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• CASA running drone detection trial at major airports and Sydney Harbour

  The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) is using drone detection equipment at major airports and events around the country to monitor drone use and enforce safety rules.

• Australian ministers, judges and premiers identified in Yahoo breach dataset

  ​Australian government officials – including cabinet and shadow-cabinet ministers, state premiers and Department of Defence employees, as well as judges and high ranking AFP officers – are reportedly among the victims of the 2013 Yahoo hack, newly released datasets reveal.

• ​AFP, Australia Post targeted by crypto-ransomware

  The Australian Federal Police and Australia Post are among several organisations across 22 countries that have been targeted by TorrentLocker, a crypo-ransomware that spreads via spam messages.

• AFP to raid Parliament House over NBN leaks: Conroy

  ​The Australian Federal Police will conduct a raid of offices at Parliament House today as part of an investigation into leaked NBN Co documents, senior Labor shadow minister Stephen Conroy has revealed.

• Dreyfus: Confidence in AFP undermined by NBN leak raids

  Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said confidence in the independence of the police had been undermined following a raid last night on the Melbourne office of Labor Senator Stephen Conroy.

• ​David Jones’ website hacked

  David Jones is the second retailer to announce a security breach in as many days, admitting on Friday that a third party exploited a vulnerability in its website to extract information about some customers.
  

• Australia could become Asian cyber security base, says CBA’s security chief

  Australia could become a beachhead of cyber security capabilities into Asia due to our stable ICT and economic environment and comparatively high level of trust compared to our neighbours in the region.
  

• Cybercrime reporting site launches in Australia

  Australians who have fallen victim to cybercrime will be able to report the incident online via a new site called the Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network (ACORN).

• AFP apologises for privacy breach

  The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has issued an apology after it emerged that metadata related to criminal investigations was accidentally released online.

• Fears about facial recognition overblown: AFP

  The Australian Federal Police has dismissed Orwellian fears about facial recognition, advocating the biometrics technique as a critical piece of the law enforcement toolset for protecting citizens.

• Federal Police tenders for database management system

  The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is looking for a database management system provider to help ACT Policing Traffic Operations manage its data.

• AFP confirms website was hacked

  The Australian Federal Police (AFP) confirmed today that its website was hacked on November 20.

• Australian Federal Police trial in-car tablets

  The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has plans to replace its in-car computing system with tablets under a project called Interactive Constable on Patrol System (ICOPS).

• AFP signs $15 million Internet gateway deal with Verizon

  The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has signed a $15 million, three-year contract with Verizon for a secure Internet gateway to provide public access to Web services while protecting five agencies against malware and hacking attacks.

• Australia charges man claiming to be LulzSec leader

  Australia has charged a 24-year-old man who allegedly defaced a government website earlier this month and claims to be the leader of LulzSec, a rogue inactive hacking group.