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Report: Cyber attacks lead to job creation in majority of cases

Report: Cyber attacks lead to job creation in majority of cases

Australian boards are learning the hard way that more expertise is needed to combat growing cyber threats.

David Hollingworth Tue, 28 Nov 2023
UK cyber watchdog releases international guidelines for AI development

UK cyber watchdog releases international guidelines for AI development

Australia, the US and 15 more countries have shown their support for new global guidelines for AI development released ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 28 Nov 2023
DP World Australia confirms employee data stolen during cyber incident

DP World Australia confirms employee data stolen during cyber incident

The Australian port operator has released a statement on the hack: “Files were accessed by the unauthorised third party

David Hollingworth Tue, 28 Nov 2023
Cloudflare appoints Steve Bray as new ANZ chief

Cloudflare appoints Steve Bray as new ANZ chief

World-leading cloud cyber security company Cloudflare has announced the appointment of a new head of the ANZ region.

Daniel Croft Tue, 28 Nov 2023
UK cyber attack shuts down hundreds of UK realtors and lawyers

UK cyber attack shuts down hundreds of UK realtors and lawyers

The hack of legal IT firm CTS has disrupted law firms and real estate agents across the UK – but could the same thing ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 28 Nov 2023
Government investigates Optus outage after hundreds unable to access 000

Government investigates Optus outage after hundreds unable to access 000

The government has announced that it will be reviewing the almost full-day Optus outage that occurred earlier in the ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 28 Nov 2023
Australian Banking Association launches ‘new offensive in the war on scams’

Australian Banking Association launches ‘new offensive in the war on scams’

The ABA joins with community banks to tackle scams and put scammers out of business with Scam-safe Accord.

David Hollingworth Tue, 28 Nov 2023
Ukraine claims responsibility for attack on Russian aviation agency, leaks ‘stolen’ data

Ukraine claims responsibility for attack on Russian aviation agency, leaks ‘stolen’ data

A cyber attack on Russia’s civil aviation agency has been claimed by Ukrainian intelligence, which says it has stolen a ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 28 Nov 2023
Ransomware hack destroys 17,000 player accounts on indie MMO

Ransomware hack destroys 17,000 player accounts on indie MMO

Ethyrial: Echoes of Yore developers promise to restore every account by hand if necessary.

David Hollingworth Tue, 28 Nov 2023
Albanese government appoints dedicated privacy commissioner

Albanese government appoints dedicated privacy commissioner

Reversing the decision of the Abbott government in 2015, the role of information and privacy commissioner will once ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 27 Nov 2023
Report: 3m Australians impacted by scams this sales season

Report: 3m Australians impacted by scams this sales season

Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales are prime drivers of scams – and Aussies will offer a lot of information in the name ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 27 Nov 2023
ACSC updates Essential Eight Maturity Model for 2023

ACSC updates Essential Eight Maturity Model for 2023

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has announced an update to the Essential Eight Maturity Model.

Daniel Croft Mon, 27 Nov 2023
Penten welcomes new CEO, leadership restructure

Penten welcomes new CEO, leadership restructure

Canberra-based cyber technology provider Penten has announced the appointment of a new chief executive officer as part ...

Stephen Kuper Mon, 27 Nov 2023
Satori and Bendigo Bank take up Commonwealth Bank’s NameCheck tech

Satori and Bendigo Bank take up Commonwealth Bank’s NameCheck tech

CBA shares anti-scam tech that has already stopped over 10,000 scams since March 2023.

David Hollingworth Mon, 27 Nov 2023
A MadCat eat dog world: Threat actor steals from other hackers

A MadCat eat dog world: Threat actor steals from other hackers

A new ransomware group has been observed attempting to scam other cyber criminal groups through the sale of thousands of ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 24 Nov 2023
Rhysida ransomware group lists British Library data for sale

Rhysida ransomware group lists British Library data for sale

Following the confirmation that the major outage it has been suffering since last month was the result of a cyber ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 24 Nov 2023
The ransomware ban is ‘inevitable’ but won’t become reality for at least 2 years

The ransomware ban is ‘inevitable’ but won’t become reality for at least 2 years

The government has revealed that a ban on ransomware payments will happen, but it won’t for at least two years as more ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 24 Nov 2023
OpenAI fired Altman for silence on superhuman AI

OpenAI fired Altman for silence on superhuman AI

While it seems that Sam Altman is returning to his post at the helm of AI giant OpenAI, things are far from ordinary at ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 23 Nov 2023
$47.4m allocated to achieve ACSS’ south-east Asia and Pacific goals

$47.4m allocated to achieve ACSS’ south-east Asia and Pacific goals

The 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy (ACSS) is here, outlining the steps the nation will take to secure the ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 23 Nov 2023
Sam Altman to return as OpenAI’s CEO

Sam Altman to return as OpenAI’s CEO

The OpenAI saga appears to have come full circle, with the company announcing that it had agreed “in principle” that it ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 23 Nov 2023