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Threat actors claim to have exfiltrated data from the Australian Seventh-day Adventist ministry, Steps To Life.
Daniel Croft • Wed, 04 Dec 2024
US authorities admit they don’t know when telcos will be free of Chinese interference
The admission follows guidance from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Australian Cyber ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 04 Dec 2024
Exclusive: Australian disability services website defaced by DXPLOIT and other ‘hacktivists’
The threat group appears to have collaborated with a number of other well-known threat actors, including RipperSec and ...
Exclusive: Australian Centre for Heart Health hit by alleged SafePay ransomware attack
Ransomware gang SafePay claims hack on a Melbourne-based not-for-profit research institute operating out of the Royal ...
Home Affairs eyes whole-of-government zero trust
The Department of Home Affairs outlines the foundations of its whole-of-government zero-trust commitment, as originally ...
Exclusive: Ransomware group KillSec claims hack on Clubfit Software
Alleged hack on gym management software provider Clubfit Software could impact gyms across Australia.
Government combats SMS scams with new ID register
The Albanese government is bringing the fight to SMS scammers with a new mandatory register.
Daniel Croft • Tue, 03 Dec 2024
Is OpenAI looking to adopt ads on its services?
OpenAI is toying with the idea of running ads on its services as part of its for-profit restructure, according to ...
Blue Yonder recovery begins as customers restore operations
Blue Yonder has announced that the recovery process has begun following last month’s cyber attack, which crippled a ...
Zello requests users reset passwords as cyber incident speculated
Push-to-talk walkie-talkie app Zello has requested that its users reset their passwords following what appears to be a ...
Daniel Croft • Mon, 02 Dec 2024
University of Sydney to allow students to use AI in assessments
The University of Sydney has announced that it will allow students to use artificial intelligence tools for some ...
600k background checks leaked from publicly accessible database
Over 600,000 court records and other sensitive documents have been leaked after an information research provider left a ...
Cyber Wardens releases cyber crime guide to protect small businesses
COSBOA’s Cyber Wardens program warns businesses to be alert for scams and other cyber crime during the Christmas season
David Hollingworth • Fri, 29 Nov 2024
Social media age ban and privacy reforms pass Senate in contentious sitting
Labor’s ban on children under 16 accessing social media has passed into law, but many questions remain.
Researchers find 20 vulnerabilities in Advantech Wi-Fi access point
A chain of vulnerabilities could lead to access points being targeted by denial-of-service and man-in-the-middle attacks
Op-Ed: The evolving threat of hacktivism in a digital world
Hacktivism, the combination of hacking and activism, has emerged as a prominent tactic in cyber warfare and led to ...
Ashwin Ram, Cyber Security Evangelist at Check Point Software Technologies • Fri, 29 Nov 2024
380m scraped Facebook records allegedly for sale
A database allegedly containing 380 million records of Facebook users has been listed for sale by a threat actor.
Daniel Croft • Thu, 28 Nov 2024
Pakistan national charged over alleged telco scam that raked in more $1m
The 21-year-old alleged scammer stole the financial details of more than 100 people by pretending to be a telco ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 28 Nov 2024
Aus3C and partners commence work on Voluntary Data Classification Framework
The Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre, the CSIRO’s Data61, and the Department of Home Affairs to set up a new ...
Exclusive: Aussie mortgage broker Finsure confirms ‘cyber incident’ impacting customers and brokers
Finsure has confirmed the incident after “almost 300,000 unique” alleged Finsure emails were added to the data leak ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 27 Nov 2024