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AFP confirms no cyber attack behind outage

AFP confirms no cyber attack behind outage

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has confirmed that an issue with its email sends was, in fact, not the result of a ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 05 Apr 2024
New UTS pilot program teaches vulnerable non-profits cyber skills

New UTS pilot program teaches vulnerable non-profits cyber skills

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is closing the cyber security gap between non-profits and other organisations, ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 04 Apr 2024
Google to destroy billions of records of data as part of lawsuit settlement

Google to destroy billions of records of data as part of lawsuit settlement

To settle a lawsuit that accused it of tracking users browsing the internet using Google Chrome despite them being in ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 03 Apr 2024
India rescues nationals forced to work in cyber scam factories

India rescues nationals forced to work in cyber scam factories

Hundreds of Indian citizens trapped and forced to work in Cambodian cyber scam factories have been rescued.

Daniel Croft Tue, 02 Apr 2024
Report: Australians are increasingly exposed to risk of eating disorders by social media

Report: Australians are increasingly exposed to risk of eating disorders by social media

Lax content moderation and recommendation systems, alongside poor ad approval systems, are creating “safety risks for ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 26 Mar 2024
Airbus set to bolster cyber security with new firm acquisition

Airbus set to bolster cyber security with new firm acquisition

An acquisition agreement between an IT and cyber security firm and multinational aerospace company Airbus is set to see ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 26 Mar 2024
Scammers take advantage of Ramadan as online transactions spike

Scammers take advantage of Ramadan as online transactions spike

Fraud and scam activity targeting those celebrating Ramadan and Eid Fitr have already cost consumers up to US$100 ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 25 Mar 2024
Change Healthcare has at least US$14bn in unprocessed medical claims

Change Healthcare has at least US$14bn in unprocessed medical claims

Change Healthcare is playing catch-up following a cyber attack late last month, and only now preparing to process the ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 25 Mar 2024
Nemesis Market dismantled by German law enforcement

Nemesis Market dismantled by German law enforcement

German authorities have brought down a major cyber crime market this month, leading to the website going down and money ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 25 Mar 2024
International Data Centre Day calls for greater data protection measures

International Data Centre Day calls for greater data protection measures

Today (20 March) is International Data Centre Day, and to celebrate, its best we make sure they stay secure.

Daniel Croft Wed, 20 Mar 2024
Pokemon Company resets passwords after hackers target players

Pokemon Company resets passwords after hackers target players

Beloved gaming company forced to lock some user accounts after detecting hacking attempts.

David Hollingworth Wed, 20 Mar 2024
AUCloud to acquire 3 IT firms in $30m investment

AUCloud to acquire 3 IT firms in $30m investment

Major Australian cloud and cyber security provider AUCloud has announced that it’s set to acquire a trio of Aussie IT ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 19 Mar 2024
McDonald’s denies cyber attack was cause of global outage

McDonald’s denies cyber attack was cause of global outage

Following a worldwide outage last Friday, the world’s largest restaurant chain, McDonald’s, squashed claims that a cyber ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 18 Mar 2024