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Sunday, December 03

How 'dick pics' are being used to blackmail Australian boys

Overseas criminals are extorting money off teenage Australian boys by tricking them into sending sexually explicit images online.

Dating apps 'weaponised' with extortion, revenge porn says online watchdog

Dating apps are being weaponised by criminals, including alarming rates of revenge porn and sexual extortion stemming from the services.

A security guard has been charged with a range of serious offences against four young women on the Sunshine Coast. (File image).

Security guard on teen rape, torture charges took over victims' bank accounts, police say

An investigation that resulted in a Sunshine Coast security guard being charged with rape, torture, strangulation and stalking was sparked by an online complaint, police say.

Russian gang linked to biggest ransomware attack on record

Cybersecurity teams have been working feverishly to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with a Russia-linked gang believed to be responsible.