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New data from CrowdStrike paints a picture of a rapidly changing cyber security threat landscape as hackers get faster ...
David Hollingworth • Tue, 27 Feb 2024
ThyssenKrupp halts operations after automotive division hit by cyber attack
One of the largest steel manufacturers in the world has shut down some of its IT systems after a cyber attack breached ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 27 Feb 2024
Russian hackers are increasingly adapting to cloud computing
Hackers with Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service are following their targets into the cloud, according to a raft of ...
3 Sydney men arrested over alleged SMS phishing operation
Cyber crime squad detectives find multiple SIM boxes, SIM cards, and “identity information” after investigating an ...
Ransom wars: Return of the LockBit
The world’s most prolific ransomware group, LockBit, is back after being taken down by the world’s leading law ...
Daniel Croft • Mon, 26 Feb 2024
Kadac data leaked on BreachForums in strange post providing analysis
A threat actor has posted what they claim to be the data of Kadac Australia after the company suffered a ransomware ...
Avast fined US$16.5m by US Federal Trade Commission for selling user data
Antivirus firm Avast promised to protect customers from online tracking – then tracked their data and sold it anyway
David Hollingworth • Mon, 26 Feb 2024
Government appoints Michelle McGuinness as cyber security coordinator
Months after the last one was recalled, the Australian government has appointed a new national cyber security ...
ACSC releases critical alert concerning ConnectWise’s ScreenConnect
The Australian Cyber Security Centre says patch now to avoid active exploitation of path traversal and authentication ...
Australian Cyber Security Summit 2024 launches
Following the success of its first summit last year, we are pleased to announce that the Australian Cyber Security ...
Malavika Santhebennur • Mon, 26 Feb 2024
LockBit developing 4.0 encryptor at time of global takedown
Developers for the now crippled LockBit ransomware group were reportedly developing a secret new encryptor that would ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 23 Feb 2024
AT&T outage sparks FBI cyber attack investigation
The US’ largest telco, AT&T, has suffered a major network outage, sparking concerns that a cyber attack may be the ...
Op-Ed: LockBit is gone, but what does that actually mean?
Is this a mighty blow against cyber crime, or just a glancing blow? Taking out LockBit should be celebrated, but it’s ...
David Hollingworth • Fri, 23 Feb 2024
ACSC releases critical alert over Progress Kemp LoadMaster vulnerability
A newly disclosed bug in Progress Kemp’s application delivery platform could allow the execution of unauthenticated ...
Medibank fails to block investigation into data hack
The Federal Court has dismissed Medibank’s attempts to shut down an investigation into the October 2022 data hack.
Naomi Neilson • Thu, 22 Feb 2024
Home Affairs cyber secretary reportedly owns over 100k CyberCX shares
A key Department of Home Affairs cyber security secretary and former government cyber adviser is currently under ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 22 Feb 2024
Bad vibes only as sex toy tries to infect PC with malware
A new vector of malware infection proves that you really do need to clean your toys before use.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 22 Feb 2024
Medibank continues to count the cost of 2022 cyber attack
The health insurer releases half-year financial results as its 2022 data breach continues to loom large.
54m affected in Russian website builder data leak
Users of a Russian website builder have had their data leaked after the organisation left a database publicly accessible
Apple’s iMessage gets post-quantum end-to-end encryption
The iPhone maker talks up state-of-the-art “compromise-resilient encryption” with a new iMessage update.
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