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Exclusive: Hacker behind Reynella East College hack dumps hundreds of gigabytes of alleged teacher, student data on dark web

Exclusive: Hacker behind Reynella East College hack dumps hundreds of gigabytes of alleged teacher, student data on dark web

Staff and student passport scans have been posted to the dark web, with hackers boasting compromise of “contracts, ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 24 Jun 2026
CPA warns against using AI tools and ‘finfluencer’ advice when tax time comes

CPA warns against using AI tools and ‘finfluencer’ advice when tax time comes

CPA Australia has issued a warning for tax time, advising that those seeking financial advice should avoid turning to ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 24 Jun 2026
Privacy commissioner rules Medmate and Monash IVF breached privacy law through tracking pixels

Privacy commissioner rules Medmate and Monash IVF breached privacy law through tracking pixels

Landmark determinations against a pair of medical websites find that health providers must obtain consent before ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 24 Jun 2026
Start digging! Aussie Minecraft users warned to stay vigilant as malware campaign sweeps the game

Start digging! Aussie Minecraft users warned to stay vigilant as malware campaign sweeps the game

Minecraft players might want to armour up as a “massive” malware campaign continues to target up to 3,000 gamers around ...

Bethany Alvaro Wed, 24 Jun 2026
The industry reacts to the Five Eyes call to action on AI security

The industry reacts to the Five Eyes call to action on AI security

Five Eyes cyber leaders have warned that governments and businesses must act now ahead of a looming wave of AI-driven ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 24 Jun 2026
ASD says it will retire the Essential Eight within next 2 years

ASD says it will retire the Essential Eight within next 2 years

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has announced plans to retire the Essential Eight guidance framework, replacing ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 24 Jun 2026
Exclusive: Data belonging to Aussie testing firm ALS Global makes its way to the dark web following May incident disclosure

Exclusive: Data belonging to Aussie testing firm ALS Global makes its way to the dark web following May incident disclosure

The Aur0ra ransomware group has published employee data, passwords, banking details, and testing records from an ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 24 Jun 2026
Exclusive: National Portrait Gallery of Australia investigating data breach claims

Exclusive: National Portrait Gallery of Australia investigating data breach claims

Threat actor 2019 posts alleged National Portrait Gallery customer and client data to undergound hacking forum; names, ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 23 Jun 2026
Civil liberties organisation rails against deployment of facial recognition tech by WA Police

Civil liberties organisation rails against deployment of facial recognition tech by WA Police

The Western Australia Police Force will roll out live facial recognition in public spaces on 1 July, and Electronic ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 23 Jun 2026
Australian Computer Society appoints former president Prins Ralston as chief executive

Australian Computer Society appoints former president Prins Ralston as chief executive

Tech industry body Australian Computer Society confirms interim leader as permanent CEO, citing deep ties to the ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 23 Jun 2026
Exclusive: Aussie banking details swept up in alleged bet365 breach

Exclusive: Aussie banking details swept up in alleged bet365 breach

A threat actor has claimed to be selling a large amount of customer data belonging to UK-based betting service bet365, ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 23 Jun 2026
Scattered Spider members plead guilty to 2024 TfL cyber attack

Scattered Spider members plead guilty to 2024 TfL cyber attack

Two cyber criminals have confessed to their responsibility for the Transport for London (TfL) cyber attack in 2024, an ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 23 Jun 2026
Australia joins US-led Exercise Valiant Shield 26 to test cyber and other domain capabilities

Australia joins US-led Exercise Valiant Shield 26 to test cyber and other domain capabilities

Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel are getting ready to deploy to the Pacific to test defensive cooperation.

Bethany Alvaro Tue, 23 Jun 2026
AI is ‘rapidly transforming’ cyber security risk, Five Eyes agencies warn

AI is ‘rapidly transforming’ cyber security risk, Five Eyes agencies warn

Australia joins alliance members to warn of the need for swift action to “remain ahead” of AI risk, as one expert warns ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 23 Jun 2026
Suncorp trials agentic AI in insurance claims processing

Suncorp trials agentic AI in insurance claims processing

Major Queensland-based bank Suncorp has said that by as early as this month, it will be implementing AI agents into its ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 22 Jun 2026
Exclusive: Victorian RV dealer suffers alleged cyber attack

Exclusive: Victorian RV dealer suffers alleged cyber attack

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on a Victoria-based RV dealer, allegedly having stolen data.

Daniel Croft Mon, 22 Jun 2026
Global law enforcement operation disrupts SocGholish malware, more than 14k WordPress sites remediated

Global law enforcement operation disrupts SocGholish malware, more than 14k WordPress sites remediated

Operation Endgame targets malware used by Evil Corp hackers – 106 servers and domains were taken down – with assistance ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 22 Jun 2026
APRA orders banks to brace for future geopolitical shocks

APRA orders banks to brace for future geopolitical shocks

APRA has told lenders to lift their game on geopolitical risk, warning that awareness of global tensions must now be ...

Charlie Tchetchenian Fri, 19 Jun 2026
Act now! ACSC releases multiple critical alerts over FortiBleed, as Fortinet releases situational analysis report

Act now! ACSC releases multiple critical alerts over FortiBleed, as Fortinet releases situational analysis report

Russian-speaking hackers have been compromising tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways using weak ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 22 Jun 2026
Accenture closes US$4.2bn OT cyber security deal with Dragos, runZero and NetRise

Accenture closes US$4.2bn OT cyber security deal with Dragos, runZero and NetRise

Consulting firm moves into operational technology (OT) security with a major acquisition push.

David Hollingworth Mon, 22 Jun 2026