News you may have missed #0098

• Australia prepares massive communications spying overhaul. The Australian government is planning a radical overhaul of telecommunications interception rules, which has some concerned it will force internet service providers to inspect customers’ online activities.
• DHS cybersecurity programs full of holes, says new report. The US Department of Homeland Security cannot effectively defend the nation’s critical infrastructure, according to a report by the DHS inspector general.
• Cyber-Scare: The exaggerated fears over digital warfare. Fear of a cyber-doom is severely exaggerated, says Evgeny Morozov, Fellow at the Open Society Institute. This article stands out in that it goes against accepted wisdom on cybersecurity.