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$100k near miss: Aussie home buyer caught up in solicitor scam scare
A home buyer has narrowly avoided losing $100,000 to a scammer impersonating his solicitor, with a bank worker acting ...
Aussie companies warned: Beware North Koreans bearing fake résumés
North Korean operatives are seeking jobs with Australian businesses “under false pretences” to fund the rogue nation’s ...
Scammers now imitate hold music and more in evolving tactics, says AFP, CBA
Australians are being targeted by evolving and changing scam techniques used to steal crypto and cash, according to a ...
Social media giants face eSafety investigation over age ban compliance issues
Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube all fall foul of the eSafety Commissioner’s first Social Media ...
Lloyds Bank exposes data of almost 450k customers
British big four bank Lloyds has paid compensation to almost half a million of its customers after an IT glitch led to ...
The industry speaks: World Backup Day 2026
Backing up your essential data, whether it’s important business information or precious memories, is the best way to ...
Research: Middle East conflict drives 130% surge in cyber attacks
Conflict with Iran is driving a sharp rise in malicious cyber activity involving phishing and malware campaigns, ...
Scams cost Australians over $2bn in 2025, says ACCC
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has said that losses due to scams have exceeded $2 billion ...
Australians, be warned: Terrorist groups are posing as charities to collect your dollars
The AFP-led Joint Threat Financing Group has issued a stark warning: terrorist organisations are exploiting our goodwill ...
Warning: CISA, experts concerned over active exploitation of 6-month-old F5 BIG-IP APM vulnerability
Hackers are finally targeting CVE-2025-53521, an F5 BIG-IP vulnerability that can lead to remote code execution.
Alert: Stealthy Chinese ‘sleeper cells’ embedding into APAC telco networks, experts warn
China-nexus threat actor Red Menshen is establishing stealthy access to telecommunications backbones around the world, ...
Exclusive: Lockheed Martin responds to Iran-linked hackers’ 48-hour ultimatum to staff
“We now possess the complete data of 28 senior American engineers,” hackers say, threatening to turn their homes into ...
Justice: UK authorities target scam centres and illicit marketplaces in south-east Asia
Cryptocurrency and data market Xinbi and “Cambodia’s largest scam compound” hit by UK sanctions.
Aussie telco consumer code to be replaced in favour of ‘stronger protections’
The ACMA will be determining a tougher replacement for the old industry-developed Telecommunications Consumer ...
Cyber security firm Rapid7 acquires Kenzo Security
The acquisition brings AI capabilities into the Command Platform as Rapid7 pushes beyond assisted workflows.
Justice: Russian hackers arrested, jailed by Russian and US authorities
Hackers cop jail time and handcuffs in relation to separate incidents involving a popular hacking forum and operating a ...
Banking budgets under strain as AI and legacy systems compete for investment
Banks and financial institutions are being forced to make tough budget decisions as technology and digital ...
Expert insight: Why the LiteLLM code supply chain hack is a symptom of too much trust
A popular Python library has been compromised and used to spread credential-harvesting malware. Here’s what impacted ...
Government proposes 5 changes to SOCI Act in overhaul of ministerial directions powers
A newly released consultation paper suggests “targeted reforms” such as disclosure delays and restrictions on “high-risk ...
CrowdStrike launches AgentWorks ecosystem to power ‘agentic’ cyber security operations
The new Charlotte AI platform enables organisations and partners to build and scale custom security agents using no-code ...