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Government releases exercises to combat ‘dystopian future’ of critical infrastructure attacks
Home Affairs and Cyber Security Minister Clare O’Neil has announced that the government will be launching a range of ...
Pirated software causes malware infection in Ukrainian utility company
A recent cyber incident in Ukraine has shown that threat actors don’t always need to be too clever when it comes to ...
Government agencies resort to 'informal' methods to block websites
Australian government agencies are bypassing the use of powers to block websites, and instead ore using ‘informal’ ...
Australia’s Department of Home Affairs struggling with outdated IT systems
A leaked report from a private consulting firm paints a dire picture of the IT operations of the Department of Home ...
Australian government TikTok ban is official — but it doesn’t include TikTok’s website
Australia’s Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has officially announced a Commonwealth ban on the TikTok social media app.
Service NSW exposes details of thousands after website update
Thousands of Service NSW customers are being informed that their data may have been compromised last month, after the ...
Australian government to ban TikTok on Commonwealth-owned devices
The Australian federal government is reported to be in the process of banning the use of Chinese-owned social media app ...
Tasmanian government says data uncompromised after GoAnywhere breach
The Tasmanian government has said that the cyber attack it was affected by last week has not led to any data being ...
NHS at risk of cyber breach following Capita outage
Fears of a data breach at the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) have erupted after computer systems at third-party ...
US, AUS and allies unite to counter spyware abuse
A movement to introduce methods of countering the misuse of spyware has been launched by the US and some of its allies, ...
Unidentified threat actor targeting orgs in annexed regions of Ukraine
Security researchers have found active malware infections in a number of organisations in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and ...
North Korean hackers targeting ‘experts’ on Korean peninsula
A long-running North Korean threat actor has been spotted actively targeting individuals on the peninsula, according to ...
Productivity Commission calls for single cyber incident reporting solution
A recent report by the Australian Productivity Commission has called on the government to develop a single cyber ...