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New investigation reveals top phishing trends in 2025

New investigation reveals top phishing trends in 2025

The top phishing tactics, themes, and techniques used by cyber criminals in 2025 have been revealed in a new ...

Bethany Alvaro Tue, 13 Jan 2026
Supply chain security in the AI era is no longer optional

Supply chain security in the AI era is no longer optional

For years, organisations told themselves that software supply chain risk was a manageable problem. Track your ...

Pouya Ghotbi, Lead Technologist, Check Point Software Technologies Tue, 13 Jan 2026
UK’s new cyber legislation leaves public service exempt from reporting

UK’s new cyber legislation leaves public service exempt from reporting

The UK government last week unveiled its new Government Cyber Action Plan, which aims to keep digital services secure as ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 13 Jan 2026
Alert! Vulnerability in popular self-hosted Git service Gogs targeted by hackers

Alert! Vulnerability in popular self-hosted Git service Gogs targeted by hackers

The US cyber agency has added CVE-2025-8110 to its list of actively exploited vulnerabilities, following ongoing ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 13 Jan 2026
Nissan allegedly hacked just days after claimed Chrysler breach

Nissan allegedly hacked just days after claimed Chrysler breach

Japanese car manufacturer Nissan has allegedly suffered a cyber attack, after hackers listed the company on their dark ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 13 Jan 2026
Survey: Experts excited by Australian AI Safety Institute opportunities

Survey: Experts excited by Australian AI Safety Institute opportunities

Australia’s position as a middle power could be a boon, but the dangers of a restrictive bureaucracy could scare key ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 13 Jan 2026
CrowdStrike, Nord Security partner to bring enterprise-grade protection to SMBs

CrowdStrike, Nord Security partner to bring enterprise-grade protection to SMBs

A new partnership combines AI-driven threat detection with secure access and credential management to defend smaller ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 13 Jan 2026
Albanese calls Musk’s X, Grok ‘abhorrent’ for generation of sexual abuse material

Albanese calls Musk’s X, Grok ‘abhorrent’ for generation of sexual abuse material

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is the latest to have called out Elon Musk’s X and Grok after the AI chatbot was used to ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 12 Jan 2026
Update NOW! Singaporean government and cyber security firm warn of perfect 10 SmarterTools vulnerability

Update NOW! Singaporean government and cyber security firm warn of perfect 10 SmarterTools vulnerability

A vulnerability in SmarterTools’ SmarterMail platform could lead to remote code execution on vulnerable mail servers.

David Hollingworth Mon, 12 Jan 2026
UNSW lands $3m next-gen AI defence contract

UNSW lands $3m next-gen AI defence contract

A secure AI technology designed to tackle “rapidly changing environments” gets the nod with funding drop from the ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 12 Jan 2026
Meta denies Instagram breach impacting 17m accounts

Meta denies Instagram breach impacting 17m accounts

An alleged data breach was actually scraped in 2022 and originally “leaked” in 2023, but still includes more than 6 ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 12 Jan 2026
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most cyber secure country of them all?

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most cyber secure country of them all?

Research: Australia ranks eighth in the list of most cyber secure countries, but Singapore takes top spot.

David Hollingworth Mon, 12 Jan 2026
New details emerge on New Zealand health record hack

New details emerge on New Zealand health record hack

New Zealand’s Ministry of Health has announced that it will be further investigating the cyber security breach of Manage ...

Bethany Alvaro and Daniel Croft Fri, 09 Jan 2026
CrowdStrike reveals purchase of identity management start-up

CrowdStrike reveals purchase of identity management start-up

American cyber security provider CrowdStrike has revealed its purchase of SGNL, an identity management start-up worth ...

Bethany Alvaro Fri, 09 Jan 2026
eSafety commissioner suggests action to be taken against Grok for sexualised deepfake and CSAM generation

eSafety commissioner suggests action to be taken against Grok for sexualised deepfake and CSAM generation

The Australian eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant has expressed major concern over reports that xAI’s Grok has been ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 09 Jan 2026
UK unveils new cyber security action plan for government bodies

UK unveils new cyber security action plan for government bodies

The UK has openly acknowledged that its approach to cyber security is flawed as the nation reaches a “critically high” ...

Bethany Alvaro Thu, 08 Jan 2026
Exclusive: Victorian Catholic college suffers alleged cyber attack

Exclusive: Victorian Catholic college suffers alleged cyber attack

Victorian Catholic college St Joseph’s College Echuca has allegedly been breached by a notorious threat actor.

Daniel Croft Thu, 08 Jan 2026
Exclusive: Qld doctor’s office allegedly hacked by brutal ransomware gang

Exclusive: Qld doctor’s office allegedly hacked by brutal ransomware gang

Queensland-based medical clinic Laidley Family Doctors has allegedly suffered a cyber attack, after a prolific ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 08 Jan 2026
Rental car insurer Prosura confirms cyber incident as alleged threat actor contacts victims

Rental car insurer Prosura confirms cyber incident as alleged threat actor contacts victims

Rental car insurance firm Prosura has disclosed that it suffered a cyber attack, leading to personal data being exposed

Daniel Croft Wed, 07 Jan 2026
‘Systematic non-compliance’: NSW Health at potential risk of cyber security threats, audit finds

‘Systematic non-compliance’: NSW Health at potential risk of cyber security threats, audit finds

NSW Health is under heat after a report from the Audit Office of NSW found major non-compliance with the cyber security ...

Bethany Alvaro Wed, 07 Jan 2026