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A 58-year-old man from NSW’s South Coast has been charged with allegedly producing AI-generated child abuse material
David Hollingworth • Thu, 14 Aug 2025
CBA partners with OpenAI for AI banking and anti-scam services
Australia’s largest bank, Commonwealth Bank (CBA), has partnered with the world’s most well-known AI firm, OpenAI, ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 14 Aug 2025
OpenAI’s GPT-5 tricked into providing instructions to make incendiary device within 24 hours
All it took security researchers was four prompts, and the supposedly more secure chatbot was jailbroken.
Exclusive: Aussie sustainable energy giant denies ransomware claims
Global company EDL has detected no evidence of compromise after being listed by the Sinobi ransomware group.
Report: Cyber crime still rampant, but incidents drop overall in 2024
The Australian Institute of Criminology has published its second Cybercrime in Australia report, and the results are ...
August Patch Tuesday: Microsoft addressing 111 vulnerabilities
Microsoft is addressing 111 vulnerabilities this August 2025 Patch Tuesday, a volume that is around the recent average
Adam Barnett, lead software engineer at Rapid7 • Thu, 14 Aug 2025
Exclusive: Hollywood A-listers impacted by Venice Biennale cyber attack
Actors, artists, and media have been impacted by the INC Ransom ransomware attack on a major arts festival.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 13 Aug 2025
ShinyHunters forms hacking supergroup with Scattered Spider, teases major leaks
Notorious hacking group ShinyHunters has confirmed that it is working with infamous hacking collective Scattered Spider, ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 13 Aug 2025
Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett slams Productivity Commission for AI copyright theft proposals
Former environment minister and Midnight Oil frontman Peter Garrett has spoken out against recommendations made by the ...
SETI Hackathon drives innovation at California’s Allen Telescope Array
The SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array (ATA) in northern California has hosted a three-day international “hackathon” ...
Stephen Kuper • Wed, 13 Aug 2025
Special report: What makes initial access brokers tick?
Initial access brokers are the elite of the hacking world, compromising systems and then selling access to anyone who ...
Australian man under house arrest ordered to send hourly selfies
An NSW man is facing strange bail conditions that require him to send a selfie to NSW Police every hour of the day.
Daniel Croft • Tue, 12 Aug 2025
Marks & Spencer restores click and collect 4 months after cyber attack
UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has finally restored its click and collect service after facing a major cyber ...
Google’s Salesforce instance hit in ShinyHunters cyber attack
Google has confirmed that threat actors successfully breached its corporate Salesforce database and that company data ...
Genea data breach under investigation by class action law firm
Major Australian IVF provider Genea is currently under investigation by leading class action law firm Phi Finney ...
Daniel Croft • Mon, 11 Aug 2025
Major supplier of military and commercial aircraft allegedly hit by Play ransomware
Threat actors have claimed a ransomware attack on a major supplier for the US Navy, Northrop Grumman, Boeing and more, ...
Exclusive: World Leaks ransomware gang claims hack of defence contractor L3Harris
A company in the running to help build the United States’ Golden Dome missile defence system has been impacted by an ...
David Hollingworth • Mon, 11 Aug 2025
WA university forces students to change passcodes following cyber attack
The University of Western Australia (UWA) has forced its students and staff to change their passwords after suffering a ...
Exclusive: Magellan Financial Group investigating ransomware claims
The D4RK4RMY ransomware group claims to have stolen 85 gigabytes of data from a Sydney-based investment firm.
Exclusive: Belmont Christian College investigating ransomware claims
Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on a NSW Christian school, claiming to have exfiltrated student and employee ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 08 Aug 2025