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Exclusive: WA’s St James’ Anglican School investigating cyber incident in wake of ransomware claims

Exclusive: WA’s St James’ Anglican School investigating cyber incident in wake of ransomware claims

ThreeAM cyber extortion group claims hack, threatens to publish data; the school has already contacted parents and ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 01 Oct 2026
Critical alert: Aussie organisations targeted in Citrix NetScaler hacking campaign

Critical alert: Aussie organisations targeted in Citrix NetScaler hacking campaign

ACSC confirms Australian businesses are under attack as hackers deploy tools to maintain persistence on compromised ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 01 Oct 2026
The industry speaks: International Women in Cyber Day 2026

The industry speaks: International Women in Cyber Day 2026

“Women in cyber shouldn’t just adapt to the agentic era; we should be the ones designing how the workforce gets there

David Hollingworth • Wed, 30 Sep 2026
Australian government to invest $3.5m to combat technology-facilitated abuse

Australian government to invest $3.5m to combat technology-facilitated abuse

The Albanese government to stand up 12 new “innovative” projects as part of its National Plan to End Violence Against ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 30 Sep 2026
ShinyHunters v the FBI: Arrests, murders and threats, oh my!

ShinyHunters v the FBI: Arrests, murders and threats, oh my!

The FBI cyber division assistant director warns hackers that their friends will not protect them in the wake of the ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 30 Sep 2026
Medicare hack: OpenAI’s email to the Australian government – 5 paragraphs, zero apology

Medicare hack: OpenAI’s email to the Australian government – 5 paragraphs, zero apology

OpenAI’s email is revealed as ASD chief says the company’s recent apology is important. “We shouldn’t miss that ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 30 Sep 2026
CommBank warns of criminals using its logo to drive investment scams

CommBank warns of criminals using its logo to drive investment scams

“They’re using our colour, they’re using our logo, they’re using variations of our name. This is not CommSec,” big four ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 29 Sep 2026
Nvidia launches Open Agent Safety Platform to secure autonomous AI agents

Nvidia launches Open Agent Safety Platform to secure autonomous AI agents

Nvidia has launched an open platform designed to secure AI agents from testing through deployment.

David Hollingworth • Tue, 29 Sep 2026
Medicare hack: OpenAI to appear before joint select committee on artificial intelligence

Medicare hack: OpenAI to appear before joint select committee on artificial intelligence

The AI giant’s chief strategy officer, Jason Kwon, will fly to Sydney next week as OpenAI lays out “How we will do ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 29 Sep 2026
CVE reporting needs to evolve from its ‘growth era’ into a ‘quality era’, CISA says

CVE reporting needs to evolve from its ‘growth era’ into a ‘quality era’, CISA says

A rising volume of vulnerability disclosures is driving the US cyber agency to rethink how the CVE program works – but ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 29 Sep 2026
Report: Aussie government lags behind private sector in breach discovery

Report: Aussie government lags behind private sector in breach discovery

The average data breach in Australia takes three days to discover – but government breaches take more than 100.

David Hollingworth • Tue, 29 Sep 2026
Kiteworks warns customers to enact a ‘precautionary shutdown’ in wake of attack intelligence

Kiteworks warns customers to enact a ‘precautionary shutdown’ in wake of attack intelligence

The data security firm called for a nine-hour shutdown of a platform used by multiple Australian government entities.

David Hollingworth • Mon, 28 Sep 2026
Stake and Revolut both impacted by third-party cyber attack

Stake and Revolut both impacted by third-party cyber attack

A third-party cyber attack has led to an Australian trading platform and the country’s newest licensed bank both being ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 28 Sep 2026
Trusted government data can help counter AI misinformation, says OAIC

Trusted government data can help counter AI misinformation, says OAIC

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has warned that proactive access to trusted government information ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 28 Sep 2026
BoozeBots: Aussie academics get AI models drunk in most Australian research ever

BoozeBots: Aussie academics get AI models drunk in most Australian research ever

In findings that will likely not shock anyone, drunk AI models are more likely to leak secrets and bypass safeguards, ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 28 Sep 2026
Exclusive: World’s top ransomware group claims 2 more Aussie victims

Exclusive: World’s top ransomware group claims 2 more Aussie victims

The Qilin ransomware group has recently listed the Zig Inge Group and Reddrop Group; however, details of each alleged ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 28 Sep 2026
Act now! ACSC and CISA urge immediate action over raft of new Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway vulnerabilities

Act now! ACSC and CISA urge immediate action over raft of new Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway vulnerabilities

Experts are aware of active exploitation of at least two of the vulnerabilities; customers are advised to “take the ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 28 Sep 2026
Medicare hack: AI agent more like an unchecked teenager than elite threat actor, expert says

Medicare hack: AI agent more like an unchecked teenager than elite threat actor, expert says

Forget the “rogue AI” narrative – the real issue is a lack of preparedness for modern, machine-speed threats.

David Hollingworth • Fri, 25 Sep 2026
Update: WSO2 API Manager vulnerability officially added to CISA’s KEV Catalog

Update: WSO2 API Manager vulnerability officially added to CISA’s KEV Catalog

Attackers are continuing to target CVE-2026-5430 months after it was first disclosed, despite repeated warnings.

David Hollingworth • Fri, 25 Sep 2026
Quis custodiet? Smart glass bans are on the rise – but so are sales

Quis custodiet? Smart glass bans are on the rise – but so are sales

The Inner West Council is the latest government body to ban smart glasses, but sales of the divisive devices are ...

David Hollingworth • Fri, 25 Sep 2026