Government
Social media companies to assume duty of care for users’ safety under new laws
A new Labor government proposal announced overnight will require social media platforms to be responsible for their ...
Government calls for all SME cyber attacks to be reported
Small businesses shouldn’t be ashamed to seek cyber support after falling victim to an attack, Minister for Small ...
Australia partners with the Philippines for ‘cyber boot program’
The Philippines is set to benefit from a new cyber uplift program that will be launched in partnership with Australia.
44% of NSW government entities failed to comply with state data breach notification policy
The NSW Information and Privacy Commission (IPC) has uncovered that a number of agencies have not complied with the ...
ACCC bolsters its cyber security as it becomes Australia’s Digital ID regulator
To deal with the increased security workloads following the establishment of the National Anti-Scam Centre and the ...
Albanese government launches Small Business Cyber Resilience Service
Today (22 October), the Australian government has announced the launch of the new Small Business Cyber Resilience ...
National Public Data hacker USDoD arrested in Brazil
Brazil’s federal police force has arrested the infamous hacker USDoD, the same threat actor connected to the National ...
CommBank cops $7.5m fine for spamming customers
The big four bank has been forced to pay up a second time after spamming more than 170 million messages to Australian ...
Australian government evaluates AI impact on Australian Consumer Law
As part of its analysis of AI use, the Australian government is currently investigating whether or not Australian ...
State-of-the-art digital and cyber forensics facility to be built in NSW
CBIT Digital Forensics Services will establish the facility at the South Jerrabomberra Regional Jobs Precinct.
Industry responds to Australia’s Cyber Security Act
Following lessons learnt from the 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy, the government is currently deliberating ...
Russia blocks access to Discord as experts call it an attack on free speech
Russia’s censorship agency has blocked the nation’s access to Discord, resulting in uproar from Russia’s citizens who ...
Australia’s first standalone Cyber Security Act to make ransom payment reporting mandatory
Australia is set to enable mandatory reporting of ransom payments and new standards for smart devices with new ...