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Ascension says employee mistake led to ransomware attack

Ascension says employee mistake led to ransomware attack

US healthcare organisation Ascension has revealed that an employee downloading a malicious file led to the ransomware ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 14 Jun 2024
Australian businesses targeted in Russia-based phishing campaign

Australian businesses targeted in Russia-based phishing campaign

US businesses and local elections were the main targets of a 2023 credential-stealing campaign, but 27 Aussie ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 14 Jun 2024
Majority of Australians fear the impact of deepfakes on election integrity

Majority of Australians fear the impact of deepfakes on election integrity

Adobe released the ANZ version of its Future of Trust Study last week, and it paints a picture of a community keen on ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 13 Jun 2024
Pure Storage joins growing list of Snowflake hack victims

Pure Storage joins growing list of Snowflake hack victims

Enterprise data storage firm Pure Storage confirms customer data was compromised following unauthorised access to a ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 13 Jun 2024
How to shield against living-off-the-land techniques

How to shield against living-off-the-land techniques

Living-off-the-land tactics pose new threats to businesses because they fly under the radar, but there are ways to ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 13 Jun 2024
Life360 CEO confirms Tile tracking device data breach

Life360 CEO confirms Tile tracking device data breach

A hacker gained access to a Tile customer support platform and got away with potentially millions of personal details.

David Hollingworth Thu, 13 Jun 2024
National Anti-Scam Centre joins forces with Australian Financial Crimes Exchange

National Anti-Scam Centre joins forces with Australian Financial Crimes Exchange

Australia’s NASC will join the “intelligence loop” with telcos, banks, and other digital platforms to fight financial ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 13 Jun 2024
Winners of the inaugural Defence   National Security Workforce Awards revealed

Winners of the inaugural Defence National Security Workforce Awards revealed

More than 15 winners were honoured for their achievements at the awards, held for the first time with support from ...

Malavika Santhebennur Wed, 12 Jun 2024
G20 leaders call for global cyber regulations

G20 leaders call for global cyber regulations

Global leaders have met to discuss the importance of cyber security in an increasingly digitally connected world, as ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 12 Jun 2024
eSafety Commissioner calls for stronger GenAI safeguards in wake of deepfake arrest

eSafety Commissioner calls for stronger GenAI safeguards in wake of deepfake arrest

Following the arrest of a Victorian grammar school student for the creation and distribution of classmate deepfakes, ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 12 Jun 2024
Rapid7 expects hackers to take advantage of ‘trivially exploitable’ SolarWinds file transfer bug

Rapid7 expects hackers to take advantage of ‘trivially exploitable’ SolarWinds file transfer bug

SolarWinds disclosed CVE-2024-28995 late last week, but security researchers expect exploitation to be only a matter of ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 12 Jun 2024
NHS says London hospitals cyber attack recovery could take months, calls on blood donors

NHS says London hospitals cyber attack recovery could take months, calls on blood donors

A cyber attack on pathology services provider Synnovis Group LLP discovered earlier this month is likely to cause ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 12 Jun 2024
Cloudflare and CI-ISAC Australia announce partnership to secure Aussie GP clinics – for free!

Cloudflare and CI-ISAC Australia announce partnership to secure Aussie GP clinics – for free!

The new partnership will provide general practitioners with zero-trust security at no cost under Project Secure Health

David Hollingworth Wed, 12 Jun 2024
Stolen Snowflake credentials used to compromise more than 160 orgs

Stolen Snowflake credentials used to compromise more than 160 orgs

Security researchers have outlined a coordinated campaign targeting a raft of Snowflake customers with disabled ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 12 Jun 2024
Queensland’s Digital Licence app passes 500k user milestone

Queensland’s Digital Licence app passes 500k user milestone

The Queensland Digital Licence app, a collaboration between Thales and the Queensland Department of Transport and Main ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 12 Jun 2024
Anti-bank-scam alliances to be bolstered in delegation to Singapore

Anti-bank-scam alliances to be bolstered in delegation to Singapore

Australian banks are set to share their anti-scam knowledge with other nations, joining a scams delegation to Singapore ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 11 Jun 2024
New York Times source code posted to 4chan following GitHub repository breach

New York Times source code posted to 4chan following GitHub repository breach

The source code of the major masthead, The New York Times, has been leaked on 4Chan after the media organisation was ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 11 Jun 2024
DragonForce ransomware lists NZ horse racing platform on dark web

DragonForce ransomware lists NZ horse racing platform on dark web

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on New Zealand online horse racing platform EvoEvents, allegedly having stolen ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 11 Jun 2024
CrowdStrike releases Falcon for Insurability program

CrowdStrike releases Falcon for Insurability program

CrowdStrike’s new program lets insurance companies provide the Falcon platform to customers at mates rates.

David Hollingworth Fri, 07 Jun 2024
Google takes down raft of Chinese influence operations

Google takes down raft of Chinese influence operations

Google’s Threat Analysis Group has canned thousands of accounts across its platform for spreading disinformation ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 07 Jun 2024