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Major US oilfield servicing giant Halliburton has suffered a cloud-based cyber security attack, leading to the company ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 22 Aug 2024
CSIRO partners with Google to protect Australia’s critical infrastructure
The search and cloud giant and Australia’s national science agency are teaming up to tackle weak links in critical ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 22 Aug 2024
Op-Ed: APT40’s renewed targeting of Australia is a reminder to get least privilege in place
The threat group has long been after administrative credentials and privileged access, and it found both in recent ...
Morey Haber, Cyber Security Advisor at BeyondTrust • Thu, 22 Aug 2024
Nuix, Atturra, HPE partner to expedite AI processing
The software and IT companies saw a 10-time improvement in processing speeds of unstructured data, driving worker ...
Reporter • Wed, 21 Aug 2024
US says Iran behind Trump campaign hack
The US government has stated that the cyber attack against Donald Trump’s presidential election campaigns, among other ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 21 Aug 2024
New Zealand Police reveals facial recognition policy
A new policy document released this month outlines the acceptable use of facial recognition technology in Kiwi law ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 21 Aug 2024
OAIC no longer pursuing Clearview AI for unsolicited use of Aussie faces
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has decided that it will no longer invest in pursuing ...
Exclusive: Melbourne-based Regent Caravans confirms RansomHub attack
The luxury caravan maker has suffered a data breach following a 4 August attack by a highly aggressive ransomware gang
Darktrace co-founder Mike Lynch presumed dead after yacht sinking
Tech entrepreneur and his daughter are among six presumed dead as divers struggle to access sunken superyacht.
Cyber attack stunts US chipmaker’s manufacturing capabilities
A cyber attack has crippled the operations of American chipmaker Microchip Technology Incorporated.
Trustwave appointed to the Australian Defence Department’s ICTPA panel
The cyber security firm’s inclusion on the Information Communications Technology Provider Arrangement panel is a ...
RansomHub observed using malware tool to switch off endpoint protection
The operators behind a ransomware gang increasingly targeting Australian organisations are using a novel tool to disable ...
David Hollingworth • Tue, 20 Aug 2024
Trump shares AI misinformation suggesting he has Taylor Swift’s endorsement
After being a major target of deepfakes himself, Donald Trump has falsely shared AI-generated images of Taylor Swift and ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 20 Aug 2024
Charles Sturt University aims for a technology-led aged-care revolution
University researchers are embarking on a project that could detect “anomalies” among the elderly in real time.
Ukrainians targeted by hackers using Kursk Oblast POW photos
Ukraine has discovered the spread of a malicious email campaign using photos and information on Kursk Oblast prisoners ...
Thales 2024 Critical Infrastructure report reveals a rise in ransomware and a lack of readiness
Human error is a leading cause of cloud-based breaches, while “security consistency” is a key challenge for the sector, ...
Toyota confirms data breach as threat actors claim 240GB exfiltrated and published
Toyota has confirmed that a cyber attack has occurred on its systems after threat actors claimed to have breached the ...
Exclusive: RansomHub dumps terabytes of Australian data on dark web
Documents from four Australian victims and one Kiwi company posted online include passport scans, medical data, and ...
Iranian ChatGPT accounts banned for generating US election disinformation
OpenAI has revealed that it has banned a swarm of Iranian ChatGPT accounts for creating false and misleading content ...
Daniel Croft • Mon, 19 Aug 2024
National Public Data starts notifying victims after billions impacted by data breach
The US background-checking firm has filed its notification with US authorities and is contacting 1.3 billion ...
David Hollingworth • Mon, 19 Aug 2024
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