Cybersecurity

Summer of Science: Meet three of our vacation students

Hear first-hand what spending your summer at CSIRO’s Data61 is like from three of our vacation students. Taj Wedutenko, Olivia Dry and Cedar Lett are part of a cohort of 50 undergraduates working alongside our world-leading researchers to tackle some of our most pressing digital challenges. 

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Cyber Centaurs: a new weapon in the war against cyber attacks

Australia needs to grow its cyber security workforce to combat rising attacks, but the pressures of the job make it hard to attract and retain talent. We're pioneering research in collaborative intelligence to transform cyber security workflows and strengthen our defences.

Phishing

The latest phishing tricks and how to identify and avoid them

Are you confident you can tell a real email from a fake one? Often taking the form of an email from work, a retailer, or even a business client, phishing scams have cost Aussies $3.8 million this year, and they're not as easy to spot as you think they are.

New research reveals it’s possible to digitally disappear from camera detection

New research from CSIRO’s Data61 in partnership with South Korea’s Sungkyunkwan University and the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre (CSCRC) has revealed that object detectors found in smart cameras can be exploited with relative ease. 

This new phishing detection system can decode fraudsters

Australians have lost almost half a million dollars this year to phishing scams according to Scamwatch, with over 13,000 reports of attacks affecting individuals […]

Smart speakers and voice assistants

How you can a-Void a voice spoofing attack

‘Hey CSIRO's Data61, how can I prevent spoofing attacks on my voice assistant?’   Good question – if you’re one of the […]

Eight tips on staying cyber safe during COVID-19 

According to the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), almost 100 Australians have  reported losing money or personal information to COVID-19 […]

seL4 developers launch open source foundation to enable safer, more secure computer systems

As software becomes ever more complex and intertwined, it is crucial to ensure that systems cannot be compromised by even […]

Cybersecurity considerations amidst a global pandemic

We live through unprecedented times. Globally, the coordinated response to the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a large volume of […]

Australia wins international bid to bring prestigious online privacy preservation conference to Sydney

Australia has cemented itself as a global leader in privacy enhancing technologies after winning an international bid to bring the Privacy […]