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Russian hackers are increasingly adapting to cloud computing

Russian hackers are increasingly adapting to cloud computing

Hackers with Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service are following their targets into the cloud, according to a raft of ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 27 Feb 2024
3 Sydney men arrested over alleged SMS phishing operation

3 Sydney men arrested over alleged SMS phishing operation

Cyber crime squad detectives find multiple SIM boxes, SIM cards, and “identity information” after investigating an ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 27 Feb 2024
Ransom wars: Return of the LockBit

Ransom wars: Return of the LockBit

The world’s most prolific ransomware group, LockBit, is back after being taken down by the world’s leading law ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 26 Feb 2024
Kadac data leaked on BreachForums in strange post providing analysis

Kadac data leaked on BreachForums in strange post providing analysis

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

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

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 ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 26 Feb 2024
ACSC releases critical alert concerning ConnectWise’s ScreenConnect

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 ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 26 Feb 2024
Australian Cyber Security Summit 2024 launches

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 ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 21 Feb 2024
LockBit developing 4.0 encryptor at time of global takedown

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

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 ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 23 Feb 2024
Op-Ed: LockBit is gone, but what does that actually mean?

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

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 ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 23 Feb 2024
Medibank fails to block investigation into data hack

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

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

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

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.

David Hollingworth Thu, 22 Feb 2024
54m affected in Russian website builder data leak

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

Daniel Croft Thu, 22 Feb 2024
Apple’s iMessage gets post-quantum end-to-end encryption

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.

David Hollingworth Thu, 22 Feb 2024
Industry responds to LockBit ransomware gang takedown

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 ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 22 Feb 2024
232k customers affected in Australian telco cyber incident

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