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AI’s true blue: Aussie AI could be skulling 25% of Sydney’s drinking water by 2035

AI’s true blue: Aussie AI could be skulling 25% of Sydney’s drinking water by 2035

AI data centres could be running our water reserves dry in a matter of years, with Australia’s largest water utility ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 28 Aug 2025
OpenAI to open first Australian office in Sydney

OpenAI to open first Australian office in Sydney

OpenAI is making its first move Down Under, with the announcement of its first Australian office to be established this ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 28 Aug 2025
Aussie cyber agency joins global partners to warn of Chinese hackers targeting Australian critical infrastructure

Aussie cyber agency joins global partners to warn of Chinese hackers targeting Australian critical infrastructure

State-sponsored Chinese threat actors have been observed targeting government and military networks in Australia and ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 28 Aug 2025
CrowdStrike to buy Onum to power real-time SIEM data

CrowdStrike to buy Onum to power real-time SIEM data

The acquisition is set to eliminate data migration bottlenecks and boost the Falcon platform with faster, AI-driven ...

Reporter Thu, 28 Aug 2025
Exclusive: Dire Wolf claims ransomware attack on WineWorks Australia

Exclusive: Dire Wolf claims ransomware attack on WineWorks Australia

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on a South Australian wine freight and logistics firm, claiming to have stolen ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Exclusive: South Australian barristers' chambers listed on Lynx ransomware’s leak site

Exclusive: South Australian barristers' chambers listed on Lynx ransomware’s leak site

Hackers are claiming to have breached the network of Adelaide-based Hanson Chambers, with correspondence and court ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 27 Aug 2025
OpenAI and Altman sued after ChatGPT assisted teen with suicide

OpenAI and Altman sued after ChatGPT assisted teen with suicide

OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman are facing a lawsuit after its ChatGPT generative AI chatbot assisted a young teen in ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 27 Aug 2025
CyberArk and Optiv deepen partnership

CyberArk and Optiv deepen partnership

Optiv has fast-tracked 2,500 staff onto CyberArk’s identity security platform as firms double down on identity-first ...

Reporter Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Opportunistic Iranian cyber attacks targeting Australia possible, Google warns

Opportunistic Iranian cyber attacks targeting Australia possible, Google warns

Google expert assesses a “heightened likelihood” of Iranian hacktivists targeting Australian organisations in the wake ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Patch now! Citrix addresses latest NetScaler zero-day, exploitation underway

Patch now! Citrix addresses latest NetScaler zero-day, exploitation underway

Citrix has advised its customers of multiple vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway appliances, ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 27 Aug 2025
UK drops plans for Apple encryption backdoor following US pressure

UK drops plans for Apple encryption backdoor following US pressure

The UK government has backed down on its plans to introduce an encryption backdoor in Apple’s cloud storage, after ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 26 Aug 2025
Employees of Aussie small businesses now have right to disconnect

Employees of Aussie small businesses now have right to disconnect

The Australian Fair Work Ombudsman says it’s time for employers and workers at small businesses to “have conversations ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 26 Aug 2025
Hacker help wanted: Darknet recruitment posts surge

Hacker help wanted: Darknet recruitment posts surge

Cyber criminals are looking for English-speaking hackers skilled at social engineering, as recruitment ads appear to ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 26 Aug 2025
Musk’s xAI sues OpenAI and Apple over anti-competitive partnership

Musk’s xAI sues OpenAI and Apple over anti-competitive partnership

Apple and OpenAI are both facing a lawsuit from Elon Musk’s xAI, which alleges that the two companies are working ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 26 Aug 2025
Split and nested QR codes key to newly observed phishing tactics

Split and nested QR codes key to newly observed phishing tactics

Scammers are using a pair of novel tactics to help avoid detection when deploying quishing – QR phishing – campaigns.

David Hollingworth Tue, 26 Aug 2025
US FTC warns tech companies against lowering encryption at foreign government request

US FTC warns tech companies against lowering encryption at foreign government request

The US Federal Trade Commission has warned tech companies against lowering their encryption levels at the request of ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 25 Aug 2025
Exclusive: Wyong Rugby League Club listed by Qilin ransomware gang

Exclusive: Wyong Rugby League Club listed by Qilin ransomware gang

Hackers claim to have compromised the personal and financial information of club members and employees.

David Hollingworth Mon, 25 Aug 2025
370k Grok AI chats leaked after being indexed on Google

370k Grok AI chats leaked after being indexed on Google

Hundreds of thousands of private conversations with xAI’s Grok chatbot have been made publicly accessible after they ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 25 Aug 2025
In depth: Understanding Chinese hacking group Murky Panda

In depth: Understanding Chinese hacking group Murky Panda

Analysts at CrowdStrike have been monitoring PRC-backed hackers targeting private and public sector entities in the ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 25 Aug 2025
More than a thousand cyber criminals arrested in Interpol-led law enforcement operation

More than a thousand cyber criminals arrested in Interpol-led law enforcement operation

Hackers and scammers from 18 African nations have been targeted and almost US$100 million recovered in a multi-agency ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 25 Aug 2025