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Dutch Ministry of Finance confirms incident, systems taken offline
A cyber attack has led the Dutch Ministry of Finance to take key parts of its network offline and has impacted employees
Anthropic the first AI giant to join Australian National AI Plan
Anthropic, the AI giant responsible for Claude, has become the first to join Australia’s National AI Plan after the ...
Exclusive: Cuddly toy maker Charlie Bears allegedly hacked
Not the bears! LockBit ransomware operation lists a beloved teddy bear outlet as a victim on its darknet leak site.
Dragos accelerates OT security push with appointment of first Japan country manager
US industrial cyber security specialist Dragos expands regional footprint as Japan’s critical infrastructure faces ...
First draft of Children’s Online Privacy Code made public
The first draft of the Children’s Online Privacy Code has been published, marking a significant step forward in ...
UK’s largest digital bank wants to bolster its data engineering with AI
Big four British bank Lloyds Banking Group has launched a new AI research program alongside the University of Glasgow.
Kids’ stuff: OAIC releases exposure draft of Children’s Online Privacy Code
The new draft requires entities to consider the “best interests” of children before collecting or disclosing their ...
$100k near miss: Aussie home buyer caught up in solicitor scam scare
A home buyer has narrowly avoided losing $100,000 to a scammer impersonating his solicitor, with a bank worker acting ...
Aussie companies warned: Beware North Koreans bearing fake résumés
North Korean operatives are seeking jobs with Australian businesses “under false pretences” to fund the rogue nation’s ...
Scammers now imitate hold music and more in evolving tactics, says AFP, CBA
Australians are being targeted by evolving and changing scam techniques used to steal crypto and cash, according to a ...
Social media giants face eSafety investigation over age ban compliance issues
Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube all fall foul of the eSafety Commissioner’s first Social Media ...
Lloyds Bank exposes data of almost 450k customers
British big four bank Lloyds has paid compensation to almost half a million of its customers after an IT glitch led to ...
The industry speaks: World Backup Day 2026
Backing up your essential data, whether it’s important business information or precious memories, is the best way to ...
Research: Middle East conflict drives 130% surge in cyber attacks
Conflict with Iran is driving a sharp rise in malicious cyber activity involving phishing and malware campaigns, ...
Scams cost Australians over $2bn in 2025, says ACCC
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has said that losses due to scams have exceeded $2 billion ...
Australians, be warned: Terrorist groups are posing as charities to collect your dollars
The AFP-led Joint Threat Financing Group has issued a stark warning: terrorist organisations are exploiting our goodwill ...
Warning: CISA, experts concerned over active exploitation of 6-month-old F5 BIG-IP APM vulnerability
Hackers are finally targeting CVE-2025-53521, an F5 BIG-IP vulnerability that can lead to remote code execution.
Alert: Stealthy Chinese ‘sleeper cells’ embedding into APAC telco networks, experts warn
China-nexus threat actor Red Menshen is establishing stealthy access to telecommunications backbones around the world, ...
Exclusive: Lockheed Martin responds to Iran-linked hackers’ 48-hour ultimatum to staff
“We now possess the complete data of 28 senior American engineers,” hackers say, threatening to turn their homes into ...
Justice: UK authorities target scam centres and illicit marketplaces in south-east Asia
Cryptocurrency and data market Xinbi and “Cambodia’s largest scam compound” hit by UK sanctions.