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Australia v Musk: eSafety Commissioner withdraws from X takedown battle

Australia v Musk: eSafety Commissioner withdraws from X takedown battle

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has decided to back down from the legal battle with X over the call to take down ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 05 Jun 2024
BREAKING: MediSecure declares insolvency following massive data breach

BREAKING: MediSecure declares insolvency following massive data breach

FTI Consulting has been appointed as voluntary administrators of e-prescription firm MediSecure in the wake of a breach ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 05 Jun 2024
OAIC files lawsuit against Medibank for 2022 data breach

OAIC files lawsuit against Medibank for 2022 data breach

Medibank has found itself in the Federal Court after the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) filed ...

Jellie Cabas Wed, 05 Jun 2024
Have I Been Pwned adds new dataset of 361m email addresses

Have I Been Pwned adds new dataset of 361m email addresses

Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned website has been updated with a 122-gigabyte list scraped from “thousands of Telegram ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 05 Jun 2024
Exclusive: Aussie rare-earth metals producer Northern Minerals confirms ransomware attack

Exclusive: Aussie rare-earth metals producer Northern Minerals confirms ransomware attack

The Bian Lian ransomware gang claims to have more than a terabyte of data belonging to the operators of the Browns Range ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 04 Jun 2024
Auckland’s oldest surviving department store hit by alleged ransomware attack

Auckland’s oldest surviving department store hit by alleged ransomware attack

Smith Caughey’s has been listed as a victim on LockBit’s ransomware leak site, and the threat actor is threatening ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 04 Jun 2024
Victorian government cyber security state purchase contract streamlines security services supply

Victorian government cyber security state purchase contract streamlines security services supply

The Victorian government has announced a government cyber security state purchase contract, which will allow it to ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 04 Jun 2024
Over 8,000 Heineken employees affected in alleged cyber attack

Over 8,000 Heineken employees affected in alleged cyber attack

A threat actor has listed the data of over 8,000 employees of multinational Dutch brewing company Heineken.

Daniel Croft Tue, 04 Jun 2024
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner gets new powers under BOSE changes

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner gets new powers under BOSE changes

The Australian government has announced a raft of amendments to the Basic Online Safety Expectations Determination, ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 04 Jun 2024
AUSCERT warns companies and individuals alike to be aware of tax scams

AUSCERT warns companies and individuals alike to be aware of tax scams

It’s tax season, which is bad enough for a lot of people, but there are scammers out there looking to make it even worse

David Hollingworth Tue, 04 Jun 2024
Andrew Giles backs down from drone surveillance claim

Andrew Giles backs down from drone surveillance claim

The Minister for Immigration has admitted he was misinformed by his own department when he claimed drones were being ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 03 Jun 2024
Australian small businesses are reaping the benefits of investing in AI

Australian small businesses are reaping the benefits of investing in AI

New research from the Commonwealth Bank shows that more than half of all SMEs have invested in or plan to invest in ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 03 Jun 2024
Clayton Utz adopts Australia-first generative AI solution

Clayton Utz adopts Australia-first generative AI solution

An Aussie law firm is set to use Lexis AI legal research tool after taking part in LexisNexis trial.

David Hollingworth Mon, 03 Jun 2024
Drones are a boon for critical infrastructure entities – and a threat vector

Drones are a boon for critical infrastructure entities – and a threat vector

As drones become a common tool to monitor and protect Australia’s critical infrastructure, they also need to be ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 03 Jun 2024
Live Nation confirms Ticketmaster breach, as cloud platform denies responsibility

Live Nation confirms Ticketmaster breach, as cloud platform denies responsibility

Cloud storage company Snowflake says the breach is not its fault, as the ACSC released an alert warning of “increased ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 03 Jun 2024
Ticketek customer information exposed in third-party cyber incident 

Ticketek customer information exposed in third-party cyber incident 

The Australian ticketing giant has sent letters to an unknown number of customers regarding a “cyber incident” impacting ...

Liam Garman Sat, 01 Jun 2024
Victoria’s largest childcare org discloses data breach, ID document scans stolen

Victoria’s largest childcare org discloses data breach, ID document scans stolen

The largest childcare provider in the state of Victoria has disclosed a cyber attack on its systems that led to the ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 31 May 2024
CrowdStrike and eSentire announce expanded partnership

CrowdStrike and eSentire announce expanded partnership

The new partnership will see the CrowdStrike Falcon platform power up eSentire’s managed detection and response ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 31 May 2024
BBC discloses data breach affecting 25,000

BBC discloses data breach affecting 25,000

The BBC has revealed that it suffered a cyber incident in which an unauthorised party accessed some of its files.

Daniel Croft Fri, 31 May 2024
Clare O’Neil calls out MediSecure over delay in breach reporting

Clare O’Neil calls out MediSecure over delay in breach reporting

The Home Affairs Minister has said the hacked e-prescription is taking an “unacceptably long time” to confirm how much ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 31 May 2024