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Exclusive: Not-for-profit Way Forward suspends payments following external cyber incident

Exclusive: Not-for-profit Way Forward suspends payments following external cyber incident

An Australian charity supporting those in financial hardship has disclosed a third-party cyber incident impacting its ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 10 Sep 2026
Multiple hardware crypto wallet providers warn of phishing emails after third-party incident

Multiple hardware crypto wallet providers warn of phishing emails after third-party incident

Trezor and BitBox are among the companies warning of scam emails after their newsletter provider was allegedly ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 10 Sep 2026
Aussie law firm investigating potential for a class action targeting social media giant Meta

Aussie law firm investigating potential for a class action targeting social media giant Meta

Carter Capner Law’s director, Peter Carter, says “the social media fightback has begun” as his firm looks to begin legal ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 10 Sep 2026
Report: Data exposure in the financial services sector almost doubles year on year

Report: Data exposure in the financial services sector almost doubles year on year

Despite surging exposure figures, 66 per cent of boards expect their CISOs to guarantee that breaches will not happen.

David Hollingworth Thu, 10 Sep 2026
Boomtown: NVIDIA targets 2GW Australian AI infrastructure buildout by 2027

Boomtown: NVIDIA targets 2GW Australian AI infrastructure buildout by 2027

NVIDIA is working with Australian cloud and AI infrastructure providers on a buildout of up to two gigawatts by 2027, as ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 10 Sep 2026
Act now! Aussie cyber agency warns of active exploitation of Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source vulnerability

Act now! Aussie cyber agency warns of active exploitation of Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source vulnerability

The ACSC has said there is a “substantial number of potentially vulnerable instances within the Australian economy”.

David Hollingworth Thu, 10 Sep 2026
Explainer: Why driver’s licences are such a hot cyber criminal commodity

Explainer: Why driver’s licences are such a hot cyber criminal commodity

ThreatLocker’s Danny Jenkins explains why scans of identity documents such as driver’s licences are a “master key” to ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 09 Sep 2026
Patch now! Hackers are targeting yet another N-able N-central vulnerability

Patch now! Hackers are targeting yet another N-able N-central vulnerability

CVE-2026-86218 is a perfect-10 vulnerability that was only disclosed this month, and exploitation is underway.

David Hollingworth Wed, 09 Sep 2026
Digital duty of care: Experts call legislation ‘long overdue’ as White House issues ‘unequivocal’ warning

Digital duty of care: Experts call legislation ‘long overdue’ as White House issues ‘unequivocal’ warning

Academics welcome the government’s proposed opt-out/opt-in legislation, as Minister for Communications palms off Trump ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 09 Sep 2026
Venezuela could become test case for Chinese AI surveillance, report warns

Venezuela could become test case for Chinese AI surveillance, report warns

A new Australian Strategic Policy Institute report warns Venezuela could become one of the first countries outside China ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 09 Sep 2026
Exclusive: The Gentlemen strikes Sharp Office as company confirms incident investigation

Exclusive: The Gentlemen strikes Sharp Office as company confirms incident investigation

A ransomware group claims to have hacked a Broadmeadow-based office technology supplier that works with Newcastle ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 09 Sep 2026
Op-Ed: Microsoft September Patch Tuesday reveals 999 vulnerabilities

Op-Ed: Microsoft September Patch Tuesday reveals 999 vulnerabilities

Microsoft is publishing 974 own-product vulnerabilities on September 2026 Patch Tuesday, including 723 vulnerabilities ...

By Adam Barnett, Lead Software Engineer at Rapid7 Wed, 09 Sep 2026
Report: Compromised identities a key driver of ransomware attacks across education sector

Report: Compromised identities a key driver of ransomware attacks across education sector

Sophos has found that identity-based techniques were involved in 85 per cent of ransomware attacks against education ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 08 Sep 2026
Exclusive: Verve Portraits data allegedly compromised by Settra ransomware attack

Exclusive: Verve Portraits data allegedly compromised by Settra ransomware attack

Hackers claim to have a “COMPLETE archive of photo studio network operations” belonging to a Sydney-based photography ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 08 Sep 2026
Australia’s proposed digital duty of care bill ‘a global reckoning coming for big tech’, says minister

Australia’s proposed digital duty of care bill ‘a global reckoning coming for big tech’, says minister

Anthony Albanese and Anika Wells announce details of new social media laws, promising platforms could face fines up to ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 08 Sep 2026
If you build it… Tasmania sets the state’s expectations for data centres and AI infrastructure

If you build it… Tasmania sets the state’s expectations for data centres and AI infrastructure

The Tasmanian government has released a draft framework for data centre and AI infrastructure projects, with proponents ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 08 Sep 2026
UNSW to roll out new learning platform to enable responsible use of AI in education

UNSW to roll out new learning platform to enable responsible use of AI in education

UNSW Sydney picks D2L Brightspace to power a multi-year transformation of its undergraduate, postgraduate, and lifelong ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 08 Sep 2026
Exclusive: Machinery management specialist Macquarrie investigating data breach after ransomware claims

Exclusive: Machinery management specialist Macquarrie investigating data breach after ransomware claims

The Victorian company is the latest victim of Storm ransomware, with an external party once again the attack vector.

David Hollingworth Tue, 08 Sep 2026
Digital platforms to be targeted as part of NSW crackdown on organised crime operations

Digital platforms to be targeted as part of NSW crackdown on organised crime operations

NSW’s Premier has announced a raft of measures to combat the facilitation of serious crimes, such as gang-related murder

David Hollingworth Mon, 07 Sep 2026
Kinetic IT brings back ServiceNow veteran to lead service integration

Kinetic IT brings back ServiceNow veteran to lead service integration

Australian technology services provider Kinetic IT has appointed former Fujitsu executive Meg Santos to lead its ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 07 Sep 2026