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Cyber Awareness Month: The AFP on ransomware extortion

Cyber Awareness Month: The AFP on ransomware extortion

Ransomware attacks have cost the nation tens of millions of dollars – plus caused untold harm to millions of Australians ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 11 Oct 2023
European Union sends letter to Elon Musk over Hamas attack disinformation

European Union sends letter to Elon Musk over Hamas attack disinformation

X – formerly Twitter – owner Elon Musk was issued a warning over “illegal content” on his social media platform.

David Hollingworth Wed, 11 Oct 2023
Caesars casino chain starts contacting victims of data breach, tens of millions could be affected

Caesars casino chain starts contacting victims of data breach, tens of millions could be affected

After falling victim to a social engineering attack that saw its loyalty program impacted, the casino giant is now ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 10 Oct 2023
Report: Cyber security pros fear AI will do more harm than good

Report: Cyber security pros fear AI will do more harm than good

A recent survey has found that an overwhelming majority of cyber security experts believe that “malicious AI” is closer ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 10 Oct 2023
ACT government advertises for new executive-level CISO role

ACT government advertises for new executive-level CISO role

The ACT government posted a job listing for a new chief information security officer.

David Hollingworth Tue, 10 Oct 2023
1m Ashkenazi 23andMe user details and genetic profiles posted on clear web hacking forum

1m Ashkenazi 23andMe user details and genetic profiles posted on clear web hacking forum

Ancestry and genetics testing company 23andMe has confirmed that a tranche of its user data has been leaked, impacting ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 10 Oct 2023
Killnet and Anonymous Sudan join forces to target Israel in widespread hacking campaign

Killnet and Anonymous Sudan join forces to target Israel in widespread hacking campaign

Hacktivist groups have united to attack Israeli civilian and defence infrastructure in the wake of Hamas’ surprise ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 09 Oct 2023
Cyber Awareness Month: The AFP on business email compromise

Cyber Awareness Month: The AFP on business email compromise

According to the Australian Federal Police, business email compromise (BEC) is one of the fastest-growing forms of crime ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 09 Oct 2023
MGM says costs from ALPHV ransomware gang attack could exceed US$110m

MGM says costs from ALPHV ransomware gang attack could exceed US$110m

Casino and gambling giant MGM Resorts has revealed the cost of a cyber attack that took many of its Las Vegas operations ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 09 Oct 2023
Meta launches generative AI advertising tools

Meta launches generative AI advertising tools

The brand behind Facebook, Instagram, and now Twitter-rival Threads has announced a new use of generative artificial ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 09 Oct 2023
Patient personal records exposed in Royal Women’s Hospital hack

Patient personal records exposed in Royal Women’s Hospital hack

The records of nearly 200 patients of Melbourne’s Royal Women’s Hospital incident have been exposed in a cyber incident

David Hollingworth Fri, 06 Oct 2023
Pro-Russia hacktivist group targets Australian government agencies over support for Ukraine

Pro-Russia hacktivist group targets Australian government agencies over support for Ukraine

Hacking group Noname057(16) has taken down the websites of the Department of Home Affairs, the Administrative Appeals ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 06 Oct 2023
Energy One says cyber incident had no sign of malicious activity

Energy One says cyber incident had no sign of malicious activity

Investigations into the cyber incident it suffered back in August have shown no signs of malicious activity, according ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 03 Oct 2023
Canadian Air Force and government sites hacked by Indian threat actor

Canadian Air Force and government sites hacked by Indian threat actor

Websites belonging to Canadian military and government agencies have been hit by India based hackers, resulting in ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 03 Oct 2023
Makers of MOVEit file transfer app report new flaws in its FTP software, exploitation under way

Makers of MOVEit file transfer app report new flaws in its FTP software, exploitation under way

An Australian cyber security company has helped find a raft of new vulnerabilities in Progress Software’s WS_FTP Server ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 03 Oct 2023
Ransomware gang posts 30GB of data it claims belongs to Victorian real estate group

Ransomware gang posts 30GB of data it claims belongs to Victorian real estate group

The Ragnar Locker gang is claiming to have breached Network Pacific Real Estate following a failure in negotiations.

David Hollingworth Tue, 03 Oct 2023
Chinese hackers steal 60,000 US State Department emails

Chinese hackers steal 60,000 US State Department emails

At least 60,000 emails have been stolen from the US State Department after Chinese hackers breached Microsoft’s Exchange ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 29 Sep 2023
Stop the clock: War Thunder players have leaked more sensitive material

Stop the clock: War Thunder players have leaked more sensitive material

Aircraft, tanks, and now the AH-64 Apache helicopter – gamers continue to go to great and vaguely treasonous lengths to ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 29 Sep 2023
Vatican pushes UN for AI weapon regulations

Vatican pushes UN for AI weapon regulations

The Vatican has called for the development of AI weaponry to be brought to a standstill until international regulations ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 28 Sep 2023
Small businesses will no longer be exempt from the Privacy Act

Small businesses will no longer be exempt from the Privacy Act

The federal government has revealed a raft of reforms to the Privacy Act aimed at bringing it into “the digital age”.

David Hollingworth Thu, 28 Sep 2023