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Experts: Australian super hack ‘an attack on the public’s trust’

Experts: Australian super hack ‘an attack on the public’s trust’

Understanding the dark web and maintaining customer trust vital to combating and responding to increasingly damaging ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 07 Apr 2025
Five Eyes cyber agencies warn of ‘fast flux’ evasion technique

Five Eyes cyber agencies warn of ‘fast flux’ evasion technique

The domain-hopping technique is being used to obfuscate malicious command and control and hacking activity.

David Hollingworth Fri, 04 Apr 2025
Hunters International rebrands away from ransomware

Hunters International rebrands away from ransomware

Infamous and now former ransomware operation Hunters International has announced a rebrand that will see it distance ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 04 Apr 2025
ChatGPT produces an estimated 4.32 grams of CO₂ for every query

ChatGPT produces an estimated 4.32 grams of CO₂ for every query

While ChatGPT generates more carbon dioxide than many of its competitors, Elon Musk’s Grok AI is the most ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 04 Apr 2025
Alert! Chinese hackers are actively exploiting an Ivanti Connect Secure vulnerability

Alert! Chinese hackers are actively exploiting an Ivanti Connect Secure vulnerability

Exploitation of the newly disclosed remote code execution bug CVE-2025-22457 may have been occurring since mid-March.

David Hollingworth Fri, 04 Apr 2025
Hackers target Aussie pensioners in major super fund cyber attack

Hackers target Aussie pensioners in major super fund cyber attack

In what is being called a co-ordinated cyber attack, a number of Australia’s largest superannuation funds have suffered ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 04 Apr 2025
Hegseth under investigation over Signal planning leak

Hegseth under investigation over Signal planning leak

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will be subject to Pentagon investigation after allegedly classified military plans ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 04 Apr 2025
Amazon/Starlink rivalry heats up in battle to connect remote Australia

Amazon/Starlink rivalry heats up in battle to connect remote Australia

Next week, Amazon will launch its first tranche of satellites set to power its rival service to Starlink.

Adam Thorn Thu, 03 Apr 2025
Babuk2 and the dark art of ransomware data commoditisation

Babuk2 and the dark art of ransomware data commoditisation

The Babuk ransomware operation resurrected itself this year with a wave of recycled data leaks, but research reveals a ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 03 Apr 2025
US national security adviser reportedly used personal Gmail for sensitive government work

US national security adviser reportedly used personal Gmail for sensitive government work

The Trump administration’s national security adviser has once again been caught out for poor security practices after it ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 03 Apr 2025
Exclusive: Aussie creative agency Fancy Films hit by alleged KillSec hack

Exclusive: Aussie creative agency Fancy Films hit by alleged KillSec hack

Customer folders, insurance details, and hardware inventories have all been shared on the dark web following an alleged ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 03 Apr 2025
The industry speaks: World Cloud Security Day 2025

The industry speaks: World Cloud Security Day 2025

World Cloud Security Day is on 3 April, and here’s Cyber Daily’s round-up on industry experts on why cloud security ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 02 Apr 2025
Australian and Philippine law enforcement cracking down on scam centre ‘boiler rooms’

Australian and Philippine law enforcement cracking down on scam centre ‘boiler rooms’

Cyber crime experts from the Australian Federal Police assist in the training of organised crime investigators and cyber ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 02 Apr 2025
Russian railway outage a suspected tit-for-tat Ukrainian cyber attack

Russian railway outage a suspected tit-for-tat Ukrainian cyber attack

A disruption to the online services of Moscow’s subway service has sparked suspicions of a Ukrainian revenge cyber ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 02 Apr 2025
More than half of Australian businesses are already using agentic AI

More than half of Australian businesses are already using agentic AI

Australia is leading the way on the uptake of agentic AI, with productivity boosts expected to follow, according to a ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 02 Apr 2025
Exclusive: KillSec claims ransomware attack on Qld IT services firm Hexicor

Exclusive: KillSec claims ransomware attack on Qld IT services firm Hexicor

Hackers have shared screenshots of customer folders, digital certificates, and a list of hashed passwords and backup ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 02 Apr 2025
Exclusive: Royal Mail confirms cyber attack resulting from third-party provider Spectos

Exclusive: Royal Mail confirms cyber attack resulting from third-party provider Spectos

The British Royal Mail has confirmed that it is feeling the effect of a cyber attack that resulted from one of its ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 02 Apr 2025
Exclusive: Alleged Schneider Electric data posted following November ransomware incident

Exclusive: Alleged Schneider Electric data posted following November ransomware incident

A threat actor allegedly representing the Hellcat ransomware group has posted data they say was exfiltrated from global ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 01 Apr 2025
‘Please hack me’: ‘Password’ remains the number one weakest password in Australia

‘Please hack me’: ‘Password’ remains the number one weakest password in Australia

Password, 123456, 123456789, and qwerty top the rather disappointing list of the most popular – and most breached – ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 01 Apr 2025
Aussie winners of Rapid7’s global 2025 Partner Of The Year Awards revealed

Aussie winners of Rapid7’s global 2025 Partner Of The Year Awards revealed

Local winners, including Telstra, DGplex, Cythera, CyberRisk and ctrl:cyber, walk away with awards in the fifth year of ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 01 Apr 2025