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Anonymous Sudan claims hack on London Internet Exchange over Yemen air attacks

Anonymous Sudan claims hack on London Internet Exchange over Yemen air attacks

Hacktivist group Anonymous Sudan says it disrupted one of the world’s largest internet exchanges. But did it really go ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 16 Jan 2024
Australian Cyber Security Centre releases critical alert over GitLab bug

Australian Cyber Security Centre releases critical alert over GitLab bug

Several vulnerabilities have been found that could lead to a malicious account takeover on the popular coding tool.

David Hollingworth Tue, 16 Jan 2024
Full list of government agencies affected by HWL Ebsworth hack revealed

Full list of government agencies affected by HWL Ebsworth hack revealed

The full list of government agencies affected by the HWL Ebsworth cyber attack has been released by the government, ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 15 Jan 2024
Watch out for fake online retailers this post-Christmas season

Watch out for fake online retailers this post-Christmas season

Scammers are impersonating Aussie brands such as Ted Baker and Veja Shoes alongside international brands like Dr Martens ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 15 Jan 2024
Home Affairs unable to say who was responsible for October cyber attack

Home Affairs unable to say who was responsible for October cyber attack

The Department of Home Affairs cannot pin a 2023 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on a particular group, ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 15 Jan 2024
Major cosmetics retailer suffers cyber incident

Major cosmetics retailer suffers cyber incident

British cosmetics firm Lush has confirmed that it has suffered a cyber incident and has launched an investigation.

Daniel Croft Mon, 15 Jan 2024
Vulnerability found in older Bosch smart home thermostats

Vulnerability found in older Bosch smart home thermostats

Smart homes mean convenience and even energy conservation, with maybe some hacking on the side.

David Hollingworth Mon, 15 Jan 2024
UoW bolsters cloud security following December breach

UoW bolsters cloud security following December breach

As part of its clean-up following the data breach it suffered in December, the University of Wollongong (UoW) has ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 15 Jan 2024
Print music giant Hal Leonard Australia falls victim to Qilin ransomware

Print music giant Hal Leonard Australia falls victim to Qilin ransomware

Nearly 40 gigabytes of internal data, including financial details and emails, were posted to the dark web.

David Hollingworth Mon, 15 Jan 2024
Prolific cryptojacker who made more than US$2m arrested in Ukraine

Prolific cryptojacker who made more than US$2m arrested in Ukraine

Europol assists the National Police of Ukraine with the arrest of a cryptojacker who abused cloud services for crypto ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 15 Jan 2024
More monster than myth: Unpacking the Medusa ransomware operation

More monster than myth: Unpacking the Medusa ransomware operation

Report: The Medusa gang struck 74 organisations in 2023 after switching to an extortion model. Here’s how it operates ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 12 Jan 2024
Hewlett Packard Enterprise announces acquisition of Juniper Networks for US$14bn

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announces acquisition of Juniper Networks for US$14bn

The upcoming purchase aims to position HPE for future AI innovation and a more complete customer offering.

David Hollingworth Fri, 12 Jan 2024
Researchers warn of exploitation of Ivanti zero-days

Researchers warn of exploitation of Ivanti zero-days

Both Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways have been observed being actively exploited.

David Hollingworth Fri, 12 Jan 2024
Tech summer camp aims to boost interest in  cyber security and other skills

Tech summer camp aims to boost interest in cyber security and other skills

Grok Academy’s National Computer Science School summer program is running now, and it wants to close the digital skills ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 11 Jan 2024
St Vincent’s Health releases update on December cyber attack

St Vincent’s Health releases update on December cyber attack

Investigations are ongoing, and data was definitely stolen, but there is so far no evidence of any data being published

David Hollingworth Thu, 11 Jan 2024
Number of people affected in Inspiring Vacations breach much lower than media reported

Number of people affected in Inspiring Vacations breach much lower than media reported

Several media reports assumed that the number of exposed records equated to the number of affected individuals.

Daniel Croft Thu, 11 Jan 2024
OpenAI launches AI app store for custom GPTs

OpenAI launches AI app store for custom GPTs

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has launched a GPT store that allows users to buy and sell custom artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 11 Jan 2024
Hackers turn to extorting cancer victims following treatment centre data breach

Hackers turn to extorting cancer victims following treatment centre data breach

Patients of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the US are facing a new struggle following a recent ransomware ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 11 Jan 2024
US SEC approves BTC ETFs, reversing response to X account hijacking

US SEC approves BTC ETFs, reversing response to X account hijacking

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the approval of bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 11 Jan 2024
Dutch engineer revealed as Stuxnet agent

Dutch engineer revealed as Stuxnet agent

New details have emerged of the alleged CIA and Mossad operation in Iran that saw damaging malware unleashed on ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 11 Jan 2024