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Law Council of Australia calls on government to subsidise small business cyber security

Law Council of Australia calls on government to subsidise small business cyber security

Australia’s top legal body is pleased with the government’s Cyber Security Strategy progress, but it says more can be ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 09 Sep 2025
‘Clear and present’ danger: eSafety updates Online Safety Act to protect children from harmful AI

‘Clear and present’ danger: eSafety updates Online Safety Act to protect children from harmful AI

The Australian eSafety Commissioner has launched world-first new codes to protect children from harmful conversations ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 09 Sep 2025
Dynatrace adds itself to list of companies affected by Salesloft Drift compromise

Dynatrace adds itself to list of companies affected by Salesloft Drift compromise

IT observability firm Dynatrace admits its Salesforce data was compromised as part of a widespread supply chain hack.

David Hollingworth Tue, 09 Sep 2025
Google fined €2.95bn by EU for anti-competitive adtech practices

Google fined €2.95bn by EU for anti-competitive adtech practices

Google has been fined €2.95 billion (roughly A$5.26 billion) by the European Union for anti-competitive advertising ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 09 Sep 2025
18 popular JavaScript code packages hacked to spread malware

18 popular JavaScript code packages hacked to spread malware

Multiple npm packages have been compromised by a phishing attack in an attempt to spread crypto malware to billions of ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 09 Sep 2025
Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack could impact operations until October

Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack could impact operations until October

The cyber attack on British car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) may impact the car manufacturer’s operations until ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 08 Sep 2025
Qualys becomes latest IT security company caught up in Salesloft Drift hacking campaign

Qualys becomes latest IT security company caught up in Salesloft Drift hacking campaign

Qualys joins Zscaler, PagerDuty, Cloudflare, and hundreds more companies whose customer data was compromised by the ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 08 Sep 2025
M S hackers allegedly target pub owned by Jeremy Clarkson

M S hackers allegedly target pub owned by Jeremy Clarkson

The former Top Gear and Grand Tour host said threat actors stole around £27,000.

Daniel Croft Mon, 08 Sep 2025
Op-Ed: More than an HR issue – the business risks of cyber burnout

Op-Ed: More than an HR issue – the business risks of cyber burnout

Once perceived as a nice-to-have, cyber security is now recognised as an important business function.

Aaron Bugal, Field CISO APJ at Sophos Mon, 08 Sep 2025
Aussie university forced to spend big in wake of cyber attacks

Aussie university forced to spend big in wake of cyber attacks

Western Sydney University contractor costs blow out to $53 million following a string of data breaches.

David Hollingworth Mon, 08 Sep 2025
Salesloft Drift hack dates back to a March compromise of the company’s GitHub account

Salesloft Drift hack dates back to a March compromise of the company’s GitHub account

Salesloft and Mandiant continue to investigate the hack that compromised some of the globe’s biggest cyber security ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 08 Sep 2025
OpenAI to create LinkedIn-style hiring platform

OpenAI to create LinkedIn-style hiring platform

OpenAI has launched an AI-powered LinkedIn-style hiring platform that is set to rival the business-oriented social media ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 05 Sep 2025
AI to deliver economic gains and growing pains, RBA predicts

AI to deliver economic gains and growing pains, RBA predicts

The RBA governor has said that AI could deliver sizeable economic benefits, but labour market adjustments could pose ...

Emma Partis Fri, 05 Sep 2025
Electronic Frontiers Australia raises concerns over ChatGPT use in the public service

Electronic Frontiers Australia raises concerns over ChatGPT use in the public service

EFA conjures the spectre of robodebt and says ChatGPT 4.o is still not fit-for-purpose when it comes to government ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 05 Sep 2025
Mystery machine learning: Warner Bros sues Midjourney for theft of Scooby Doo

Mystery machine learning: Warner Bros sues Midjourney for theft of Scooby Doo

AI photo generation company Midjourney is facing a lawsuit from Warner Bros Discovery, which has alleged that the ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 05 Sep 2025
Qantas executives take a hit to bonuses after July cyber attack

Qantas executives take a hit to bonuses after July cyber attack

Qantas has slashed executive bonuses following its data breach earlier this year.

Jake Nelson Fri, 05 Sep 2025
NSW man arrested after allegedly using cryptocurrency to purchase child abuse material

NSW man arrested after allegedly using cryptocurrency to purchase child abuse material

A 21-year-old man has been found with child abuse material and illicit substances after a search warrant was executed as ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 05 Sep 2025
Shadow AI surges in Aussie businesses as 1 in 3 professionals admit to uploading sensitive data

Shadow AI surges in Aussie businesses as 1 in 3 professionals admit to uploading sensitive data

Too many Australian businesses are wildly unprepared to assess AI risks and lack critical visibility into how AI is ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 05 Sep 2025
Google forced to share search data with AI rivals, dodges Chrome sale

Google forced to share search data with AI rivals, dodges Chrome sale

An antitrust ruling against Google is set to benefit the company’s AI rivals, after the search giant was forced to share ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 04 Sep 2025
New NSW government Office for AI will oversee public sector AI rollouts

New NSW government Office for AI will oversee public sector AI rollouts

A new Office for AI is being formally established by the NSW government as a state-dedicated AI agency that will review ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 04 Sep 2025