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Auckland Transport suffers ‘technical outage’ as Medusa ransomware gang claims hack

Auckland Transport suffers ‘technical outage’ as Medusa ransomware gang claims hack

A New Zealand transport service has confirmed its ticketing systems were disrupted on Tuesday (19 September) by a “cyber ...

evan Tue, 19 Sep 2023
Australian government sets up 6-month AI taskforce

Australian government sets up 6-month AI taskforce

The federal government has announced the creation of a multi-agency taskforce to examine the benefits – and potential ...

evan Tue, 19 Sep 2023
Microsoft accidentally leaks 38TB of internal data on GitHub

Microsoft accidentally leaks 38TB of internal data on GitHub

The Redmond giant is having a shocker of a time when it comes to security, with its latest own goal exposing 30,000 ...

evan Tue, 19 Sep 2023
National cyber security coordinator concludes formal response to HWL Ebsworth hack

National cyber security coordinator concludes formal response to HWL Ebsworth hack

Australia’s national cyber security coordinator has declared that law firm HWL Ebsworth is now in a position to manage ...

evan Mon, 18 Sep 2023
Tesserent shareholders vote in favour of Thales Australia acquisition

Tesserent shareholders vote in favour of Thales Australia acquisition

Tesserent held a share scheme meeting today (18 September) to determine the outcome of its acquisition by Thales ...

evan Mon, 18 Sep 2023
AUCloud launches free weekly threat intelligence report for Australian businesses

AUCloud launches free weekly threat intelligence report for Australian businesses

Security company AUCloud has announced a new weekly report aimed at educating Aussie businesses about cyber threats.

evan Mon, 18 Sep 2023
Dymocks pins data breach on third-party ‘partner’

Dymocks pins data breach on third-party ‘partner’

Dymocks has released an update on its 6 September data breach, pointing to “unauthorised access” to the systems of one ...

evan Mon, 18 Sep 2023
Op-Ed: Assessing the true cost of a cyber attack

Op-Ed: Assessing the true cost of a cyber attack

The long-tail costs of a serious cyber incident are often underestimated or unaccounted for, and this has an impact on ...

Daniel Chu Fri, 15 Sep 2023
ALPHV ransomware gang releases lengthy statement on MGM hack

ALPHV ransomware gang releases lengthy statement on MGM hack

The ALPHV ransomware group has taken steps to set “the record straight” on the recent MGM hack, releasing an in-depth ...

evan Fri, 15 Sep 2023
ADF chief warns of ‘truth decay’ in talk touching on AI and disinformation

ADF chief warns of ‘truth decay’ in talk touching on AI and disinformation

General Angus Campbell, Australia’s Chief of Defence Force, has used a speech to the Australian Strategic Policy ...

evan Fri, 15 Sep 2023
Airbus confirms hack, begins investigation into incident

Airbus confirms hack, begins investigation into incident

Aerospace giant Airbus has confirmed it has been the target of a cyber attack and is actively investigating the incident

evan Thu, 14 Sep 2023
Aussie company de.iterate launches Privacy Act compliance tool

Aussie company de.iterate launches Privacy Act compliance tool

Compliance specialist de.iterate has launched a new tool to help companies comply with Australia’s Privacy Act and a ...

evan Wed, 13 Sep 2023
CrowdStrike launches new Falcon Complete for Service Providers

CrowdStrike launches new Falcon Complete for Service Providers

Cyber security company CrowdStrike has announced a program to boost the capacity of its partnered Managed Security ...

evan Wed, 13 Sep 2023
Airbus hacked as threat actor claims to have vendor details for sale

Airbus hacked as threat actor claims to have vendor details for sale

A hacker that goes by the moniker USDoD has claimed to have detailed information from an Airbus vendor database and is ...

evan Tue, 12 Sep 2023
Anonymous Sudan throws tantrum, attempts DDoS takedown of Telegram

Anonymous Sudan throws tantrum, attempts DDoS takedown of Telegram

Prolific distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) operator Anonymous Sudan has made Telegram its latest target, attempting ...

evan Tue, 12 Sep 2023
CISA warns of 2 Apple OS bugs being exploited in the wild

CISA warns of 2 Apple OS bugs being exploited in the wild

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added two new Apple-related vulnerabilities to its catalogue ...

evan Tue, 12 Sep 2023
BianLian ransomware gang targets Save the Children International

BianLian ransomware gang targets Save the Children International

Infamous ransomware operator BianLian has cryptically boasted about exfiltrating nearly seven terabytes of data from ...

evan Tue, 12 Sep 2023
LockBit ransomware gang claims to have 800GB of Hanwha data, will leak in 7 days

LockBit ransomware gang claims to have 800GB of Hanwha data, will leak in 7 days

A prolific ransomware operator has said that it will post more than 800 gigabytes of data belonging to the Korean ...

evan Mon, 11 Sep 2023
Second hacking group claims access to Core Desktop data, including passport scans

Second hacking group claims access to Core Desktop data, including passport scans

A second ransomware gang claims to have accessed the network of Melbourne IT firm Core Desktop.

evan Mon, 11 Sep 2023
Genetec announces integration between incident response and investigation modules

Genetec announces integration between incident response and investigation modules

Cyber and physical security company Genetec has announced the integration of two of its frontline security products.

evan Wed, 06 Sep 2023