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New Android malware straddles the line between banking Trojan and spyware

New Android malware straddles the line between banking Trojan and spyware

Security researchers have uncovered a disturbing new piece of Android banking malware with some very expanded ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 24 Jan 2023
Chinese hackers may be taking advantage of a FortiOS vulnerability

Chinese hackers may be taking advantage of a FortiOS vulnerability

Security researchers have uncovered threat actors taking advantage of a reported zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet’s ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 23 Jan 2023
Ad fraud scheme affecting over 10m devices taken down

Ad fraud scheme affecting over 10m devices taken down

A massive ad fraud campaign that took advantage of over 10 million devices, particularly iOS ones, was recently ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 20 Jan 2023
Unemployment scams on the rise as layoffs increased in 2022

Unemployment scams on the rise as layoffs increased in 2022

Following a year of rising layoffs, particularly in the tech industry, scammers have turned to luring victims with fake ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 19 Jan 2023
Pro-Russian hackers attempt to take down Ukrainian news agency

Pro-Russian hackers attempt to take down Ukrainian news agency

Hackers apparently attached to the Sandworm hacking group have tried to take the Ukrainian National News Agency — also ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 19 Jan 2023
Inside NoName057(16): What makes a pro-Russian hacking group tick?

Inside NoName057(16): What makes a pro-Russian hacking group tick?

The war in Ukraine has seen an increase in hacking and cyber crime all over the globe, but nowhere has it been more ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 18 Jan 2023
Scammers target Russian Telegram users afraid of conscription

Scammers target Russian Telegram users afraid of conscription

Amid rumours of another wave of military mobilisations to bolster the frontlines in Russia’s war against Ukraine, those ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 17 Jan 2023
Elon Musk-based crypto scams drop on YouTube

Elon Musk-based crypto scams drop on YouTube

There’s an old adage that says that if something looks too good to be true, it rarely is. And yet this isn’t stopping ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 16 Jan 2023
Hack a Tesla, win a Tesla at the next Pwn2Own event

Hack a Tesla, win a Tesla at the next Pwn2Own event

The next Pwn2Own hacking event is coming to the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, running between 22–24March this year ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 16 Jan 2023
New myGov email refund scam circulating in Australia

New myGov email refund scam circulating in Australia

Fraudsters are using fake myGov emails to target vulnerable Australians following the Christmas holidays.

David Hollingworth Fri, 13 Jan 2023
Trio behind major Aussie hack could walk free from prison

Trio behind major Aussie hack could walk free from prison

Three cyber criminals responsible for a hack impacting 1,800 South Australians may walk free.

Daniel Croft Fri, 06 Jan 2023
Aussie businesses up cyber spending, call for cooperation against rising threat

Aussie businesses up cyber spending, call for cooperation against rising threat

Investment in cyber security by business leaders has seen a meteoric rise over the past year and shows no sign of ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 05 Jan 2023
Why closing the gender gap can fix the cyber skills gap

Why closing the gender gap can fix the cyber skills gap

The cyber industry in Australia and around the world is burning the candle at both ends. Where cyber attacks are ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 05 Jan 2023