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Op-Ed: A wish list for the new Minister for Cyber Security, Tony Burke

Op-Ed: A wish list for the new Minister for Cyber Security, Tony Burke

Janine Morris, industry engagement and strategy lead at AvePoint, outlines four key areas that Australia’s new Cyber ...

Janine Morris Wed, 07 Aug 2024
Microsoft joins Delta Air Lines pile on

Microsoft joins Delta Air Lines pile on

Microsoft’s lawyer accuses the airline of presenting a “false picture” of its actions following the July CrowdStrike ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 07 Aug 2024
Ransomware gangs increasingly weaponising stolen data

Ransomware gangs increasingly weaponising stolen data

Cyber criminals are using the personal details of company employees and even “illegal business activities” to put more ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 07 Aug 2024
Exclusive: Australian furniture retailer Early Settler confirms data breach

Exclusive: Australian furniture retailer Early Settler confirms data breach

Threat actor claims to have the data of more than one million customers, dataset for sale on hacking forum.

David Hollingworth Tue, 06 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike’s lawyer strikes back at Delta Air Lines’ lawsuit threat

CrowdStrike’s lawyer strikes back at Delta Air Lines’ lawsuit threat

CrowdStrike vows to “respond aggressively” to any litigation brought against it to protect its employees and ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 06 Aug 2024
Australia and US sign memorandum of understanding to fight disinformation

Australia and US sign memorandum of understanding to fight disinformation

Penny Wong and Antony J. Blinken announced a new MOU targeting “state information manipulation”.

David Hollingworth Tue, 06 Aug 2024
Exclusive: Leaving worker offers database of ‘big Australian company’ on hacking forum

Exclusive: Leaving worker offers database of ‘big Australian company’ on hacking forum

Insider threat claims to have access to the data of 28,000 individuals and the credit card and ID details of more than a ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 06 Aug 2024
Rapid7 reveals its new command platform

Rapid7 reveals its new command platform

The cyber security company’s new offering is an all-in-one threat exposure, detection, and response platform.

David Hollingworth Tue, 06 Aug 2024
Assets of alleged Russian spies seized by AFP

Assets of alleged Russian spies seized by AFP

Police restrain assets worth over $500,000 belonging to ADF Private and husband who posed an insider threat to defence ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 06 Aug 2024
Microsegmentation demand sees ColorTokens expand regional offering

Microsegmentation demand sees ColorTokens expand regional offering

Microsegmentation provider ColorTokens has announced that it is expanding in the Asia-Pacific region, with new members ...

Reporter Tue, 06 Aug 2024
‘Online radicalisation’ partly to blame for rise in Australia’s national terrorism threat level

‘Online radicalisation’ partly to blame for rise in Australia’s national terrorism threat level

ASIO has raised the terrorism threat level from possible to probable despite there being no “imminent threat or danger”

David Hollingworth Mon, 05 Aug 2024
AFP restrains more than $500k in cryptocurrency following money laundering investigation

AFP restrains more than $500k in cryptocurrency following money laundering investigation

Total assets restrained by the AFP-led Criminal Asset Confiscation Taskforce totals more than $15.6 million.

David Hollingworth Mon, 05 Aug 2024
Exclusive: Supreme Court of NSW grants injunction in Wattle Range Council hack

Exclusive: Supreme Court of NSW grants injunction in Wattle Range Council hack

Court grants injunction against accessing any data currently published or to be published in the future following a ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 05 Aug 2024
Australia signs up to global campaign to fight cryptocurrency scams

Australia signs up to global campaign to fight cryptocurrency scams

The Australian Federal Police said today (5 August) that Operation Spincaster has already found more than 2,000 ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 05 Aug 2024
Exclusive: Aussie engineering firm confirms RansomHub ransomware attack

Exclusive: Aussie engineering firm confirms RansomHub ransomware attack

Nearly 500 gigabytes of data was allegedly stolen in a ransomware attack on West Australian firm McDowall Affleck.

David Hollingworth Fri, 02 Aug 2024
CyberCX and Curtin University partner up for sovereign cloud project

CyberCX and Curtin University partner up for sovereign cloud project

The new Nebula platform will be designed to accommodate and secure sensitive research projects.

David Hollingworth Fri, 02 Aug 2024
Three-quarters of Australians don’t understand how facial recognition technology works

Three-quarters of Australians don’t understand how facial recognition technology works

Despite its widespread and growing use, most Australians know very little about facial recognition.

David Hollingworth Fri, 02 Aug 2024
Fake Google Authenticator app spreads malware, not authentication

Fake Google Authenticator app spreads malware, not authentication

A threat actor has used a legitimate Google ad to direct victims to a fake site to download info-stealer malware.

David Hollingworth Fri, 02 Aug 2024
Man jailed over AI-generated child abuse material

Man jailed over AI-generated child abuse material

A Victorian man has been jailed for 13 months after police uncovered 793 realistic child abuse images on seized hardware

Reporter Thu, 01 Aug 2024
Scams a ‘key driver’ behind record rise of financial complaints

Scams a ‘key driver’ behind record rise of financial complaints

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority received 105,000 complaints for the last financial year – a rise of 9 per ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 01 Aug 2024