Media articles

May 2020 – Fact vs Fake: Targeting misinformation on social media

It’s getting harder to distinguish between fact and fiction on your social media feed. Dr. Mehwish Nasim shares what CSIRO's Data61 and ACEMS are doing to tackle the problem.

May 2020 -Eight tips on staying cyber safe during COVID-19

Dr Marthie Grobler & Dr Thierry Rakotoarivelo share eight simple tips to keep you cyber safe while working and socialising from home.

April 2020 – seL4 developers launch open source foundation to enable safer, more secure computer systems

As software becomes ever more complex, it's crucial to ensure systems cannot be compromised by even the smallest of defects. Dr June Andronick talks through the seL4 microkernel, designed to prevent these defects.

April 2020 – Cybersecurity considerations amidst a global pandemic

Dr Surya Nepal talks through the important cybersecurity factors organisations should consider with the majority of their workforce at home.

March 2020 – How an algorithm could prevent the spread of misinformation and improve emergency response times

An algorithm that detects social bot activity on Twitter in real-time could make it easier for first responders to detect major events. Dr Mehwish Nasim tells us how it works.

March 2020 – 2020 predictions from our data and technology experts

Dr Mark Staples shares his insights on trends and predictions for blockchain in 2020, along with other Data61 experts.

February 2020 – Meet the Researchers

We’re world leaders in data science research and engineering and trusted advisers to government, business and academia. Our researchers are renowned experts in their fields, and the calibre and depth of their work is what provides us with our competitive advantage.

January 2020 – Australia wins international bid to bring prestigious online privacy preservation conference to Sydney

An annual convention, PETS brings together privacy experts from around the world to present and discuss recent advances and new perspectives on research in privacy technologies.

Nov 2019 – Future Tense | ABC Radio National

In this edition of ABC National Radio's 'Future Tense', Dr Paul Tyler shares about the risks associated with data re-identification.

Oct 2019 – Decade of cybersecurity report could help reduce the future of cyber crime

Dr Liming Zhu and report co-author Professor Dali Kaafar explain how a retrospective analysis of historical mal-activity trends could help reduce the impact of cybercrime on the economy.