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A threat actor has posted what they claim to be the data of Kadac Australia after the company suffered a ransomware ...
Daniel Croft • Mon, 26 Feb 2024
Avast fined US$16.5m by US Federal Trade Commission for selling user data
Antivirus firm Avast promised to protect customers from online tracking – then tracked their data and sold it anyway
David Hollingworth • Mon, 26 Feb 2024
Government appoints Michelle McGuinness as cyber security coordinator
Months after the last one was recalled, the Australian government has appointed a new national cyber security ...
ACSC releases critical alert concerning ConnectWise’s ScreenConnect
The Australian Cyber Security Centre says patch now to avoid active exploitation of path traversal and authentication ...
Australian Cyber Security Summit 2024 launches
Following the success of its first summit last year, we are pleased to announce that the Australian Cyber Security ...
Malavika Santhebennur • Mon, 26 Feb 2024
LockBit developing 4.0 encryptor at time of global takedown
Developers for the now crippled LockBit ransomware group were reportedly developing a secret new encryptor that would ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 23 Feb 2024
AT&T outage sparks FBI cyber attack investigation
The US’ largest telco, AT&T, has suffered a major network outage, sparking concerns that a cyber attack may be the ...
Op-Ed: LockBit is gone, but what does that actually mean?
Is this a mighty blow against cyber crime, or just a glancing blow? Taking out LockBit should be celebrated, but it’s ...
David Hollingworth • Fri, 23 Feb 2024
ACSC releases critical alert over Progress Kemp LoadMaster vulnerability
A newly disclosed bug in Progress Kemp’s application delivery platform could allow the execution of unauthenticated ...
Medibank fails to block investigation into data hack
The Federal Court has dismissed Medibank’s attempts to shut down an investigation into the October 2022 data hack.
Naomi Neilson • Thu, 22 Feb 2024
Home Affairs cyber secretary reportedly owns over 100k CyberCX shares
A key Department of Home Affairs cyber security secretary and former government cyber adviser is currently under ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 22 Feb 2024
Bad vibes only as sex toy tries to infect PC with malware
A new vector of malware infection proves that you really do need to clean your toys before use.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 22 Feb 2024
Medibank continues to count the cost of 2022 cyber attack
The health insurer releases half-year financial results as its 2022 data breach continues to loom large.
54m affected in Russian website builder data leak
Users of a Russian website builder have had their data leaked after the organisation left a database publicly accessible
Apple’s iMessage gets post-quantum end-to-end encryption
The iPhone maker talks up state-of-the-art “compromise-resilient encryption” with a new iMessage update.
Industry responds to LockBit ransomware gang takedown
This week saw the world’s largest and most notorious ransomware gang – LockBit – taken down by international law ...
232k customers affected in Australian telco cyber incident
Hundreds of thousands of customers of an Australian mobile, internet and NBN provider have had their data exposed in a ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 21 Feb 2024
Tax attack: ATO Commissioner says agency handles 4.7m cyber attacks monthly
The Australian Taxation Office’s Commissioner of Taxation outlined his fears over cyber security while addressing the ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 21 Feb 2024
Cyber attack leaves Vili’s dry as pie giant investigates the sauce
The national icon that is the meat pie is seemingly now under threat after cyber criminals attacked the internal systems ...
Australia, UK governments co-sign memorandum of understanding for online safety and security
The Australian and UK governments have announced a new collaborative dedication to online safety and security, with the ...
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