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Ukrainian national pleads guilty to running Raccoon Infostealer malware operation

Ukrainian national pleads guilty to running Raccoon Infostealer malware operation

Mark Sokolovsky pleaded guilty in a US court this week following his arrest by Dutch authorities in 2022.

David Hollingworth Tue, 08 Oct 2024
American Water disables systems following cyber attack

American Water disables systems following cyber attack

Major US water and wastewater company American Water has revealed that it had shut down a number of its systems ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 08 Oct 2024
AFP continues to work with Thai counterparts to fight scams, organised crime

AFP continues to work with Thai counterparts to fight scams, organised crime

Sharing digital forensics skills and experience is a key part of the 30-year-old law enforcement partnership.

David Hollingworth Tue, 08 Oct 2024
AUSCERT announces tabletop incident response exercise

AUSCERT announces tabletop incident response exercise

The new Tabletop Exercise Service aims to provide businesses with the “muscle memory” to handle cyber security incidents

David Hollingworth Tue, 08 Oct 2024
Data of every Dutch police officer compromised in suspected state-sponsored cyber attack

Data of every Dutch police officer compromised in suspected state-sponsored cyber attack

The Dutch National Police has disclosed a cyber attack that has compromised the data of all police officers, with ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 08 Oct 2024
NSW government launches Digital Strategy roadmap

NSW government launches Digital Strategy roadmap

The new roadmap tracks five key missions: accessibility, productivity, trust, resilience, and digital skills.

David Hollingworth Fri, 04 Oct 2024
Cyber security remains a top focus for Australian businesses, but budgets are a challenge

Cyber security remains a top focus for Australian businesses, but budgets are a challenge

Datacom’s 5th Annual Cloud Report reveals that a lack of money is standing in the way of cyber security uplift.

David Hollingworth Fri, 04 Oct 2024
Outlast developer says production slowed by cyber attack, 1.8TB reportedly stolen

Outlast developer says production slowed by cyber attack, 1.8TB reportedly stolen

The developers behind the Outlast video game series have revealed that they suffered a cyber attack and that data was ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 04 Oct 2024
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager

Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager

Ivanti has updated a May 2024 security advisory, warning that an “unrestricted file upload vulnerability” has been ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 04 Oct 2024
NSW IPC reports government, councils and universities suffered 52 data breaches in 7 months

NSW IPC reports government, councils and universities suffered 52 data breaches in 7 months

NSW universities, government agencies, and councils collectively reported 52 data breaches in the seven months ending in ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 04 Oct 2024
Data of Australian defence personnel up for auction via real-time bidding advertising platforms

Data of Australian defence personnel up for auction via real-time bidding advertising platforms

The live location data – and much more – of Australians is shared almost 450 times a day on a raft of digital ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 04 Oct 2024
At-risk NSW government agencies have not set deadlines to address cyber issues

At-risk NSW government agencies have not set deadlines to address cyber issues

A state audit has revealed that a large majority of assessed NSW government agencies have cyber risk levels above their ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 04 Oct 2024
Former UK defence secretary named partner with UK defence and cyber security firm

Former UK defence secretary named partner with UK defence and cyber security firm

Sir Ben Wallace has been made partner for global investment firm Boka Capital after leaving office.

Robert Dougherty Thu, 03 Oct 2024
More than 37k DrayTek routers across Australia and New Zealand are vulnerable to hacking

More than 37k DrayTek routers across Australia and New Zealand are vulnerable to hacking

Security researchers have found 14 new vulnerabilities in 24 models of Vigor routers, with more than 700,000 exposed ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 03 Oct 2024
Aussie banks and Meta team up to take down celebrity scams on Facebook

Aussie banks and Meta team up to take down celebrity scams on Facebook

The social media giant has removed more than 8,000 “celeb bait” scams following Australian Financial Crimes Exchange ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 03 Oct 2024
The industry speaks: Cyber Security Awareness Month 2024

The industry speaks: Cyber Security Awareness Month 2024

This year’s theme is “Secure Our World”, and that’s exactly what these cyber security experts and industry luminaries ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 02 Oct 2024
Deloitte and Palo Alto expand security partnership to JAPAC, EMEA regions

Deloitte and Palo Alto expand security partnership to JAPAC, EMEA regions

Palo Alto Networks and Deloitte have announced today (2 October) an expansion of their partnership into the Japan and ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 02 Oct 2024
Australia imposes sanctions on Evil Corp cyber crime trio

Australia imposes sanctions on Evil Corp cyber crime trio

Australia has imposed sanctions on three senior members of the Evil Corp cyber crime organisation.

Daniel Croft Wed, 02 Oct 2024
Australian security cameras at risk of broadcast hacks

Australian security cameras at risk of broadcast hacks

AUCyber has warned of widespread attempts to hijack wireless security cameras following reports of Russian hackers ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 02 Oct 2024
archTIS announces $2.3m Australian Department of Defence contract

archTIS announces $2.3m Australian Department of Defence contract

Aussie data security firm archTIS is contracted to roll out its NC Protect access control platform in a program ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 02 Oct 2024