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NSW healthcare provider JewishCare suffers comprehensive data breach

NSW healthcare provider JewishCare suffers comprehensive data breach

JewishCare NSW, a healthcare provider for those in the Australian Jewish community, has disclosed a major data breach.

Daniel Croft Thu, 14 Nov 2024
ASD’s ACSC releases joint advisory detailing most regularly exploited vulnerabilities

ASD’s ACSC releases joint advisory detailing most regularly exploited vulnerabilities

Zero-day exploits were the most commonly used by threat actors to compromise organisations, with a sharp rise in their ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 14 Nov 2024
Latest MOVEit leaks in response to city of Columbus suing researcher

Latest MOVEit leaks in response to city of Columbus suing researcher

The threat actor behind the most recent MOVEit data leaks has revealed that it has done so in response to companies ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 14 Nov 2024
CommBank reveals new anti-scam protections

CommBank reveals new anti-scam protections

The Commonwealth Bank has announced three security features for digital wallets, first-time payments, and cardless ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 14 Nov 2024
540m allegedly scraped Instagram records appear for sale online

540m allegedly scraped Instagram records appear for sale online

About 540 million records containing Instagram user data from all over the world have been listed for sale online.

Daniel Croft Thu, 14 Nov 2024
Social media companies to assume duty of care for users’ safety under new laws

Social media companies to assume duty of care for users’ safety under new laws

A new Labor government proposal announced overnight will require social media platforms to be responsible for their ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 14 Nov 2024
Volt Typhoon resurrects KV botnet following FBI takedown

Volt Typhoon resurrects KV botnet following FBI takedown

Chinese state-sponsored hackers Volt Typhoon has begun rebuilding its botnet after the FBI launched a takedown operation ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 13 Nov 2024
US calls on Russia to rein in ransomware operators

US calls on Russia to rein in ransomware operators

The United States’ deputy national security adviser has called out Russia over its tacit support of ransomware gangs as ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 13 Nov 2024
RBA, Home Affairs sign MOU to bolster SOCI

RBA, Home Affairs sign MOU to bolster SOCI

The first memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the security of critical infrastructure (SOCI) has been signed by the ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 13 Nov 2024
Can Australia’s social media ban protect young children? Or is it a mistake in the making?

Can Australia’s social media ban protect young children? Or is it a mistake in the making?

While some are for it, others feel it may do more harm than good – and that’s assuming it’s even practicable in the ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 13 Nov 2024
November Patch Tuesday reveals 90 vulnerabilities

November Patch Tuesday reveals 90 vulnerabilities

Vulnerabilities revealed in Windows Task Scheduler, Active Directory Certificate Services, and Exchange.

Adam Barnett, Lead Software Engineer, Rapid7 Wed, 13 Nov 2024
Exclusive: Followmont Transport confirms ‘unauthorised access to our systems’

Exclusive: Followmont Transport confirms ‘unauthorised access to our systems’

Ransomware gang Akira claims breach of Queensland-based transport company, saying it has employee IDs and financial data

David Hollingworth Wed, 13 Nov 2024
Australian Cyber Awards opens submissions for 2025

Australian Cyber Awards opens submissions for 2025

Nominations and submissions are now open for the annual Australian Cyber Awards 2025.

David Hollingworth Tue, 12 Nov 2024
Nearly 40% of Aussie kids aged between 16 and 18 use ChatGPT

Nearly 40% of Aussie kids aged between 16 and 18 use ChatGPT

Australian children as young as seven access OpenAI’s chatbot despite the company saying its app “is not meant for ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 12 Nov 2024
MOVEit vulnerability sees Amazon, McDonald’s, HSBC, and more employee data leaked

MOVEit vulnerability sees Amazon, McDonald’s, HSBC, and more employee data leaked

A threat actor has leaked the data of a number of major companies online that are believed to have been hit in the ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 12 Nov 2024
US oilfield service provider disrupted by ransomware attack

US oilfield service provider disrupted by ransomware attack

A major Texas-based oilfield supplier has suffered disruptions after it was hit by a ransomware attack.

Daniel Croft Mon, 11 Nov 2024
Threat actor says ‘thousands’ of Call of Duty players banned after abusing anti-cheat flaw

Threat actor says ‘thousands’ of Call of Duty players banned after abusing anti-cheat flaw

A threat actor has claimed to have banned thousands of Call of Duty players through a flaw in the game’s anti-cheat ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 11 Nov 2024
Exclusive: Anti-Israel hacker claims hack on Ministry of National Security, posts settler IDs online

Exclusive: Anti-Israel hacker claims hack on Ministry of National Security, posts settler IDs online

Threat actor Radwan Cyber Pal has published firearms licence documents and photo IDs on Telegram belonging to 5,000 ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 11 Nov 2024
How the new cyber laws will impact businesses

How the new cyber laws will impact businesses

Cyber Security Minister Tony Burke recently proposed new legislation that would result in the country’s first standalone ...

Kace O'Neill Mon, 11 Nov 2024
7% of ANZ banking code over last 6 months is AI-generated

7% of ANZ banking code over last 6 months is AI-generated

ANZ banking has revealed that over 7 per cent of the code it has written over the last six months has been AI-generated

Daniel Croft Mon, 11 Nov 2024