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Interview: Brendan Conlon – an NSA background is ‘definitely an advantage’

Interview: Brendan Conlon – an NSA background is ‘definitely an advantage’

Brendan Conlon, an expert on supply chain defence, talks about his experience getting into cyber and how CISOs really ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 23 Aug 2024
McDonald’s Instagram crypto breach nets Grimace coin scammers over $1m

McDonald’s Instagram crypto breach nets Grimace coin scammers over $1m

McDonald’s official Instagram account was breached by crypto scammers on Wednesday (21 August) to display advertising ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 23 Aug 2024
ACSC partners with US agencies to release best practice guide to threat detection

ACSC partners with US agencies to release best practice guide to threat detection

CISA, FBI, NSA, and other international partners release Best Practices for Event Logging and Threat Detection ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 23 Aug 2024
Medibank’s cyber costs to reach $126m by next year as cyber uplift reaches completion

Medibank’s cyber costs to reach $126m by next year as cyber uplift reaches completion

Medibank has revealed that the cost of cleaning up and reinforcing itself after its 2022 cyber attack is set to reach ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 22 Aug 2024
Op-Ed: No, a NSW Department of Education website was NOT hacked

Op-Ed: No, a NSW Department of Education website was NOT hacked

A report of parents “hacking” into a website hosting selective school selection results is another example of a cyber ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 22 Aug 2024
Man charged with cyber terrorism for spreading misinformation that incited UK riots

Man charged with cyber terrorism for spreading misinformation that incited UK riots

A man who allegedly spread disinformation online that fuelled the current UK riots has been charged with cyber terrorism

Daniel Croft Thu, 22 Aug 2024
CommBank doubles free scam education seminars in regional Australia

CommBank doubles free scam education seminars in regional Australia

The bank says it is “doubling down on safety in the bush”, with over 400 free seminars planned over the next 12 months

David Hollingworth Thu, 22 Aug 2024
US oil giant Halliburton suffers network cyber attack

US oil giant Halliburton suffers network cyber attack

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 21 Aug 2024
Exclusive: Melbourne-based Regent Caravans confirms RansomHub attack

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

David Hollingworth Wed, 21 Aug 2024
Darktrace co-founder Mike Lynch presumed dead after yacht sinking

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.

David Hollingworth Wed, 21 Aug 2024
Cyber attack stunts US chipmaker’s manufacturing capabilities

Cyber attack stunts US chipmaker’s manufacturing capabilities

A cyber attack has crippled the operations of American chipmaker Microchip Technology Incorporated.

Daniel Croft Wed, 21 Aug 2024
Trustwave appointed to the Australian Defence Department’s ICTPA panel

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 ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 21 Aug 2024
RansomHub observed using malware tool to switch off endpoint protection

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

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