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Australia teams up with UK to counter cyber threats

Australia teams up with UK to counter cyber threats

A new partnership has been established, aimed at tackling emerging security threats in the cyber domain and fostering ...

Charbel Kadib Fri, 21 Jan 2022
UK National Crime Agency shuts down encryption service keeping hackers anonymous

UK National Crime Agency shuts down encryption service keeping hackers anonymous

An encryption service used by cyber attackers to remain anonymous online has been shut down in an international ...

Wed, 19 Jan 2022
NCSC joins push to counter Russian actors

NCSC joins push to counter Russian actors

The cyber agency has teamed up with foreign counterparts to support the provision of new advice to thwart Russian ...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022
Widespread cyber attack targets Ukrainian government

Widespread cyber attack targets Ukrainian government

An estimated 70 Ukrainian government websites, including the education, emergencies and foreign affairs ministries were ...

Mon, 17 Jan 2022
Ascention to integrate Ping Identity into Citizen360 for government agencies

Ascention to integrate Ping Identity into Citizen360 for government agencies

Ping Identity announced that it has appointed Sydney-based clean data specialist Ascention as a new value-added reseller ...

Thu, 13 Jan 2022
Macquarie Government joins NSW cloud panel

Macquarie Government joins NSW cloud panel

The NSW government has onboarded the services of the ASX-listed company as part of a new private sector engagement ...

Wed, 12 Jan 2022
Sweden launches Psychological Defence Agency to combat information operations

Sweden launches Psychological Defence Agency to combat information operations

Sweden this week launched the Psychological Defence Agency, aimed exclusively at identifying and combating foreign ...

Mon, 10 Jan 2022
Israel’s Finance Ministry runs cyber ‘war game’ to simulate financial sector attack

Israel’s Finance Ministry runs cyber ‘war game’ to simulate financial sector attack

The Israeli Finance Ministry ran the scenario with nine other nations over 10 days in early December, utilising cyber ...

Wed, 22 Dec 2021
ACSC, Defence issue warnings over Apache Log4j

ACSC, Defence issue warnings over Apache Log4j

The cyber security watchdog and the Assistant Minister for Defence Andrew Hastie have issued warnings over the Apache ...

Wed, 15 Dec 2021
Government releases inaugural data strategy

Government releases inaugural data strategy

The Commonwealth has outlined a three-point strategy aimed at supporting the effective, safe, ethical and secure use of ...

Tue, 14 Dec 2021
SA government hit by cyber attack

SA government hit by cyber attack

The personal details of up to 80,000 employees have been leaked following a breach of the government’s external payroll ...

Charbel Kadib Fri, 10 Dec 2021
Credential thieves target universities with Omicron, COVID-19 phishing tactics

Credential thieves target universities with Omicron, COVID-19 phishing tactics

Proofpoint researchers have identified an increase in email threats, targeting mostly North American universities, ...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021
Chinese cyber criminals allegedly target Australian power grid

Chinese cyber criminals allegedly target Australian power grid

Energy provider CS Energy, which operates the Kogan Creek and Collide power stations, almost fell victim to a ransomware ...

Wed, 08 Dec 2021