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Hoteliers beware! Scams targeting Booking.com on the rise ahead of Easter

Hoteliers beware! Scams targeting Booking.com on the rise ahead of Easter

Hotel owners are being targeted by scammers using fake reviews to trick them into responding and compromising their ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 14 Mar 2025
Spend NBN upgrade money on Starlink, argues Musk

Spend NBN upgrade money on Starlink, argues Musk

Elon Musk has appeared to criticise the federal government’s decision to invest another $3 billion in NBN.

Adam Thorn Fri, 14 Mar 2025
TP-Link vulnerability leveraged by botnet targeting Australian organisations

TP-Link vulnerability leveraged by botnet targeting Australian organisations

A botnet taking advantage of a vulnerability in TP-Link Archer routers is being used to target manufacturing, ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 14 Mar 2025
Brydens Lawyers suffers alleged 600GB data breach following ransomware attack

Brydens Lawyers suffers alleged 600GB data breach following ransomware attack

Prominent Sydney law firm Brydens Lawyers reveals a serious cyber incident in the wake of a February intrusion into its ...

David Hollingworth and Daniel Croft Thu, 13 Mar 2025
New Zealand’s Q4 2024 Cyber Security Insights report shows mixed results

New Zealand’s Q4 2024 Cyber Security Insights report shows mixed results

Reported cyber incidents were down in the last quarter of 2024, but direct financial losses rose by 24 per cent, as ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 13 Mar 2025
Australian authorities found making duplicate information requests to network providers

Australian authorities found making duplicate information requests to network providers

Cloud and network service providers are receiving duplicate technical requests from Australian law enforcement and other ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 13 Mar 2025
CISA says 300 critical infrastructure organisations hit by Medusa ransomware

CISA says 300 critical infrastructure organisations hit by Medusa ransomware

The Medusa ransomware operation has been turning critical infrastructure operations to stone, having impacted over 300 ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 13 Mar 2025
CrowdStrike announces Dicker Data distribution agreement

CrowdStrike announces Dicker Data distribution agreement

Cyber security firm and Australian IT distributor join forces to bring CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform to more Australian ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 13 Mar 2025
FIIG Securities sued by ASIC over ‘systemic and prolonged’ cyber security failures

FIIG Securities sued by ASIC over ‘systemic and prolonged’ cyber security failures

The financial regulator will pursue Australian investment firm FIIG Securities over a 2023 data breach linked to the ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 13 Mar 2025
Exclusive: Aussie laboratory supplier CI Scientific listed by Lynx ransomware

Exclusive: Aussie laboratory supplier CI Scientific listed by Lynx ransomware

The hackers claim to have stolen 81 gigabytes of data, including information related to human resources at the ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 13 Mar 2025
Threat actor claims 700 files leaked from Jaguar Land Rover

Threat actor claims 700 files leaked from Jaguar Land Rover

A threat actor has claimed to have leaked hundreds of files of confidential data from car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover

Daniel Croft Thu, 13 Mar 2025
Op-Ed: AI and cyber security – the double-edged sword

Op-Ed: AI and cyber security – the double-edged sword

AI is transforming cyber security, offering organisations powerful new tools to strengthen their defences.

Dr Mamello Thinyane, Optus Chair of Cybersecurity and Data Wed, 12 Mar 2025
Exclusive: Hackers claim cyber attack on Trump winery, golf courses

Exclusive: Hackers claim cyber attack on Trump winery, golf courses

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on two businesses owned by US President Donald Trump, allegedly bringing down ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 12 Mar 2025
Exclusive: Kiwi insurance broker confirms it is investigating a ransomware attack

Exclusive: Kiwi insurance broker confirms it is investigating a ransomware attack

DragonForce claims hack of Morrinsville/Matamata-based broker Vercoe, more than 60 gigabytes allegedly stolen.

David Hollingworth Wed, 12 Mar 2025
Unsecured X servers led to DDoS outage, say security researchers

Unsecured X servers led to DDoS outage, say security researchers

Security researchers are speculating that the X (formerly Twitter) outage that affected users around the world this week ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 12 Mar 2025
Australian TFE Hotels group admits cyber attack recovery an ongoing process

Australian TFE Hotels group admits cyber attack recovery an ongoing process

Hotel staff have been forced to manually assist guests, while phone lines have been diverted.

David Hollingworth Wed, 12 Mar 2025
Op-Ed: March Patch Tuesday reveals 57 vulnerabilities

Op-Ed: March Patch Tuesday reveals 57 vulnerabilities

Up to six of Patch Tuesday’s vulnerabilities may already being exploited in the wild.

Adam Barnett, Lead Software Engineer at Rapid7 Wed, 12 Mar 2025
Taiwan launches FoxBrain AI as it looks to compete with US, China

Taiwan launches FoxBrain AI as it looks to compete with US, China

The AI market has expanded once more, with Taiwanese company Foxconn announcing the launch of its first large language ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 11 Mar 2025
Aussies urged to watch for scams in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred

Aussies urged to watch for scams in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred

ANZ’s head of customer protection warns that scammers could take advantage of the natural disaster to make a quick buck

David Hollingworth Tue, 11 Mar 2025
Navigating the future of cyber security

Navigating the future of cyber security

Artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, and autonomous systems are redefining the cyber security landscape, ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 11 Mar 2025