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'Surprise attack': Bondi probe hears from spy tsar

Flowers at the site of the mass shooting at Bondi Beach last year. Photo: Getty Images There's no evidence that any intelligence agency suspected a terror attack would take...

Five Eyes spook shops warn rapid rollouts of agentic AI are too risky

Prioritize resilience over productivity, say CISA, NCSC and their friends from Oz, NZ, Canada Information security agencies from the nations of the Five Eyes security alliance have...

ASIC urges immediate cyber resilience measures amid rising AI-driven threats

On 8 May 2026, the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC) issued an open letter to industry calling on all licensees and market participants to urgently strengthe...

CISA and ASDs ACSC publish joint guidance on securing agentic AI systems

On May 1, 2026, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Secur...

Five Eyes Cybersecurity Agencies’ Careful Agentic AI Adoption Guidance, Operationalized By AEGIS

On May 1, 2026, six national cybersecurity agencies: CISA, the NSA, Australia’s ASD ACSC, and their counterparts in Canada, New Zealand, and the UK published “Careful adoption of a...

Australian spy plane operators in Middle East not sharing intel with US for offensive operations, defence boss says

Information on drones and other threats being shared but defence chief confirms crew taking ‘active steps’ to only contribute to defensive actionsGet our breaking news email, free...

Japan’s new spy agency receives FBI backing with eyes on China and Russia

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is pushing through legislation to establish the country’s first centralised intelligence agency since the second world war, driven by concerns...

Eyes, Ears of Joint Force: Caine Honors Unsung Intelligence Community Heroes

Successful military operations depend on those in the intelligence community, including the Defense Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, C...

US, Allies Issue Joint Guidance on Agentic AI System Security

The intelligence and cybersecurity agencies of the U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.K. have released new guidance on securing agentic artificial intelligence systems...

Inside the Australian mission to track Iranian missiles

For 80 defence personnel sent to a secret location in the Middle East, the war with Iran is alarmingly close.

Government confirms bid to hide counter-terror details from royal commission

The opposition has accused the government of using confidentiality protections “as a shield from political embarrassment” over counter-terrorism funding.

CIA adopts AI “co-workers” to help analysts spot spies and predict hostile moves

The CIA plans to integrate specialized artificial intelligence into its primary analytics tools to help officers track foreign spies and predict hostile actions from abroad. Politi...

CommBank builds AI agent that spots fraud and helps build defences

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has deployed an agentic AI system designed to help detect emerging fraud and scam patterns in transaction and payments data and generate the rules ne...

Reserve Bank of Australia monitoring Anthropic’s Mythos AI over cyberattack fears

Anthropic has said Mythos can identify and exploit vulnerabilities "in every major operating system and every major web browser when directed by a user."

War crimes investigator and AFP ask corruption commission to probe Ben Roberts-Smith leak

Government’s special investigator tells Senate estimates he was surprised journalists had prior knowledge of former SAS man’s arrestGet our breaking news email, free app or daily n...

CIA to integrate AI ‘co-workers’ to process intelligence, catch spies

The CIA has already tested AI across 300 projects to process large data sets, assist with language translation and publish reports.

‘The spy is the boring guy in a suit’: Inside the State’s military intelligence service

In a rare interview a senior officer with the Irish Military Intelligence Service talks about its work – and the threats facing the State

Charges flagged as women and children from IS-linked families set to fly from Syria to Australia

Home affairs minister Tony Burke says government continues to refuse to help the group of 13Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free...

Industry Security Assurance Centre

Find out about the Industry Security Assurance Centre (ISAC) and its associated responsibilities.

Spy agencies eye new Anthropic AI model that spots cyber flaws

Claude Mythos Preview has found vulnerabilities in "every major operating system and web browser," company officials say.

Australia's spy chief says antisemitism was left unchecked after Gaza war

By Christine ChenSYDNEY, May 25 (Reuters) - Antisemitism in Australia was left unchecked after the October 2023 outbreak of the Israel-Gaza war, fuelling violence against Jewish pe...

CIA, Industry Officials Warn Advanced AI Models Reshaping Federal Cybersecurity

Federal cyber officials warn advanced AI tools could aid both defenders and hackers CIA official says Anthropic’s Mythos model marks a major cybersecurity inflection point Public-p...

Australia regulator calls for urgent cybersecurity action to counter Mythos

ISTEC Services reveals latest collaboration with SiNAB

ISTEC Services has signed a key collaboration agreement with Australian defence technology company SiNAB in Australia. According to the company, the agreement brings together compl...