is building against the ethically dubious practice of predictive or algorithmic policing, but in Australia and elsewhere it's something...
The government agrees: Australia needs a whole new electronic surveillance Act to sort out the mess. But a bunch of ad hoc laws are already making...
The Office of National Intelligence has called for expressions of interest from vendors to build a highly-secure private community cloud service for...
New Zealand's inquiry found YouTube and Facebook were central to the right-wing mass murderer's radicalisation, but detecting the lone-wolf attacker...
Hacking virus research labs to steal their secret recipes is just industrial espionage. But cyber attacks against vaccine production and...
A key goal of an election is to prove to the losing party that they did, in fact, lose, but that's a really hard problem to solve...
Despite the impression you might get from major news sources, everybody is hacking everyone else. Some nations just don't talk about it. APT groups...
Vietnam's economy is still growing rapidly, and it has big tech ambitions, but some factors work against it being a safe environment for investors....
Singapore is a global business hub, which means it's a prime target for cyber attacks. Its response has included mandatory cyber standards and a...
You can't build a safe office tower on shaky foundations, and the same applies to your data networks. Ask your suppliers whether they've got it...
Ransomware attacks are still a huge threat despite a decline in numbers. Focusing on the basics can deliver big gains for defenders. Ransomware...
Australia should develop a national security response that addresses all vectors of risk to all sectors of society, but at the same time, it should...
Australia's Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton gangs up with major nations to claim that cops are just being reasonable while tech companies are...
New is not new in Australia's federal Budget. Almost all of the cybersecurity spending is a re-announcement, and there are few measurable...
Huston says the internet is a 'gigantic vanity-reinforcing distorted TikTok selfie' and web security is 'the punchline to some demented sick joke'....
A newly-published index ranks Australia's cyber intent four spots higher than its actual cyber capability. Labor says this capability gap is down to...
Cyber conflict isn't about cyberwar, says The Grugq. It's about a global cyber power struggle that never ends, where even K-pop bands can influence...
The focus needs to change and more oversight is needed, but digital skulduggery won't replace the need for human spies. The current architecture of...