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Takedown! AFP helps dismantle alleged $542m cyber crime money laundering network

Takedown! AFP helps dismantle alleged $542m cyber crime money laundering network

Australian investigators have helped disrupt an alleged international money laundering operation accused of processing ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 12 Jun 2026
Alert! Experts concerned over perfect 10 Ivanti Sentry vulnerability, and hackers are already all over it

Alert! Experts concerned over perfect 10 Ivanti Sentry vulnerability, and hackers are already all over it

CVE-2026-10520 is looking like a nightmare for network defenders: an OS Command Injection vulnerability that could lead ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 12 Jun 2026
Exclusive: Ochre Health confirms patient data from its Tuggeranong clinic potentially compromised

Exclusive: Ochre Health confirms patient data from its Tuggeranong clinic potentially compromised

Threat actor 2019 has claimed to have breached the data of more than 25,000 patients via a third-party platform – and ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 12 Jun 2026
CrowdStrike joins OpenID Foundation and IDPro to push real-time AI-era access security

CrowdStrike joins OpenID Foundation and IDPro to push real-time AI-era access security

The cyber security firm has joined two of the world’s leading identity organisations as it seeks to accelerate industry ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 12 Jun 2026
Op-Ed: Criminal AI doesn’t need super hackers

Op-Ed: Criminal AI doesn’t need super hackers

The cyber industry has a bad habit of arguing with the movie trailer instead of watching the whole movie.

hackers By Douglas McKee, Director of Vulnerability Intelligence, Rapid7 Fri, 12 Jun 2026
Services Australia privacy incident saw pensioner concession cards sent to the wrong recipients

Services Australia privacy incident saw pensioner concession cards sent to the wrong recipients

Services Australia has disclosed a privacy incident it detected last month, which led to the halting of the printing of ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 11 Jun 2026
Student data compromised in second University of Western Australia data breach in 6 months

Student data compromised in second University of Western Australia data breach in 6 months

The university’s Student Information Management System was exposed after access credentials were “unintentionally ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 11 Jun 2026
2 Mackay sugar mills shut down following cyber incident

2 Mackay sugar mills shut down following cyber incident

A cyber incident has led to operations at two sugar mills in the Mackay region of North Queensland being halted.

Daniel Croft Thu, 11 Jun 2026
Tony Burke announces ‘new program of work’ under Horizon 2 of the Australian Cyber Security Strategy

Tony Burke announces ‘new program of work’ under Horizon 2 of the Australian Cyber Security Strategy

Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs and Cyber Security has revealed an $89.3 million investment over four years to ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 11 Jun 2026
Privacy Commissioner reveals findings in Optus privacy investigation

Privacy Commissioner reveals findings in Optus privacy investigation

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and the Australian Privacy Commissioner have announced the ...

Bethany Alvaro Thu, 11 Jun 2026
Parents warned after ‘cyber security breach’ at South Australia’s Reynella East College

Parents warned after ‘cyber security breach’ at South Australia’s Reynella East College

Investigations into the incident are ongoing, but the school warns that IT systems are expected to be offline for some ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 11 Jun 2026
Exclusive: Aussie educational publisher R.I.C Publications investigating breach after customer data published online

Exclusive: Aussie educational publisher R.I.C Publications investigating breach after customer data published online

More than 110,000 customer records have been allegedly published on a popular hacking forum, with dozens seeking to ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 11 Jun 2026
Exclusive: 2019 claims breach of Australian lingerie retailer

Exclusive: 2019 claims breach of Australian lingerie retailer

An Australian online and in-store women’s lingerie, swimwear and underwear retailer has allegedly been breached ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 10 Jun 2026
Bank of England warns of AI deepfake scams featuring Nigel Farage and its governor

Bank of England warns of AI deepfake scams featuring Nigel Farage and its governor

The Bank of England (BoE) has issued a warning regarding AI deepfake scams featuring its governor and British politician ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 10 Jun 2026
Exclusive: Qilin targets Qld healthcare provider, but gets a bit confused

Exclusive: Qilin targets Qld healthcare provider, but gets a bit confused

Cases of mistaken identity can happen to anyone, but you’d think that at least hackers could work out who they’re ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 10 Jun 2026
OpenAI CFO says AI will be just as important as spreadsheet tools in the finance sector

OpenAI CFO says AI will be just as important as spreadsheet tools in the finance sector

OpenAI has commented on AI’s future impact on the finance sector, saying the technology will become a foundational tool, ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 10 Jun 2026
Report: Chinese activity on the rise as technology becomes the sector most targeted by cyber attacks

Report: Chinese activity on the rise as technology becomes the sector most targeted by cyber attacks

CrowdStrike’s 2026 Technology Threat Landscape Report reveals that what China cannot develop itself, it will gladly ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 10 Jun 2026
Virgin Australia rolls out ChatGPT flight search

Virgin Australia rolls out ChatGPT flight search

Virgin Australia has launched flight search through ChatGPT as part of its partnership with OpenAI.

Jake Nelson Wed, 10 Jun 2026
Tall tales and code: Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5

Tall tales and code: Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5

AI giant Anthropic has released new AI models for both general and private use; however, one expert has warned that “the ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 10 Jun 2026
AFCA to become Australia’s central scams complaints body under new prevention framework

AFCA to become Australia’s central scams complaints body under new prevention framework

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority will become the nation’s single external dispute resolution body for scam ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 10 Jun 2026