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Op-Ed: The spotlight is on Australia’s election, but what looms in the cyber shadows?

Op-Ed: The spotlight is on Australia’s election, but what looms in the cyber shadows?

Australia’s federal election is set for the third of May, and while political debates heat up, alarming threats are ...

Aaron Bugal, Field CTO for APJ at Sophos • Mon, 28 Apr 2025
Interview: Annie Haggar – ‘Being a cyber security lawyer is more than just being a black and white practitioner’

Interview: Annie Haggar – ‘Being a cyber security lawyer is more than just being a black and white practitioner’

Norton Rose Fulbright partner and Australian head of cyber security Annie Haggar discusses the role of lawyers in cyber ...

Jerome Doraisamy and David Hollingworth • Thu, 17 Apr 2025
iLAuNCH to work with cyber threat hub

iLAuNCH to work with cyber threat hub

The iLAuNCH research collaboration has signed a memorandum of understanding to work closely with a US organisation that ...

Adam Thorn • Wed, 23 Apr 2025
Lessons from the cyber attacks on Brydens Lawyers, Aussie super funds

Lessons from the cyber attacks on Brydens Lawyers, Aussie super funds

For law firms and in-house teams alike, there are key takeaways from recent high-profile cyber security incidents ...

Jerome Doraisamy • Wed, 23 Apr 2025
Op-Ed: What the Brydens Lawyers data breach reveals about data protection in law firms

Op-Ed: What the Brydens Lawyers data breach reveals about data protection in law firms

Law firms hold a wealth of sensitive and confidential information that is highly lucrative to threat actors

Rolf Howard • Wed, 23 Apr 2025
Most organisations are notified of compromise from external sources, says Mandiant

Most organisations are notified of compromise from external sources, says Mandiant

Organisations that fall victim to cyber attacks are most commonly notified by external parties, according to new ...

Daniel Croft • Wed, 23 Apr 2025
Android phones will now reboot every 3 days for security reasons

Android phones will now reboot every 3 days for security reasons

Android has launched a new update that will force devices running its operating system to reboot automatically if they ...

Daniel Croft • Wed, 23 Apr 2025
ChatGPT will now refer to The Washington Post in its answers

ChatGPT will now refer to The Washington Post in its answers

Users of OpenAI’s ChatGPT are set to receive more news and information from The Washington Post following a “strategic ...

Daniel Croft • Wed, 23 Apr 2025
Major UK retailer M S discloses cyber incident

Major UK retailer M S discloses cyber incident

Major British retailer Marks Spencer (M S) has revealed that it has been impacted by a cyber incident, ...

Daniel Croft • Wed, 23 Apr 2025
Meta trials AI for under-16 age verification on Instagram

Meta trials AI for under-16 age verification on Instagram

Meta has begun using AI on Instagram to monitor the ages of its users, ensuring that those under 16 are using ...

Daniel Croft • Wed, 23 Apr 2025
Florida pushes controversial social media backdoor bill

Florida pushes controversial social media backdoor bill

Florida lawmakers are looking to mandate encryption backdoors on social media platforms to allow law enforcement to ...

Daniel Croft • Tue, 22 Apr 2025
Optus forced to delay ‘straight-to-mobile’ Starlink

Optus forced to delay ‘straight-to-mobile’ Starlink

Optus has been forced to delay the introduction of its “straight-to-mobile” service with Starlink, which will eventually ...

Adam Thorn • Tue, 22 Apr 2025
Uber accused of subscribing users without knowledge

Uber accused of subscribing users without knowledge

Uber has been accused by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of misleading its users regarding its Uber One ...

Daniel Croft • Tue, 22 Apr 2025
Trump administration may ban DeepSeek in US, restrict purchase of Nvidia chips

Trump administration may ban DeepSeek in US, restrict purchase of Nvidia chips

The Trump administration is reportedly weighing up a ban on China’s DeepSeek AI in the US and considering restricting ...

Daniel Croft • Thu, 17 Apr 2025
Exclusive: SafePay claims breach of Aussie fire protection services firm

Exclusive: SafePay claims breach of Aussie fire protection services firm

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on an Australian fire protection service firm, listing the company on its dark ...

Daniel Croft • Thu, 17 Apr 2025
‘AustralianSuper was not hacked’: Fund responds to cyber incident

‘AustralianSuper was not hacked’: Fund responds to cyber incident

Australia’s largest superannuation fund has confirmed all members who had funds stolen during the recent cyber fraud ...

Maja Garaca Djurdjevic • Thu, 17 Apr 2025
Op-Ed: Don’t be held to ransom in the election race 

Op-Ed: Don’t be held to ransom in the election race 

The heated dialogue ahead of the upcoming federal election is quickly ramping up on both sides of politics, combined ...

Trevor Dearing, Director of Critical Infrastructure at Illumio • Thu, 17 Apr 2025
Chris Krebs steps down from SentinelOne, vows to fight ‘for rule of law’

Chris Krebs steps down from SentinelOne, vows to fight ‘for rule of law’

Ex-CISA boss Chris Krebs quits cyber security firm after Trump’s executive order pulled the security clearance and ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 17 Apr 2025
X’s use of European user data for Grok may have breached the GDPR

X’s use of European user data for Grok may have breached the GDPR

Elon Musk’s social media giant X is currently being investigated by an EU data watchdog after it was accused of using ...

Daniel Croft • Wed, 16 Apr 2025
Chinese authorities issue arrest warrants for 3 alleged NSA operatives

Chinese authorities issue arrest warrants for 3 alleged NSA operatives

Police allege the US National Security Agency targeted the Asian Winter Games earlier this year as Chinese Foreign ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 16 Apr 2025