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Report: Australian government must do more to combat tech-facilitated abuse in schools

Report: Australian government must do more to combat tech-facilitated abuse in schools

Our Watch has released a national blueprint to address AI-generated pornography, tech-facilitated abuse, and other ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 20 May 2025
Trump signs ‘Take It Down Act’, criminalising revenge porn and deepfakes

Trump signs ‘Take It Down Act’, criminalising revenge porn and deepfakes

US President Donald Trump has signed legislation criminalising the publication of AI-generated deepfake and revenge porn ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 20 May 2025
Troy Hunt launches Have I Been Pwned 2.0

Troy Hunt launches Have I Been Pwned 2.0

Aussie security researcher Troy Hunt updates web tool for tracking data breaches, with a heap of new features.

David Hollingworth Tue, 20 May 2025
Hacker of US SEC’s X account sent to prison

Hacker of US SEC’s X account sent to prison

The hacker behind the account compromise of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) X account is now facing jail ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 19 May 2025
Artificial intelligence backed by NSW government to drive housing supply analysis

Artificial intelligence backed by NSW government to drive housing supply analysis

AI mapping tools at the University of NSW’s new Housing Analytics Lab will help the state government track construction ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 19 May 2025
Fake GoFundMe page targets Victorian Liberal MP John Pesutto

Fake GoFundMe page targets Victorian Liberal MP John Pesutto

Efforts to help John Pesutto pay $2.3 million in legal costs over the Moira Deeming defamation case were hampered by a ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 19 May 2025
Ransomware denied: Co-op’s quick action leads to a quick recovery

Ransomware denied: Co-op’s quick action leads to a quick recovery

Co-op, the UK retail giant that was hacked at the end of last month, is set to recover much faster than the other two ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 19 May 2025
Coinbase offers a US$20m reward following insider-threat extortion attempt

Coinbase offers a US$20m reward following insider-threat extortion attempt

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase flips the script on scammers, turning an extortion attempt into a reward for anyone ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 19 May 2025
Crypto and property worth more than $4.5m seized from Aussie League of Legends hacker

Crypto and property worth more than $4.5m seized from Aussie League of Legends hacker

A Queensland mansion, a Mercedes-Benz, and almost 25 bitcoin have been forfeited by an Australian man linked to a 2013 ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 19 May 2025
Op-Ed: Strengthening Australia’s cyber defences – a call to action for organisations

Op-Ed: Strengthening Australia’s cyber defences – a call to action for organisations

As cyber attacks increase and Australian financial institutions find themselves increasingly in the crosshairs, just ...

Paul Henaghan, managing director of Cohesity Australia and New Zealand Mon, 19 May 2025
Exclusive: MKA Accountants confirms Qilin ransomware attack

Exclusive: MKA Accountants confirms Qilin ransomware attack

A Victorian accounting firm has been listed as a ransomware victim, with internal documents posted to the dark web.

David Hollingworth Fri, 16 May 2025
Steam not breached in 89m database leak, third-party potentially hacked

Steam not breached in 89m database leak, third-party potentially hacked

Investigations suggest a third party may have been breached, leaking some two-factor authentication (2FA) codes and ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 16 May 2025
Australia Post warns of new phishing scam targeting its customers

Australia Post warns of new phishing scam targeting its customers

Fraudulent messages are surging across the country as part of a global trend in phishing-as-a-service operations.

David Hollingworth Fri, 16 May 2025
Luxury fashion brand Dior discloses cyber incident

Luxury fashion brand Dior discloses cyber incident

Luxury French fashion brand Dior is the latest major retailer to have disclosed a cyber attack on its systems, making it ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 16 May 2025
Op-Ed: Cyber security for military systems – mission context is critical

Op-Ed: Cyber security for military systems – mission context is critical

Ticking a box for compliance and security isn’t enough when it comes to mission-critical systems.

Iain Dickson, Technical Fellow and Full Spectrum Cyber Lead at Leidos Australia Fri, 16 May 2025
Executive sues Slaters over fallout from scandalous email

Executive sues Slaters over fallout from scandalous email

Slater Gordon’s former chief people officer accused the firm of leaving her to become the “public face” of an ...

Naomi Neilson Fri, 16 May 2025
Exclusive: M S halts Australian operations following cyber attack

Exclusive: M S halts Australian operations following cyber attack

The Australian website of hacked UK retail giant Marks Spencer (M S) has been disabled as part of the ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 15 May 2025
US stores the next target for UK retailer hackers, says Google

US stores the next target for UK retailer hackers, says Google

Google has said that retailers in the United States are next in the firing line following the wave of cyber attacks on ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 15 May 2025
Op-Ed: How data visibility is the key to security

Op-Ed: How data visibility is the key to security

What’s worse than a data breach that exposes sensitive data? One that you are unaware of.

Mike Nichols, Vice President of Product Security at Elastic Thu, 15 May 2025
LeakBit: What we know so far about the LockBit data breach

LeakBit: What we know so far about the LockBit data breach

Security researchers are analysing data leaked from the LockBit ransomware operation last week, and there’s a lot to ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 15 May 2025