ASD gets clearance to fight offshore cyber crooks
The government has given the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) the go-ahead use its ‘offensive cyber capabilities’ to fight offshore cyber crooks.
The government has given the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) the go-ahead use its ‘offensive cyber capabilities’ to fight offshore cyber crooks.
Australian government networks are being targeted daily by cyber crooks but improved security has seen the number of ‘confirmed significant compromises’ decrease since 2012, a study has found.
Cyber crooks are impersonating representatives from the Australian Taxation Office through malicious spam campaigns and telephone scams targeting people at tax time.