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Property scam sees WA buyers lose $200k in settlement fraud

Property scam sees WA buyers lose $200k in settlement fraud

A Western Australian property buyer has lost nearly $200,000 after scammers intercepted mortgage broker communications ...

Emilie Lauer • Thu, 12 Nov 2026
Minister ‘concerned’ about Qantas cyber security in Accenture move

Minister ‘concerned’ about Qantas cyber security in Accenture move

The transport minister has expressed concerns that Qantas’ outsourcing plans may jeopardise the airline’s cyber security

Jake Nelson • Thu, 12 Nov 2026
ADF Cyber Reserve brings civilians into service without career separation

ADF Cyber Reserve brings civilians into service without career separation

The Australian Defence Force Cyber Reserve Force has reportedly found a crucial solution to bring cyber experts into the ...

Robert Dougherty • Thu, 12 Nov 2026
Exclusive: Cyber extortion group claims breach of Expedia, millions of customers allegedly exposed

Exclusive: Cyber extortion group claims breach of Expedia, millions of customers allegedly exposed

Expedia has declined to comment on hackers’ claims of a one-terabyte data breach, with Australian email addresses ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 12 Nov 2026
Breached! Hacker defaces VCAA website, says exams sold to students

Breached! Hacker defaces VCAA website, says exams sold to students

The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority refutes hackers’ exam claims, says “no evidence” that exams were ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 12 Nov 2026
Fortinet patches raft of vulnerabilities, but is ‘security through obscurity’ enough?

Fortinet patches raft of vulnerabilities, but is ‘security through obscurity’ enough?

A security expert has questioned how the company manages Patch Tuesday, as vulnerability volumes blow out and AI risks ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 12 Nov 2026
Kudelski Security joins CrowdStrike’s Project QuiltWorks initiative

Kudelski Security joins CrowdStrike’s Project QuiltWorks initiative

The partnership will combine AI-powered vulnerability discovery with managed exposure services to help organisations ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 12 Nov 2026
Ransomware report: 78% of Australian victims pay up as businesses abandon negotiations

Ransomware report: 78% of Australian victims pay up as businesses abandon negotiations

New research reveals Australian businesses are increasingly paying ransomware demands, with four in 10 victims handing ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 11 Nov 2026
Aussie government flags 18 recommendations from its AI Rapid Review

Aussie government flags 18 recommendations from its AI Rapid Review

Australian laws may soon change to criminalise instances of rogue AI behaviour and legislate mandatory reporting in the ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 11 Nov 2026
Op-Ed: Microsoft November Patch Tuesday reveals 1,092 vulnerabilities

Op-Ed: Microsoft November Patch Tuesday reveals 1,092 vulnerabilities

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday features more than a thousand Windows vulnerabilities.

Adam Barnett, Lead Software Engineer, Rapid7 • Wed, 11 Nov 2026
Qantas HQ to outsource 850 jobs to Accenture as airline’s investments in AI ‘step up’

Qantas HQ to outsource 850 jobs to Accenture as airline’s investments in AI ‘step up’

Qantas has informed staff that it intends to remove 850 local jobs from its Mascot HQ through a partnership with ...

Hannah Dowling • Tue, 10 Nov 2026
Australia to force frontier AI firms to meet mandatory safety standards

Australia to force frontier AI firms to meet mandatory safety standards

The Albanese government plans to legislate mandatory AI safety obligations, backed by a dedicated regulator with powers ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 10 Nov 2026
You’re an *SSHole: Exploitation of OpenSSH vulnerability is speeding up

You’re an *SSHole: Exploitation of OpenSSH vulnerability is speeding up

Security researchers are observing activity increasingly targeting CVE-2026-123158 less than a week after its disclosure ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 10 Nov 2026
White House nominates Palantir CISO Michael LoSapio to direct CISA

White House nominates Palantir CISO Michael LoSapio to direct CISA

The top US cyber agency has been without a director for almost two years after the previous boss resigned on Donald ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 10 Nov 2026
Exclusive: Townsville’s Calvary Christian College investigating cyber incident

Exclusive: Townsville’s Calvary Christian College investigating cyber incident

The school says the system holding permission forms was affected by the attack, as the Qilin ransomware group threatens ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 10 Nov 2026
The big melt: France pins supermarket fridge cyber attacks on Iran

The big melt: France pins supermarket fridge cyber attacks on Iran

French government vows revenge as foreign minister calls the attack “unprecedented in both its scale and its level of ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 10 Nov 2026
Explainer: What’s driving the rapid rise in new ransomware groups?

Explainer: What’s driving the rapid rise in new ransomware groups?

The number of organisations listed on darknet leak sites has risen, with new groups driving more than 90 per cent of ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 09 Nov 2026
SonicWall discloses pair of vulnerabilities in end-of-life Global Management System

SonicWall discloses pair of vulnerabilities in end-of-life Global Management System

The network appliance maker says it will do nothing to address CVE-2026-109593 and CVE-2026-109594; customers are urged ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 09 Nov 2026
Patch now! Zyxel patches switches left vulnerable since June

Patch now! Zyxel patches switches left vulnerable since June

The networking firm thought it had shut the gate on one vulnerability, only to have hackers target another and ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 09 Nov 2026
Report: Australian businesses want more than technical support from MSPs

Report: Australian businesses want more than technical support from MSPs

With 68 per cent of Australian organisations already using managed service providers and another 28 per cent considering ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 09 Nov 2026