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Strewth! Australian organisations are gunna be shirt-fronted by malware that includes colourful local language*. Security researcher Raymond Schippers says VXers are writing attacks that reference Australian issues such as taxation and local news, use Australian slang and employ IP geolocation to avoid targeting users beyond …

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  1. John Tserkezis

    Struth = Holy crap Batman!

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Anonymous Coward

      I think I'll stick to saying "Struth"… it's one syllable, not five.

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  2. Winkypop Silver badge
    Happy

    Must go

    I need to take a Captain Cook at me chooks to get some fresh bum-nuts...

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  3. captain veg Silver badge

    and?

    Shirt-fronted?

    -A.

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    1. FrankAlphaXII
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      Re: and?

      Its got a figurative and literal meaning. Literally it is when you try to hurt someone intentionally in a contact sport (rugby, aussie rules, American football, etc).

      Figuratively its when you bitch at someone, usually a bit forcefully.

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  4. Big-nosed Pengie

    I'm an Australian and I still don't know what "shirt-front" means.

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    1. Neoc
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      I'll ask me china.

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      1. Neoc
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        Apparently, it's a nasty shoulder-charge in AFL: instead of tackling the other guys you bump them hard in the chest.

        Remember - AFL is played *without* all that protective gear the Septics seem to need.

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    2. Anonymous Coward
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      Anonymous Coward

      I'm an Australian and I still don't know what "shirt-front" means.

      Ask either Vladimir Putin or Tony Abbot.

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        Anonymous Coward

        As it turns out

        Vladimir Putin has heard of it, but never experienced it.

        Old Speedo-Abbott chickened out.

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        1. Anonymous Coward
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          Coat

          Re: As it turns out

          I'm not sure that the voting public around here would be Putin up with this nonsense anyway.

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  5. Francis Boyle Silver badge

    Did you just call

    amanfromMars a person of ill repute?

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  6. Anonymous Coward
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    Snowden revelations

    Isn't the simplest explanation that this is Australia's own native security organisations at work?

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  7. philmck

    It's not 'Strayan it's "strine". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strine

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