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China-linked APT40 used ScanBox Framework in a long-running espionage campaign

Security Affairs

The campaign aimed at entities in Australia, Malaysia, and Europe, as well as organizations that operate in the South China Sea. The campaign has been active from April 2022 through June, the threat actor was observed delivering the ScanBox exploitation framework to target visitors of a rogue Australian news website.

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Green light for US law enforcement to demand data from Australian communication providers

The Guardian Data Protection

Cloud Act deal will allow authorities to demand data from tech giants in days or weeks, rather than months or years A parliamentary inquiry has given the green light to greater information sharing with US law enforcement despite its concern Australians will be kept in the dark about the number of orders made for data.

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Questions remain over whether data collected by Covidsafe app could be accessed by US law enforcement

The Guardian Data Protection

Related: Covidsafe app: how Australia’s coronavirus contact tracing app works, what it does, downloads and problems Related: Australian public's confidence in 5G 'shaken' by misinformation campaign Continue reading.