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Israeli hackers breach Beirut air traffic control to warn off Iranian aircraft

Israeli hackers breach Beirut air traffic control to warn off Iranian aircraft

Israeli army operators allegedly hacked into Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport’s control tower to stop an ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 30 Sep 2024
Affiliate of major RaaS gangs launches own operation

Affiliate of major RaaS gangs launches own operation

A former affiliate of several major ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gangs has formed its own ransomware organisation.

Daniel Croft Mon, 30 Sep 2024
NSW Police bans social media and messaging apps on police devices

NSW Police bans social media and messaging apps on police devices

The newly announced ban was recommended following an investigation into allegations of misconduct regarding a May car ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 30 Sep 2024
CSIRO picks up new CISO

CSIRO picks up new CISO

Jamie Rossato steps into the chief information security officer role at Australia’s national science agency.

David Hollingworth Mon, 30 Sep 2024
Don’t say it’s over – what now for cyber criminals on Telegram?

Don’t say it’s over – what now for cyber criminals on Telegram?

Now that Pavel Durov has announced Telegram will hand over IPs to law enforcement, are the rats leaving a sinking ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Pro-Palestinian hacktivists claim cyber attacks on Israeli politicians

Pro-Palestinian hacktivists claim cyber attacks on Israeli politicians

A pro-Palestinian hacking group has claimed to have exfiltrated data from a number of Israeli politicians.

Daniel Croft Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Australian woman a person of interest in Ghanaian romance scam investigation

Australian woman a person of interest in Ghanaian romance scam investigation

Australian national identified over alleged role as physical stand-in that scammed US$700,000 out of American man.

David Hollingworth Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Young Australians are increasingly losing faith in online security

Young Australians are increasingly losing faith in online security

A new report from the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre reveals some worrying trends among all Australians.

David Hollingworth Fri, 27 Sep 2024
UK Space Agency-backed IoT firm to launch locally

UK Space Agency-backed IoT firm to launch locally

An internet of things firm backed by the UK and European space agencies has been given permission to launch in Australia

Adam Thorn Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Victorian child protection worker uses ChatGPT for protection report

Victorian child protection worker uses ChatGPT for protection report

Victoria’s child protection agency has been ordered to ban the use of AI tools after a case worker used ChatGPT to write ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 26 Sep 2024
Cohesity appoints Paul Henaghan as new ANZ managing director

Cohesity appoints Paul Henaghan as new ANZ managing director

AI data security firm Cohesity has today announced the appointment of Paul Henaghan as the managing director for its ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 26 Sep 2024
Cyber recruit direct path and 10-day conditional offers proposed in UK military recruitment overhaul

Cyber recruit direct path and 10-day conditional offers proposed in UK military recruitment overhaul

Cyber military recruits will have a direct path into the British Armed Forces, outdated policies will be scrapped and ...

Robert Dougherty Thu, 26 Sep 2024
Mozilla accused of unlawfully tracking Firefox users and breaching GDPR

Mozilla accused of unlawfully tracking Firefox users and breaching GDPR

Non-profit app developer Mozilla has been accused of tracking users of its Firefox web browser after enabling a privacy ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 26 Sep 2024
Over 3k US Capitol staff have sensitive data on the dark web

Over 3k US Capitol staff have sensitive data on the dark web

Over 3,000 congressional staffers have had their data listed on the dark web, according to new reports.

Daniel Croft Wed, 25 Sep 2024
CrowdStrike VP outlines response to July outage to US congressional subcommittee

CrowdStrike VP outlines response to July outage to US congressional subcommittee

Following an outage that impacted companies all over the world, cyber security firm CrowdStrike has revealed a full ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 25 Sep 2024
Russia, China, Iran using AI tools to influence US presidential election

Russia, China, Iran using AI tools to influence US presidential election

Russia, China, and Iran are all using AI tools to shape the US presidential election and persuade Americans against ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 25 Sep 2024
Op-ed: In the ransomware battle of good v evil, we must unite against a common enemy

Op-ed: In the ransomware battle of good v evil, we must unite against a common enemy

As the ransomware economy booms and the threat continues to grow, Claroty’s Leon Poggioli calls for more transparency in ...

Leon Poggioli, ANZ Regional Director with Claroty Wed, 25 Sep 2024
Exclusive: RansomHub publishes data stolen from Aussie interior solutions firm Nikpol

Exclusive: RansomHub publishes data stolen from Aussie interior solutions firm Nikpol

The data volume may only be six gigabytes but includes employee data such as home addresses, Tax File Numbers, and child ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 25 Sep 2024
Over 3m US federal agency clients affected in latest MOVEit breach disclosure

Over 3m US federal agency clients affected in latest MOVEit breach disclosure

US federal agency Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services has disclosed that over 3 million people have had their ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 25 Sep 2024
OpenAI’s Newsroom X account breached by crypto scammers

OpenAI’s Newsroom X account breached by crypto scammers

The official X account OpenAI uses to advertise its updates and announcements was taken over by threat actors ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 24 Sep 2024