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Massive global ransomware attack highlights faults and the need to be better prepared

  • Written by David Glance, Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
imageWana Decrypt0r 2.0 Ransomware ScreenAvast

A massive malware attack was launched on Friday, affecting at least 75,000 computers in 99 countries. Computers running Microsoft Windows were infected with “WanaCrypt0r 2.0 or WannaCry” ransomware. Once infected, all of the files on the computer are encrypted by the malware, which then displays...

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Former FBI director James Comey very likely caused Trump's win

  • Written by Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne

On Tuesday, Donald Trump dramatically sacked FBI director James Comey. There has been speculation that Comey was fired in an attempt to prevent an FBI investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia.

While such an investigation may have damaged Trump, Comey very probably cost Hillary Clinton the 2016 election with his letter reopening the FBI...

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Drug testing welfare recipients raises questions about data profiling and discrimination

  • Written by Bronwen Dalton, Associate professor, Management Discipline Group UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
imageFive thousand people on Newstart or Youth Allowance may be targeted for a drug test trial.AAP Image/Dan Peled

The Australian government’s proposed random drug test trial for welfare recipients is not so random.

Announced as part of the 2017 federal budget, Treasurer Scott Morrison wants 5,000 people on Newstart or Youth Allowance in three...

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Black is the New White gives the comedy of manners an irreverent makeover

  • Written by Huw Griffiths, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Sydney
imageSparks fly as families come together for the Christmas dinner in Nakkiah Lui's Black is the New White. Prudence Upton

Black is the New White is Nakkiah Lui’s latest play, following last year’s well-received Kill the Messenger. In that play, directed by Anthea Williams for Belvoir, Lui performed as herself on stage, both as a character...

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More Articles ...

  1. Two years after the earthquake, why has Nepal failed to recover?
  2. The federal budget doesn't do enough to save free-to-air TV
  3. Weekly Quiz: what is Colony Collapse Disorder?
  4. Don't be fooled, the Medicare Guarantee Fund provides no real guarantee
  5. Remembering Bill Tutte: another brilliant codebreaker from World War II
  6. Should we worry about Islamism in Indonesia?
  7. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the 2017 budget
  8. Distrust of experts happens when we forget they are human beings
  9. Every critic counts: why Fairfax must keep its arts journalists
  10. Why media reform in Australia has been so hard to achieve
  11. La théologie a-t-elle sa place à l’université ?
  12. Shorten fights on fairness in budget reply, but will it be enough?
  13. Friday essay: smile and stay thin – life as a 60s air hostess
  14. Not a lizard nor a dinosaur, tuatara is the sole survivor of a once-widespread reptile group
  15. Found: 'lost' forests covering an area two-thirds the size of Australia
  16. Assessment design won’t stop cheating, but our relationships with students might
  17. There's a strong link between anxiety and depression, and sleep problems, and it goes both ways
  18. Budget 2017 charts new social and affordable housing agenda
  19. Grattan on Friday: With Malcolm Turnbull in pursuit, Bill Shorten decides to run faster
  20. Labor to oppose Medicare levy for lower and middle earners
  21. Vale Mark Colvin: eternal optimist and journalistic force of nature
  22. Budget 2017: welfare changes stigmatise recipients and are sitting on shaky ground
  23. Mental health funding in the 2017 budget is too little, unfair and lacks a coherent strategy
  24. The 2017 budget has axed research to help Australia adapt to climate change
  25. Aussies don't always copy the US - unlike Americans, our self-esteem has stayed the same since the 70s
  26. Budget 2017: a glimmer of support for innovation and advanced manufacturing
  27. Budget 2017: lack of competition is why government is moving so hard against the banks
  28. Speaking with: Mia Woodruff about using 3D printing to replace body parts
  29. Survival of the fittest? Perhaps not if you're a Tasmanian devil
  30. The off-topic Conversation #122
  31. Explainer: how the brain changes when we learn to read
  32. Humane and intimate, how the Red Cross helped families trace the fates of WW2 soldiers
  33. How our gut bacteria affect cancer risk and response to treatment
  34. Budget needs a sharper policy scalpel to help first home buyers
  35. Islam and feminism are not mutually exclusive, and faith can be an important liberator
  36. Why data-driven science is more than just a buzzword
  37. Sustainable shopping: with the right tools, you can find an eco-friendly car
  38. Banks may squeal about new tax but they are outgunned
  39. Politics podcast: Mathias Cormann and Anna Bligh on the new bank tax
  40. Senate inquiry told zero tax or royalties paid on Australia's biggest new gas projects
  41. 'Short-sighted' budget means universities can't deliver their full economic benefit
  42. Budget bank levy: too big to fail, not too big to take a hit
  43. From breaking glass to chest bursting, the scientists' review of Alien: Covenant
  44. Australian media at a crossroads amid threats to diversity and survival
  45. Terror, Muslims, and a culture of fear: challenging the media messages
  46. Is this the budget that forgot renters?
  47. Explainer: what is cancer radiotherapy and why do we need proton beam therapy?
  48. Bond aggregator helps build a more virtuous circle of housing investment
  49. Evidence of ancient life in hot springs on Earth could point to fossil life on Mars
  50. Have the arts come out of the cold or is it another sleight of hand?

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