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Android phones will now reboot every 3 days for security reasons

Android phones will now reboot every 3 days for security reasons

Android has launched a new update that will force devices running its operating system to reboot automatically if they ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 23 Apr 2025
ChatGPT will now refer to The Washington Post in its answers

ChatGPT will now refer to The Washington Post in its answers

Users of OpenAI’s ChatGPT are set to receive more news and information from The Washington Post following a “strategic ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 23 Apr 2025
Major UK retailer M S discloses cyber incident

Major UK retailer M S discloses cyber incident

Major British retailer Marks Spencer (M S) has revealed that it has been impacted by a cyber incident, ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 23 Apr 2025
Meta trials AI for under-16 age verification on Instagram

Meta trials AI for under-16 age verification on Instagram

Meta has begun using AI on Instagram to monitor the ages of its users, ensuring that those under 16 are using ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 23 Apr 2025
Florida pushes controversial social media backdoor bill

Florida pushes controversial social media backdoor bill

Florida lawmakers are looking to mandate encryption backdoors on social media platforms to allow law enforcement to ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 22 Apr 2025
Optus forced to delay ‘straight-to-mobile’ Starlink

Optus forced to delay ‘straight-to-mobile’ Starlink

Optus has been forced to delay the introduction of its “straight-to-mobile” service with Starlink, which will eventually ...

Adam Thorn Tue, 22 Apr 2025
Uber accused of subscribing users without knowledge

Uber accused of subscribing users without knowledge

Uber has been accused by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of misleading its users regarding its Uber One ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 22 Apr 2025
Trump administration may ban DeepSeek in US, restrict purchase of Nvidia chips

Trump administration may ban DeepSeek in US, restrict purchase of Nvidia chips

The Trump administration is reportedly weighing up a ban on China’s DeepSeek AI in the US and considering restricting ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 17 Apr 2025
Exclusive: SafePay claims breach of Aussie fire protection services firm

Exclusive: SafePay claims breach of Aussie fire protection services firm

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on an Australian fire protection service firm, listing the company on its dark ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 17 Apr 2025
‘AustralianSuper was not hacked’: Fund responds to cyber incident

‘AustralianSuper was not hacked’: Fund responds to cyber incident

Australia’s largest superannuation fund has confirmed all members who had funds stolen during the recent cyber fraud ...

Maja Garaca Djurdjevic Thu, 17 Apr 2025
Op-Ed: Don’t be held to ransom in the election race 

Op-Ed: Don’t be held to ransom in the election race 

The heated dialogue ahead of the upcoming federal election is quickly ramping up on both sides of politics, combined ...

Trevor Dearing, Director of Critical Infrastructure at Illumio Thu, 17 Apr 2025
Chris Krebs steps down from SentinelOne, vows to fight ‘for rule of law’

Chris Krebs steps down from SentinelOne, vows to fight ‘for rule of law’

Ex-CISA boss Chris Krebs quits cyber security firm after Trump’s executive order pulled the security clearance and ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 17 Apr 2025
X’s use of European user data for Grok may have breached the GDPR

X’s use of European user data for Grok may have breached the GDPR

Elon Musk’s social media giant X is currently being investigated by an EU data watchdog after it was accused of using ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 16 Apr 2025
Chinese authorities issue arrest warrants for 3 alleged NSA operatives

Chinese authorities issue arrest warrants for 3 alleged NSA operatives

Police allege the US National Security Agency targeted the Asian Winter Games earlier this year as Chinese Foreign ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 16 Apr 2025
Report: Q1 2025 ransomware trends and actors to watch

Report: Q1 2025 ransomware trends and actors to watch

Eighty ransomware operations were active in the first quarter of 2025, with 13 new groups identified and Australia ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 16 Apr 2025
4chan ‘hack’ claimed by rival imageboard Soyjak Party

4chan ‘hack’ claimed by rival imageboard Soyjak Party

Infamous online message board 4chan has allegedly been hacked after the service experienced outages and the site was ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 16 Apr 2025
MITRE warns of ‘break in service’ due to possible funding issues

MITRE warns of ‘break in service’ due to possible funding issues

Uncertainty surrounds continued funding for MITRE’s soon-to-expire CVE contract, and its impact could disrupt ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 16 Apr 2025
Australian Cyber Network releases inaugural State of the Industry 2024 report

Australian Cyber Network releases inaugural State of the Industry 2024 report

Australia’s cyber security sector is growing fast but still dangerously under-resourced at the highest levels.

David Hollingworth Tue, 15 Apr 2025
Small businesses more worried about cyber security than rising electricity prices

Small businesses more worried about cyber security than rising electricity prices

The Cyber Wardens program has released new research ahead of a campaign, warning businesses of Easter threats.

David Hollingworth Tue, 15 Apr 2025
Op-Ed: Hertz Australia’s third-party data breach – what to know

Op-Ed: Hertz Australia’s third-party data breach – what to know

The recently reported cyber incident involving Hertz Australia, where customer data were compromised after a third-party ...

Kash Sharma, Managing Director, ANZ at BlueVoyant Tue, 15 Apr 2025