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Exclusive: Shellharbour-based Leisure Coast Kitchens listed by Kairos ransomware group

Exclusive: Shellharbour-based Leisure Coast Kitchens listed by Kairos ransomware group

Hackers have published employee driver’s licenses, tax file numbers, and customer correspondence, with more data to come

David Hollingworth • Fri, 18 Sep 2026
First Reserve cyber specialist brings new expertise to ADF under Cyber Reserve Force entry process

First Reserve cyber specialist brings new expertise to ADF under Cyber Reserve Force entry process

The Australian Defence Force has passed a major milestone with Squadron Leader Talia Hedges becoming the first Reserve ...

Robert Dougherty • Thu, 17 Sep 2026
Threat intel: Bug bounty hunter by day, malware developer by night

Threat intel: Bug bounty hunter by day, malware developer by night

Security researchers have uncovered a highly active bug bounty hunter who deploys an LLM-coded infostealer to find their ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 17 Sep 2026
Prolific DDoS-for-hire service NightmareStresser seized by US authorities

Prolific DDoS-for-hire service NightmareStresser seized by US authorities

FBI takes down “world’s longest-running distributed denial-of-service” (DDoS) provider used in hundreds of thousands of ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 17 Sep 2026
Bad bet: Casino websites mask scams and malware risks targeting Australians

Bad bet: Casino websites mask scams and malware risks targeting Australians

Security researchers have identified more than 1.7 million Chinese-language casino domains spanning illegal gambling, ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 17 Sep 2026
Anthropic’s $32bn Qld data centre could cause emissions equal to 2m cars, Climate Council warns

Anthropic’s $32bn Qld data centre could cause emissions equal to 2m cars, Climate Council warns

Climate Council boss says new data centre proposal could add to pollution challenge and drive up power prices by more ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 17 Sep 2026
Op-Ed: If AI needs a kill switch, is it really a technology we need?

Op-Ed: If AI needs a kill switch, is it really a technology we need?

Right now, everyone’s suddenly wary of artificial intelligence, even the people who make it – so is this a technology we ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 16 Sep 2026
Vulnerability in open-source API manager used by Telstra and Vodafone UK under active exploitation

Vulnerability in open-source API manager used by Telstra and Vodafone UK under active exploitation

Hackers are targeting CVE-2026-5430, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in WSO2 API Manager, a platform used ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 16 Sep 2026
Op-Ed: Aussie energy infrastructure is more important than ever – here’s how to protect it

Op-Ed: Aussie energy infrastructure is more important than ever – here’s how to protect it

How Australian energy companies can safeguard their infrastructure from disruptive acts in 2027.

William Glasson, National Sales Manager at Genetec • Wed, 16 Sep 2026
ASD chief says Aussie companies’ ageing tech a growing concern in the age of AI

ASD chief says Aussie companies’ ageing tech a growing concern in the age of AI

Abigail Bradshaw has warned of “enormous” spending requirements for Australian businesses and governments to update ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 16 Sep 2026
The industry speaks: International Identity Day 2026

The industry speaks: International Identity Day 2026

The 2026 campaign slogan for International Identity Day is “My identity, my shadow, never apart”.

David Hollingworth • Wed, 16 Sep 2026
Exclusive: Aussie software firm Auto-IT confirms customers compromised by Storm ransomware attack

Exclusive: Aussie software firm Auto-IT confirms customers compromised by Storm ransomware attack

Maker of dealer management software responds to dark web hacking claims, saying a “small number of Auto-IT customer ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 15 Sep 2026
Things to come: Agentic explosions, AI costs, and the rise of the ‘evidence custodian’

Things to come: Agentic explosions, AI costs, and the rise of the ‘evidence custodian’

Analysts at Gartner have outlined 10 predictions for 2027 and beyond, as AI is set to change how big business operates – ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 15 Sep 2026
Too late: Hackers already harvesting passwords and other sensitive data via critical GitLab flaw

Too late: Hackers already harvesting passwords and other sensitive data via critical GitLab flaw

Experts urge any organisation running self-managed GitLab instances not to wait for normal patch cycles and to remediate ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 15 Sep 2026
Australia takes 16 cyber firms to Gulf Information Security Expo   Conference Global 2026

Australia takes 16 cyber firms to Gulf Information Security Expo Conference Global 2026

Australia will showcase 16 cyber security companies and organisations at GISEC Global 2026 as it targets stronger cyber ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 15 Sep 2026
Selling digital tech into the EU? The new Cyber Resilience Act will apply to you

Selling digital tech into the EU? The new Cyber Resilience Act will apply to you

Makers of “products with digital elements” sold in the EU now need to report security incidents within 24 hours.

David Hollingworth • Mon, 14 Sep 2026
Revolut discloses accidental data breach following government agency email scam

Revolut discloses accidental data breach following government agency email scam

British fintech and bank Revolut has revealed that it suffered a data incident after it exposed sensitive customer data ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 14 Sep 2026
Act now! Hackers probing critical GitLab vulnerability just 1 day after patching

Act now! Hackers probing critical GitLab vulnerability just 1 day after patching

CVE-2026-85706 is the second critical-severity vulnerability impacting GitLab in less than a month – and hackers are ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 14 Sep 2026
Medtech: NSW hospitals to trial AI model to detect sepsis faster

Medtech: NSW hospitals to trial AI model to detect sepsis faster

A new AI model designed to identify patients at risk of sepsis in emergency department waiting rooms will be rolled out ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 14 Sep 2026
Exclusive: Penfold Motors latest car dealer to fall victim to the Storm ransomware group

Exclusive: Penfold Motors latest car dealer to fall victim to the Storm ransomware group

Victorian car dealership says it is contacting its customers after their contact and vehicle details were compromised by ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 14 Sep 2026