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Exclusive: WA firm Road Distribution Services hit by Sarcoma ransomware

Exclusive: WA firm Road Distribution Services hit by Sarcoma ransomware

West Australian transport and logistics company loses commercial and personal data to ransomware attack.

David Hollingworth Mon, 14 Oct 2024
State-of-the-art digital and cyber forensics facility to be built in NSW

State-of-the-art digital and cyber forensics facility to be built in NSW

CBIT Digital Forensics Services will establish the facility at the South Jerrabomberra Regional Jobs Precinct.

David Hollingworth Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Industry responds to Australia’s Cyber Security Act

Industry responds to Australia’s Cyber Security Act

Following lessons learnt from the 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy, the government is currently deliberating ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 11 Oct 2024
77,000 customers exposed in Fidelity Investments data breach

77,000 customers exposed in Fidelity Investments data breach

One of the world’s largest asset management firms has revealed that the data of over 77,000 of its customers was exposed ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Hotel chain Marriott agrees to US$52m settlement over data breaches impacting 344m

Hotel chain Marriott agrees to US$52m settlement over data breaches impacting 344m

Marriott and its Starwood subsidiary have also agreed to improve their information security after data security failures

David Hollingworth Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Exclusive: New Zealand accounting firm confirms Sarcoma ransomware attack

Exclusive: New Zealand accounting firm confirms Sarcoma ransomware attack

Advanced Accounting has fallen victim to the Sarcoma ransomware gang, as passports, driver’s licences and more are ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Casio cyber attack claimed by Russian cyber crime gang ‘Underground’

Casio cyber attack claimed by Russian cyber crime gang ‘Underground’

Russian cyber criminals have claimed the cyber attack on Japanese technology multinational company Casio.

Daniel Croft Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Casio discloses data breach a year after previous cyber attack

Casio discloses data breach a year after previous cyber attack

Japanese computing and electronics multinational company Casio has disclosed that it has suffered from a cyber attack, ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 10 Oct 2024
Exclusive: Aussie fresh produce company Perfection Fresh confirms ransomware attack

Exclusive: Aussie fresh produce company Perfection Fresh confirms ransomware attack

The Sarcoma ransomware gang claims another Australian scalp with internal and confidential documents already published ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 10 Oct 2024
CISA warns of hurricane relief scams as Helene passes and Milton follows

CISA warns of hurricane relief scams as Helene passes and Milton follows

Threat actors and scammers are expected to take advantage of those affected by the massive destruction brought by ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 10 Oct 2024
Russia blocks access to Discord as experts call it an attack on free speech

Russia blocks access to Discord as experts call it an attack on free speech

Russia’s censorship agency has blocked the nation’s access to Discord, resulting in uproar from Russia’s citizens who ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 10 Oct 2024
Exclusive: The Plastic Bag Company falls victim to Sarcoma ransomware attack

Exclusive: The Plastic Bag Company falls victim to Sarcoma ransomware attack

Sydney-based bag manufacturer The Plastic Bag Company suffered a data breach as passports and tax details were published ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 10 Oct 2024
Internet Archive down, claims ‘catastrophic’ data breach impacting 31m

Internet Archive down, claims ‘catastrophic’ data breach impacting 31m

The non-profit digital library responsible for the popular Wayback Machine web archive has been under a distributed ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 10 Oct 2024
Happy Birthday, Russian President: Russian state media hacked on Putin’s birthday

Happy Birthday, Russian President: Russian state media hacked on Putin’s birthday

Ukraine claims to be behind a cyber attack on Russia’s state media company, just in time for Russian President Vladimir ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 09 Oct 2024
ADT suffers second data breach after hackers use stolen credentials

ADT suffers second data breach after hackers use stolen credentials

Home and small business security provider ADT has disclosed that it suffered a second cyber attack in as many months.

Daniel Croft Wed, 09 Oct 2024
Australia’s first standalone Cyber Security Act to make ransom payment reporting mandatory

Australia’s first standalone Cyber Security Act to make ransom payment reporting mandatory

Australia is set to enable mandatory reporting of ransom payments and new standards for smart devices with new ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 09 Oct 2024
Exclusive: West Australian aged-care provider hit by alleged LockBit ransomware attack

Exclusive: West Australian aged-care provider hit by alleged LockBit ransomware attack

Kingsley-based TPG Aged Care has been listed as a victim on LockBit’s leak site, and several internal documents with ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 09 Oct 2024
Patch Tuesday round-up, October 2024

Patch Tuesday round-up, October 2024

October’s Patch Tuesday reveals 118 vulnerabilities, including multiple instances of in-the-wild exploitation, while ...

Adam Barnett, Lead Software Engineer at Rapid7 Wed, 09 Oct 2024
New not-for-profit Australian Cyber Network launches

New not-for-profit Australian Cyber Network launches

The ACN aims to be “a voice for industry, by industry” in the cyber security sector. We talk to its CEO and chair about ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 08 Oct 2024
Qantas customer passports at risk following frequent flyer cyber theft

Qantas customer passports at risk following frequent flyer cyber theft

Qantas has revealed that the passports of at least almost a thousand customers may have been accessed after two ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 08 Oct 2024