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Exclusive: Australian Seventh-day Adventist ministry data allegedly stolen in cyber attack

Exclusive: Australian Seventh-day Adventist ministry data allegedly stolen in cyber attack

Threat actors claim to have exfiltrated data from the Australian Seventh-day Adventist ministry, Steps To Life.

Daniel Croft Wed, 04 Dec 2024
US authorities admit they don’t know when telcos will be free of Chinese interference

US authorities admit they don’t know when telcos will be free of Chinese interference

The admission follows guidance from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Australian Cyber ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 04 Dec 2024
Exclusive: Australian disability services website defaced by DXPLOIT and other ‘hacktivists’

Exclusive: Australian disability services website defaced by DXPLOIT and other ‘hacktivists’

The threat group appears to have collaborated with a number of other well-known threat actors, including RipperSec and ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 04 Dec 2024
Exclusive: Australian Centre for Heart Health hit by alleged SafePay ransomware attack

Exclusive: Australian Centre for Heart Health hit by alleged SafePay ransomware attack

Ransomware gang SafePay claims hack on a Melbourne-based not-for-profit research institute operating out of the Royal ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 04 Dec 2024
Home Affairs eyes whole-of-government zero trust

Home Affairs eyes whole-of-government zero trust

The Department of Home Affairs outlines the foundations of its whole-of-government zero-trust commitment, as originally ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 04 Dec 2024
Exclusive: Ransomware group KillSec claims hack on Clubfit Software

Exclusive: Ransomware group KillSec claims hack on Clubfit Software

Alleged hack on gym management software provider Clubfit Software could impact gyms across Australia.

David Hollingworth Wed, 04 Dec 2024
Government combats SMS scams with new ID register

Government combats SMS scams with new ID register

The Albanese government is bringing the fight to SMS scammers with a new mandatory register.

Daniel Croft Tue, 03 Dec 2024
Is OpenAI looking to adopt ads on its services?

Is OpenAI looking to adopt ads on its services?

OpenAI is toying with the idea of running ads on its services as part of its for-profit restructure, according to ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 03 Dec 2024
Blue Yonder recovery begins as customers restore operations

Blue Yonder recovery begins as customers restore operations

Blue Yonder has announced that the recovery process has begun following last month’s cyber attack, which crippled a ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 03 Dec 2024
Zello requests users reset passwords as cyber incident speculated

Zello requests users reset passwords as cyber incident speculated

Push-to-talk walkie-talkie app Zello has requested that its users reset their passwords following what appears to be a ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 02 Dec 2024
University of Sydney to allow students to use AI in assessments

University of Sydney to allow students to use AI in assessments

The University of Sydney has announced that it will allow students to use artificial intelligence tools for some ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 02 Dec 2024
600k background checks leaked from publicly accessible database

600k background checks leaked from publicly accessible database

Over 600,000 court records and other sensitive documents have been leaked after an information research provider left a ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 02 Dec 2024
Cyber Wardens releases cyber crime guide to protect small businesses

Cyber Wardens releases cyber crime guide to protect small businesses

COSBOA’s Cyber Wardens program warns businesses to be alert for scams and other cyber crime during the Christmas season

David Hollingworth Fri, 29 Nov 2024
Social media age ban and privacy reforms pass Senate in contentious sitting

Social media age ban and privacy reforms pass Senate in contentious sitting

Labor’s ban on children under 16 accessing social media has passed into law, but many questions remain.

David Hollingworth Fri, 29 Nov 2024
Researchers find 20 vulnerabilities in Advantech Wi-Fi access point

Researchers find 20 vulnerabilities in Advantech Wi-Fi access point

A chain of vulnerabilities could lead to access points being targeted by denial-of-service and man-in-the-middle attacks

David Hollingworth Fri, 29 Nov 2024
Op-Ed: The evolving threat of hacktivism in a digital world

Op-Ed: The evolving threat of hacktivism in a digital world

Hacktivism, the combination of hacking and activism, has emerged as a prominent tactic in cyber warfare and led to ...

Ashwin Ram, Cyber Security Evangelist at Check Point Software Technologies Fri, 29 Nov 2024
380m scraped Facebook records allegedly for sale

380m scraped Facebook records allegedly for sale

A database allegedly containing 380 million records of Facebook users has been listed for sale by a threat actor.

Daniel Croft Thu, 28 Nov 2024
Pakistan national charged over alleged telco scam that raked in more $1m

Pakistan national charged over alleged telco scam that raked in more $1m

The 21-year-old alleged scammer stole the financial details of more than 100 people by pretending to be a telco ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 28 Nov 2024
Aus3C and partners commence work on Voluntary Data Classification Framework

Aus3C and partners commence work on Voluntary Data Classification Framework

The Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre, the CSIRO’s Data61, and the Department of Home Affairs to set up a new ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 28 Nov 2024
Exclusive: Aussie mortgage broker Finsure confirms ‘cyber incident’ impacting customers and brokers

Exclusive: Aussie mortgage broker Finsure confirms ‘cyber incident’ impacting customers and brokers

Finsure has confirmed the incident after “almost 300,000 unique” alleged Finsure emails were added to the data leak ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 27 Nov 2024