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Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission warns of fake charity scams

Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission warns of fake charity scams

As donations “flatline,” ACNC commissioner says “there are scammers out there ready to exploit people’s generosity”.

David Hollingworth Tue, 09 Dec 2025
Cloudflare’s own goal briefly disrupts more than a quarter of its web traffic

Cloudflare’s own goal briefly disrupts more than a quarter of its web traffic

On 5 December 2025, the global internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare suffered a widespread outage – the root cause: a ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 08 Dec 2025
Exclusive: Aussie jeweller BECKS confirms hack following SafePay claims

Exclusive: Aussie jeweller BECKS confirms hack following SafePay claims

An Australian jewellery brand has confirmed that it suffered a cyber incident, following claims made by ransomware group ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 08 Dec 2025
Unveiling Warp Panda, a speedy new Chinese threat actor targeting VMware environments

Unveiling Warp Panda, a speedy new Chinese threat actor targeting VMware environments

A China-nexus hacking group has been observed maintaining long-term access and deploying BRICKSTORM malware on ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 08 Dec 2025
Social media ban: What should parents tell their kids?

Social media ban: What should parents tell their kids?

Within days, Australian children under the age of 16 will be kicked off social media – if you’re a parent, here’s how ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 08 Dec 2025
React2Shell: Dozens breached, tens of thousands vulnerable, including 500+ in Australia

React2Shell: Dozens breached, tens of thousands vulnerable, including 500+ in Australia

Analysts warned CVE-2025-55182 could be a dangerous vulnerability – sadly, they were right, as Chinese hackers enjoy a ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 08 Dec 2025
CommBank launches national tech skills push to help small businesses adopt AI

CommBank launches national tech skills push to help small businesses adopt AI

Commonwealth Bank partners with OpenAI to deliver AI and cyber security education, as new data shows nearly half of ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 05 Dec 2025
Second ScadaBR vulnerability added to Known Exploited Vulnerability Catalog

Second ScadaBR vulnerability added to Known Exploited Vulnerability Catalog

Hackers are targeting the second of two four-year-old vulnerabilities in the open-source supervisory control and data ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 05 Dec 2025
Exclusive: Textile supplier Instyle listed by INC Ransom hackers

Exclusive: Textile supplier Instyle listed by INC Ransom hackers

A ransomware group claims to have stolen more than 60 gigabytes of data from Instyle, with HR and customer data ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 05 Dec 2025
Op-Ed: Hiding in the dark – the risk of shadow AI on businesses

Op-Ed: Hiding in the dark – the risk of shadow AI on businesses

AI may be an exciting revolution, but its rapid uptake by individual workers brings with it a fundamental risk.

Aaron Bugal, Field CISO, APJ, at Sophos Fri, 05 Dec 2025
Act now! Aussie cyber agency issues urgent warning over critical React vulnerability

Act now! Aussie cyber agency issues urgent warning over critical React vulnerability

CVE-2025-55182, a critical RCE vulnerability in React Server Components, is ringing alarm bells among cyber experts.

David Hollingworth Thu, 04 Dec 2025
ASUS confirms third-party breach as hackers release sample files

ASUS confirms third-party breach as hackers release sample files

The Everest ransomware group claims to have data from ASUS, ArcSoft, and Qualcomm, while the PC hardware maker says ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 04 Dec 2025
CrowdStrike, Kroll strike multi-year deal to boost global MDR capabilities

CrowdStrike, Kroll strike multi-year deal to boost global MDR capabilities

The two have signed a multi-year partnership that will see more than 500,000 endpoints migrate to the Falcon platform.

David Hollingworth Thu, 04 Dec 2025
Legal Practice Board of Western Australia completes post-hack review

Legal Practice Board of Western Australia completes post-hack review

The board says services are continuing to come back online, but the risk of further data leakage remains low following ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 04 Dec 2025
Pair of Android vulnerabilities added to CISA’s KEV catalogue

Pair of Android vulnerabilities added to CISA’s KEV catalogue

Google said there were “indications” of active exploitation of CVE-2025-48633 and CVE-2025-48572, and now the US cyber ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 03 Dec 2025
Everest ransomware claims breach of consumer tech giant ASUS

Everest ransomware claims breach of consumer tech giant ASUS

Hackers claim to have a database of more than a terabyte of data alongside product source code.

David Hollingworth Wed, 03 Dec 2025
Media, Entertainment   Arts Alliance urges government to toughen AI safeguards

Media, Entertainment Arts Alliance urges government to toughen AI safeguards

The union welcomes the federal plan but warns voluntary rules won’t protect media and arts workers from rapacious AI ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 03 Dec 2025
Australian telco fined $2.5m over breaches of anti-scam laws

Australian telco fined $2.5m over breaches of anti-scam laws

ACMA investigation has found the Southern Phone Company to be in contravention of Australia’s anti-scam rules on more ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 03 Dec 2025
Exclusive: B dynamic Logistics actively investigating Qilin ransomware claims

Exclusive: B dynamic Logistics actively investigating Qilin ransomware claims

An Aussie logistics firm says it has activated its cyber incident response procedures following a dark web leak site ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 03 Dec 2025
Macquarie Data Centres ‘tops out’ AI-focused Sydney cloud and AI data centre

Macquarie Data Centres ‘tops out’ AI-focused Sydney cloud and AI data centre

Sydney’s north is set to gain its first AI-capable data centre in 2026, as Macquarie Data Centres completes the external ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 02 Dec 2025