Cyber Daily News
Identity verification firm Incode signs up for social media age assurance trial
US firm joins Australia’s Age Assurance Technology Trial to help build “trust and security in the digital world”.
Apple’s UK backdoor legal battle should be made public, say US lawmakers
US lawmakers are urging the UK government to publicly hold the hearing between itself and Apple regarding a British ...
Aussie university develops ‘revolutionary approach’ to stopping ransomware attacks
Charles Sturt University lecturer project could serve as the “last line of defence” against growing ransomware attacks
Exclusive: Threat actor advertises over 3m Honda records for sale
A threat actor claims to have exfiltrated over 3 million records from Japanese car manufacturing giant Honda.
archTIS completes acquisition of workflow specialists Direktiv
Australian data security firm acquires technology assets, employees and customers, with founders appointed to key ...
DARPA commits to a new partnership to improve deepfake protection
The Digital Safety Research Institute will work with the US defence research agency to advance deepfake detection and ...
Google outlines online age assurance proposal
The search giant says its legislative framework to protect children online is a better choice than Meta’s.
Over 200k myGov users ditch passwords for passkeys
Following the rollout of a new authentication method, over 200,000 myGov users have switched from passwords to passkeys
Exclusive: Threat actor falsely claims new DOGE data breach
A threat actor has falsely claimed a cyber attack against the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after it ...
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 ...
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.
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
CrowdStrike announces Dicker Data distribution agreement
Cyber security firm and Australian IT distributor join forces to bring CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform to more Australian ...
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 ...
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 ...
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