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ATO renews cyber security partnership with Macquarie Government

ATO renews cyber security partnership with Macquarie Government

The Australian Taxation Office has renewed its ongoing agreement with Macquarie Government to keep Australia’s taxation ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 31 Jan 2023
Meta begins legal action over Voyager Labs’ data scraping efforts

Meta begins legal action over Voyager Labs’ data scraping efforts

When you think of Meta and its Facebook platform, “They sure do care about my data” is not often what comes to mind

David Hollingworth Wed, 18 Jan 2023
Insider access to Telegram servers for sale on the dark web

Insider access to Telegram servers for sale on the dark web

A dark web store is advertising that it has access to Telegram servers.

David Hollingworth Fri, 13 Jan 2023
Absolute Software earns FedRAMP-ready designation

Absolute Software earns FedRAMP-ready designation

Security software company Absolute Software has announced it has earned a coveted Federal Risk and Authorisation ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 12 Jan 2023
GitHub introduces automatic scanning for code vulnerabilities

GitHub introduces automatic scanning for code vulnerabilities

GitHub has long allowed users to scan their code for vulnerabilities by using a .yaml file, but the code repository is ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 11 Jan 2023
US Supreme Court says ‘No’ to Israeli spyware maker’s immunity claim

US Supreme Court says ‘No’ to Israeli spyware maker’s immunity claim

Israeli spyware company NSO Group has just been dealt a blow by the US Supreme Court in an ongoing legal dispute between ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 10 Jan 2023
Slack’s GitHub repository suffered a security breach over New Year’s

Slack’s GitHub repository suffered a security breach over New Year’s

Popular corporate message service Slack has revealed that an outside entity has gained access to its code repository on ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 09 Jan 2023
WhatsApp announces new proxy service to sidestep Iranian censorship

WhatsApp announces new proxy service to sidestep Iranian censorship

Meta’s secure messaging service, WhatsApp, has announced a new proxy service to get around recent censorship from ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 09 Jan 2023
Supply chain attacks to rock APAC in 2023

Supply chain attacks to rock APAC in 2023

Supply chain attacks are set to be a major threat to many businesses in Australia and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 06 Jan 2023
Phishing campaign directly targets cyber experts

Phishing campaign directly targets cyber experts

Cyber experts have become the latest target for bad actors after a phishing campaign offering a highly sought-after ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 06 Jan 2023
Over 200m Twitter users’ emails have been leaked online

Over 200m Twitter users’ emails have been leaked online

Quite aside from the ongoing car crash that is Elon Musk’s tenure as CEO of the social media company, Twitter has not ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 06 Jan 2023
Five Guys burger chain admits to significant data breach

Five Guys burger chain admits to significant data breach

Late last month, the popular American burger flipper Five Guys began sending out notices to individuals affected by a ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 06 Jan 2023
Meta hit with €400m in fines for GDPR breaches

Meta hit with €400m in fines for GDPR breaches

Following two inquiries into Meta Ireland’s data processing and handling systems in Europe, Ireland’s Data Protection ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 05 Jan 2023
Multiple security flaws found in Lego’s BrickLink platform

Multiple security flaws found in Lego’s BrickLink platform

A researcher at Salt Security with a fondness for Lego bricks has found a range of vulnerabilities in the company’s ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 28 Dec 2022
Meta shares Facebook’s year in security for 2022

Meta shares Facebook’s year in security for 2022

Facebook’s chief information security officer and head of security policy have shared an overview of the company’s ...

Reporter Tue, 20 Dec 2022
Medibank hackers give up, declare ‘case closed’ with final data dump

Medibank hackers give up, declare ‘case closed’ with final data dump

It seems the Medibank hackers have given up after a large file containing what is assumed to be the entire collection of ...

Justine Nifras Thu, 01 Dec 2022
Law firms targeted in phishing scam

Law firms targeted in phishing scam

At least five global law firms with an active presence in the Australian market have been targeted in a recent business ...

Liam Garman Thu, 24 Nov 2022
You won’t get bang for your buck from cyber tech if your culture isn’t up to scratch, expert warns

You won’t get bang for your buck from cyber tech if your culture isn’t up to scratch, expert warns

Despite businesses spending top dollar on new cyber security products, organisations that have not yet ingrained a ...

Liam Garman Wed, 23 Nov 2022
Why is endpoint security so important for businesses?

Why is endpoint security so important for businesses?

Amid an evolving market, with new threat actors and emerging risks from remote work, how can businesses best protect ...

Liam Garman Fri, 04 Nov 2022
Leading Aussie real estate firm suffers cyber attack

Leading Aussie real estate firm suffers cyber attack

According to a statement from real estate company Harcourts, a franchisee became aware that its rental property database ...

Grace Ormsby Fri, 04 Nov 2022