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Researchers have discovered that 20 per cent of the world’s solar power output, equalling 195 gigawatts and enough to ...
Liam Garman • Thu, 08 Aug 2024
Report: Half of Australian businesses have paid a ransom after a cyber attack
A survey of Australian businesses by Cloudflare paints a picture of a volatile local landscape as some organisations ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 08 Aug 2024
Inside the world of initial access brokers, with Rapid7’s Christiaan Beek
We sat down with Rapid7’s senior director of threat analytics to unpack how initial access brokers operate and their ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 07 Aug 2024
Op-Ed: A wish list for the new Minister for Cyber Security, Tony Burke
Janine Morris, industry engagement and strategy lead at AvePoint, outlines four key areas that Australia’s new Cyber ...
Janine Morris • Wed, 07 Aug 2024
Microsoft joins Delta Air Lines pile on
Microsoft’s lawyer accuses the airline of presenting a “false picture” of its actions following the July CrowdStrike ...
Ransomware gangs increasingly weaponising stolen data
Cyber criminals are using the personal details of company employees and even “illegal business activities” to put more ...
Exclusive: Australian furniture retailer Early Settler confirms data breach
Threat actor claims to have the data of more than one million customers, dataset for sale on hacking forum.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 06 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike’s lawyer strikes back at Delta Air Lines’ lawsuit threat
CrowdStrike vows to “respond aggressively” to any litigation brought against it to protect its employees and ...
Australia and US sign memorandum of understanding to fight disinformation
Penny Wong and Antony J. Blinken announced a new MOU targeting “state information manipulation”.
Exclusive: Leaving worker offers database of ‘big Australian company’ on hacking forum
Insider threat claims to have access to the data of 28,000 individuals and the credit card and ID details of more than a ...
Rapid7 reveals its new command platform
The cyber security company’s new offering is an all-in-one threat exposure, detection, and response platform.
Assets of alleged Russian spies seized by AFP
Police restrain assets worth over $500,000 belonging to ADF Private and husband who posed an insider threat to defence ...
Microsegmentation demand sees ColorTokens expand regional offering
Microsegmentation provider ColorTokens has announced that it is expanding in the Asia-Pacific region, with new members ...
Reporter • Tue, 06 Aug 2024
‘Online radicalisation’ partly to blame for rise in Australia’s national terrorism threat level
ASIO has raised the terrorism threat level from possible to probable despite there being no “imminent threat or danger”
David Hollingworth • Mon, 05 Aug 2024
AFP restrains more than $500k in cryptocurrency following money laundering investigation
Total assets restrained by the AFP-led Criminal Asset Confiscation Taskforce totals more than $15.6 million.
Exclusive: Supreme Court of NSW grants injunction in Wattle Range Council hack
Court grants injunction against accessing any data currently published or to be published in the future following a ...
Australia signs up to global campaign to fight cryptocurrency scams
The Australian Federal Police said today (5 August) that Operation Spincaster has already found more than 2,000 ...
Exclusive: Aussie engineering firm confirms RansomHub ransomware attack
Nearly 500 gigabytes of data was allegedly stolen in a ransomware attack on West Australian firm McDowall Affleck.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 02 Aug 2024
CyberCX and Curtin University partner up for sovereign cloud project
The new Nebula platform will be designed to accommodate and secure sensitive research projects.
Three-quarters of Australians don’t understand how facial recognition technology works
Despite its widespread and growing use, most Australians know very little about facial recognition.
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