Cyber Daily News
FBI invites LockBit victims to reach out after securing 7k decryption keys
The FBI is inviting victims of the LockBit ransomware gang to reach out after it secured 7,000 decryption keys from the ...
Chinese hackers observed targeting south-east Asian government organisation
Security researchers have outlined a highly organised nation-state campaign engaging in reconnaissance and espionage ...
11:11 Systems maximises AWS cloud storage security with new offering
Cloud storage has become a staple in modern business. In fact, 94 per cent of all companies globally use cloud software ...
Court throws out Latitude Financial hack proceedings
One self-represented man’s case against Latitude Financial over the March 2023 cyber attack has been thrown out.
Victorian Freight Specialists suffers alleged 800+GB data breach
A threat actor, known only as GhostR, claims hack on Australian logistics company Victorian Freight Specialists and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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, ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...