spies Archive

Beware of spies and radicalisation attempts online: ASIO chief

Foreign spies are increasingly approaching Australians on social media and even dating sites, according to Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). “Spies are adept at using the internet for their recruitment efforts,” he said in his third annual threat assessment speech on Wednesday night.

Stalkerware: The software that spies on your partner

Amy says it all started when her husband seemed to know intimate details about her friends. “He would drop snippets into conversations, such as knowing about Sarah’s baby. Really private things that he shouldn’t have known about. If I asked how he knew these things, he’d say

GCHQ targets teenage girls to find cyber spies of the future

Teenage girls are being invited to put their technology skills to the test in a competition that could unearth the cyber spies of the future. The contest has been set up by GCHQ’s new National Cyber Security Centre as part of efforts to inspire more women to