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Law firms critically underprepared for cyber threats

Law firms critically underprepared for cyber threats

Australian law firms are critically underprepared to defend themselves against cyber threats, according to a new report

Daniel Croft Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Mastercard acquires threat intelligence firm Recorded Future for US$2.6bn

Mastercard acquires threat intelligence firm Recorded Future for US$2.6bn

The financial services giant has said the acquisition will complement the company’s current suite of security services

David Hollingworth Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Op-Ed: Australia v Musk – Musk labels Australia a fascist nation following new anti-misinformation laws

Op-Ed: Australia v Musk – Musk labels Australia a fascist nation following new anti-misinformation laws

The tech giant gets to name-calling as Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones calls the free-speech absolutist’s response ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 13 Sep 2024
TfL cyber attack sees commuter data exposed as NCA arrests teen

TfL cyber attack sees commuter data exposed as NCA arrests teen

London commuters are being contacted by the city’s transport agency after the Transport for London (TfL) cyber attack ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Op-Ed: AI attacks and dark LLMs – defending against a threat that improves on its own

Op-Ed: AI attacks and dark LLMs – defending against a threat that improves on its own

Just how much of a threat are large language models in the hands of malicious actors? Both more and less than you might ...

Aaron Bugal, Field CTO APJ at Sophos Fri, 13 Sep 2024
OAIC applauds reforms to Australia’s Privacy Act

OAIC applauds reforms to Australia’s Privacy Act

The privacy regulator has welcomed the strengthening of its powers to protect individuals and the opportunity to develop ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Exclusive: Another case of ransomware data duplication as second group claims Myelec cyber attack

Exclusive: Another case of ransomware data duplication as second group claims Myelec cyber attack

A second threat group has claimed an attack on Western Australia-based electrical wholesaler Myelec, this time ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Fortinet suffers third-party data breach affecting Asia-Pacific customers

Fortinet suffers third-party data breach affecting Asia-Pacific customers

International cyber security giant Fortinet has disclosed that it has suffered a data breach.

Daniel Croft Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Doxxing could lead to a 7-year jail term, according to new laws

Doxxing could lead to a 7-year jail term, according to new laws

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is set to introduce anti-doxxing legislation as Communications Minister Michelle Rowland ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Exclusive: NZ-based Bennett Currie customer data published following ransomware attack

Exclusive: NZ-based Bennett Currie customer data published following ransomware attack

Customers of the New Zealand accounting firm have had their personal and financial data published on the dark web.

David Hollingworth Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Meta under fire for scraping Australian data for AI development without opt-out option

Meta under fire for scraping Australian data for AI development without opt-out option

Facebook parent company Meta has revealed that it scrapes the photos and data of its Australian users to train its AI, ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 11 Sep 2024
ColorTokens announces acquisition of PureID

ColorTokens announces acquisition of PureID

PureID’s identity and access management skills will be used to boost ColorToken’s Xshield platform and help minimise the ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 11 Sep 2024
93m bad web requests blocked by Nine during 2024 Olympics

93m bad web requests blocked by Nine during 2024 Olympics

Nine Entertainment, the media organisation that recently broadcast the 2024 Paris Olympics, blocked as many as 96 ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 11 Sep 2024
The industry and academics speak: Is banning kids from social media a workable solution?

The industry and academics speak: Is banning kids from social media a workable solution?

Cyber security professionals, privacy experts, and academics speak out on the Australian government’s proposed ban on ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 11 Sep 2024
Patch Tuesday round-up, September 2024

Patch Tuesday round-up, September 2024

Rapid7’s lead software engineer, Adam Barnett, catches us up with the latest vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft, and ...

Adam Barnett, Lead Software Engineer at Rapid7 Wed, 11 Sep 2024
Op-Ed: With social media, you can’t fence the ocean

Op-Ed: With social media, you can’t fence the ocean

Labor’s proposed age-based social media bans will simply not work – and as a parent and professional in the space, ...

Jacqueline Jayne, independent cyber security expert and online safety specialist Wed, 11 Sep 2024
Transport for London staff face limited system access following cyber attack

Transport for London staff face limited system access following cyber attack

Last week’s Transport for London (TfL) cyber attack continues to develop as staff now have limited access to the ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Exclusive: RansomHub claims Aussie fundraising outfit as alleged victim

Exclusive: RansomHub claims Aussie fundraising outfit as alleged victim

The ransomware gang claims to have stolen 79 gigabytes of data from BSG Australia, a supplier of bingo and related ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 10 Sep 2024
The politicians speak: Should we ban kids under 16 from using social media?

The politicians speak: Should we ban kids under 16 from using social media?

As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his government back an age-based ban on children accessing social media, here’s ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Rapid7 says 6 vulnerabilities found within Veeam Backup and Replication

Rapid7 says 6 vulnerabilities found within Veeam Backup and Replication

Cyber security firm Rapid7 has advised users of recovery software provider Veeam that some of the company’s products ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 10 Sep 2024