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• Bipartisan support for controversial telco security law

  Proposed legislation to implement the government’s Telecommunications Sector Security Reforms (TSSR) has received bipartisan support.

• WA updates whole-of-government security policy

  The WA government has issued updated information security guidelines, with the public release of the new Digital Security Policy (PDF) occurring in the same week as the release of a less-than-flattering report from the WA Office of the Auditor General.

• Defence launches 'Information Warfare Division'

  ​The Australian Defence Force is launching a new ‘Information Warfare Division’ responsible for ‘electronic warfare’, the government announced today.

• ASD cleared for cyber attacks on offshore criminal networks

  ​The Australian Signals Directorate has been cleared to use its offensive cyber capabilities to target “organised offshore cyber criminal networks”, the government announced today.

• Vic government signs off on cyber security strategy

  The Victorian government has signed off on a cyber security strategy for the state and created a new whole of government chief information security officer (CISO) role to oversee its execution.

• Microsoft consolidates its mobile management tools under Azure

  Microsoft has migrated its Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) admin consoles to the Azure web-service portal, bolstering corporate mobility management efforts.

• How the iPhone begat shadow IT and enterprise mobility

  Not long after its arrival 10 years ago, the iPhone began to dominate the workplace -- first as a shadow IT device smuggled in by employees for daily chores, later as the preferred smartphone for execs. But Apple's enterprise success may not hold.

• Encryption cracking campaign receives lacklustre support from Five Eyes

  Five Eyes nations' ​ministers and attorney-generals have “committed to develop our engagement with communications and technology companies to explore shared solutions” around the encrypted content of communications sent by criminals.

• It’s probably a pretty bad idea for WA Police to transfer sensitive information in clear text, report suggests

  As part of what has become an annual tradition in Western Australia, the state auditor general has slammed the security of a number of WA government IT systems.

• Petya 'ransomware' ruse for something more sinister, say researchers

  As a money-making exercise – the sole motivation behind most ransomware – Petya was a flop.