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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
13cabs may have suffered a major data breach

13cabs may have suffered a major data breach

Major Australian cab service 13cabs has published a notice detailing a potential cyber attack after it discovered ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 01 Apr 2025
Data uploads to generative AI apps surge thirtyfold in just 1 year

Data uploads to generative AI apps surge thirtyfold in just 1 year

Source code, passwords, and intellectual property are all finding their way into GenAI, fuelling a growing risk of data ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 01 Apr 2025
Exclusive: Royal Mail suffers alleged data breach as threat actor claims 144GB stolen

Exclusive: Royal Mail suffers alleged data breach as threat actor claims 144GB stolen

A threat actor has claimed a data breach of the British Royal Mail, the UK’s national postal service.

Daniel Croft Tue, 01 Apr 2025
Exclusive: Contractor Brighton Australia listed on SafePay’s ransomware leak site

Exclusive: Contractor Brighton Australia listed on SafePay’s ransomware leak site

Hackers claim to have stolen more than 160 gigabytes of data from a Sydney-based construction contractor.

David Hollingworth Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Musk buys own company as xAI acquires X

Musk buys own company as xAI acquires X

Elon Musk’s AI firm, xAI has purchased Musk’s social media giant, X (formerly Twitter).

Daniel Croft Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Op-Ed: Paving a pathway to better Australian cyber security preparedness

Op-Ed: Paving a pathway to better Australian cyber security preparedness

Australia’s goal of seeding a zero-trust culture across all organisations can be significantly achieved by focusing on ...

Pieter Danhieux, co-founder and CEO of Secure Code Warrior Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Combating Australia’s cyber crime

Combating Australia’s cyber crime

As cyber crime escalates in scale and sophistication, organisations must remain hyper-vigilant of emerging cyber threats ...

Liam Garman Fri, 28 Mar 2025
Q A: Understanding ‘Signalgate’ with Penten’s Matthew Wilson

Q A: Understanding ‘Signalgate’ with Penten’s Matthew Wilson

While politicians and commentators alike question just how a journalist was added to a confidential military planning ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 28 Mar 2025
The industry speaks: World Backup Day 2025

The industry speaks: World Backup Day 2025

Backups are an essential part of keeping your data secure, but many Australians would still prefer to do almost anything ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 28 Mar 2025