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Controversial social media ban passes lower house

Controversial social media ban passes lower house

The government’s controversial social media ban bill for under-16s has passed through the House of Representatives, ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 27 Nov 2024
Select committee on adopting AI makes 13 key recommendations

Select committee on adopting AI makes 13 key recommendations

A 222-page report on the adoption of AI in Australia has just been tabled in the Senate – here’s what it recommends.

David Hollingworth Wed, 27 Nov 2024
BlackBasta ransomware gang shifts to nation-state tactics

BlackBasta ransomware gang shifts to nation-state tactics

Security researchers have observed a trend in tactics, techniques and procedures that may link the ransomware gang to ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 27 Nov 2024
Op-Ed: Only Ferraris and smart cars – cyber security’s mid-market failings

Op-Ed: Only Ferraris and smart cars – cyber security’s mid-market failings

The cyber security industry has a peculiar problem. It does not have a clue how to build products for, sell to, and ...

Ajay Unni, CEO at StickmanCyber Wed, 27 Nov 2024
Social media ban amended to rule out government ID-based age verification

Social media ban amended to rule out government ID-based age verification

Australians will not be obliged to hand over government documents to verify their age for social media vendors under the ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 26 Nov 2024
Exclusive: Fencing and site security firm ATF Services confirms cyber attack

Exclusive: Fencing and site security firm ATF Services confirms cyber attack

ATF Services has confirmed the incident after the INC Ransom ransomware gang claimed to have stolen one terabyte of the ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 26 Nov 2024
Interview: How the vulnerability disclosure process works, with Dragos’ Logan Carpenter

Interview: How the vulnerability disclosure process works, with Dragos’ Logan Carpenter

“We’ve had issues where we’ve been threatened with cease-and-desist orders or threatened with lawsuits.”

David Hollingworth Tue, 26 Nov 2024
Industry responds to passing of Australia’s Cyber Security Act

Industry responds to passing of Australia’s Cyber Security Act

Opinions are mixed on the nation’s new cyber security legislation, which has been deployed as part of the 2023–2030 ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 26 Nov 2024
Australian banks lagging behind US counterparts in scam protections

Australian banks lagging behind US counterparts in scam protections

Two-thirds of Aussie banks fail to implement the most stringent level of email authentication protection, leaving ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 26 Nov 2024
AFP teams up with Philippine counterparts to identify Aussie scam victims

AFP teams up with Philippine counterparts to identify Aussie scam victims

The search for victims began after Philippine authorities took down a major scam compound in Manilla last month.

David Hollingworth Tue, 26 Nov 2024
Exclusive: Telstra confirms data incident, customer data unaffected

Exclusive: Telstra confirms data incident, customer data unaffected

Telstra has confirmed that threat actors breached one of its internal systems and stole data belonging to employees and ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 26 Nov 2024
BREAKING: Australian Cyber Security Act passed into law

BREAKING: Australian Cyber Security Act passed into law

Today (25 November, the Albanese government passed Australia’s first standalone Cyber Security Act.

Daniel Croft Mon, 25 Nov 2024
Exclusive: KillSec ransomware gang claims alleged hack of Vogue Homes

Exclusive: KillSec ransomware gang claims alleged hack of Vogue Homes

Ransomware-as-a-service operator KillSec says it has stolen personal customer data from NSW-based home builder Vogue ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 25 Nov 2024
Orange Business and Sat.One partner to bring better communications to remote ANZ regions

Orange Business and Sat.One partner to bring better communications to remote ANZ regions

The new partnership will use Eutelsat’s OneWeb low-Earth orbit technology to bring enhanced communications to remote ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 25 Nov 2024
Alleged Telstra employee data listed for sale by threat actor

Alleged Telstra employee data listed for sale by threat actor

The threat actor claims to have the data of over 44,000 employees.

Daniel Croft Mon, 25 Nov 2024
Cyber security is the sixth best-paying software-related role globally

Cyber security is the sixth best-paying software-related role globally

Cyber security specialists beat out AI and software engineers, as Melbourne makes the top 20 list of cities to find a ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 25 Nov 2024
eSafety partners with telcos to raise awareness of tech-based coercive control

eSafety partners with telcos to raise awareness of tech-based coercive control

New research shows that a significant number of people believe tech-based tracking over partners is acceptable as ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 25 Nov 2024
Sextortion attacks becoming more common globally, increasingly personalised

Sextortion attacks becoming more common globally, increasingly personalised

Sextortion attacks are becoming increasingly common and are growing in sophistication, according to new research by ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 22 Nov 2024
Exclusive: New Zealand importer Triton Sourcing   Distribution confirms ransomware attack

Exclusive: New Zealand importer Triton Sourcing Distribution confirms ransomware attack

SafePay ransomware gang claims second ANZ scalp with a 10-gigabyte data leak, but no personal data impacted.

David Hollingworth Fri, 22 Nov 2024
Pro-trans rights hackers target Andrew Tate’s The Real World website

Pro-trans rights hackers target Andrew Tate’s The Real World website

Hacktivists have leaked the details of more than 700,000 users of Andrew Tate’s so-called “online university”.

David Hollingworth Fri, 22 Nov 2024