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ACSC advises charities on how to mitigate cyber attacks with less resources

ACSC advises charities on how to mitigate cyber attacks with less resources

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has issued a notice to charities and not-for-profit organisations, advising ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 18 Mar 2024
IMF investigates data breach affecting email accounts

IMF investigates data breach affecting email accounts

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has disclosed a cyber incident it discovered last month, in which a number of its ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 18 Mar 2024
MediaWorks suffers alleged data breach affecting 2.4m New Zealanders

MediaWorks suffers alleged data breach affecting 2.4m New Zealanders

A huge tranche of personal data – including children’s details – was allegedly stolen from one of New Zealand’s biggest ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 18 Mar 2024
McDonald’s denies cyber attack was cause of global outage

McDonald’s denies cyber attack was cause of global outage

Following a worldwide outage last Friday, the world’s largest restaurant chain, McDonald’s, squashed claims that a cyber ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 18 Mar 2024
D#NUT ransomware gang claims Ready or Not dev Void Interactive as a victim

D#NUT ransomware gang claims Ready or Not dev Void Interactive as a victim

The developer of a SWAT-based first-person shooter video game has allegedly lost four terabytes of data, including ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 18 Mar 2024
British Library warns ransomware gangs that the British state will not pay ransom

British Library warns ransomware gangs that the British state will not pay ransom

Despite facing months and months of issues following an attack on its systems, the British Library has warned ransomware ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 15 Mar 2024
Ransomware gang claims attacks on three Israeli government agencies

Ransomware gang claims attacks on three Israeli government agencies

A relatively new threat group has been claiming attacks on Israeli government agencies in recent days.

Daniel Croft Fri, 15 Mar 2024
43m affected in French government agency cyber attack

43m affected in French government agency cyber attack

A cyber attack on a French government agency has resulted in the data of 43 million people being leaked.

Daniel Croft Fri, 15 Mar 2024
100k affected in Nissan Australia cyber attack

100k affected in Nissan Australia cyber attack

Nissan Australia has revealed that the data breach it suffered late last year has affected over 100,000 people.

Daniel Croft Thu, 14 Mar 2024
EU Parliament signs off on Artificial Intelligence Act

EU Parliament signs off on Artificial Intelligence Act

The new law bans a suite of AI applications, including using CCTV footage to create facial recognition databases.

David Hollingworth Thu, 14 Mar 2024
Skilled hackers are on the move from LockBit to Akira

Skilled hackers are on the move from LockBit to Akira

The Akira ransomware gang is enjoying an influx of “pen-testers”, according to a security researcher’s report.

David Hollingworth Thu, 14 Mar 2024
Did ALPHV really steal Change Healthcare data? US government investigates

Did ALPHV really steal Change Healthcare data? US government investigates

A probe into the Change Healthcare attack has been launched by the US government to determine whether or not any health ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 14 Mar 2024
US House of Representatives votes yes to forcing TikTok divestiture

US House of Representatives votes yes to forcing TikTok divestiture

Chinese company ByteDance now has 165 days to sell off TikTok – or face a total ban in the US.

David Hollingworth Thu, 14 Mar 2024
Notorious LockBit affiliate sentenced to 4 years in prison, to fork out $860k

Notorious LockBit affiliate sentenced to 4 years in prison, to fork out $860k

A key affiliate of the infamous LockBit ransomware gang has been sentenced to four years in prison by Canadian courts ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 14 Mar 2024
Students complete ethical hacking course at AFP-led re_B00TCMP

Students complete ethical hacking course at AFP-led re_B00TCMP

A first-of-its-kind pilot program teaches students to use their hacking powers for the good guys.

David Hollingworth Thu, 14 Mar 2024
Acer employee data stolen in third-party cyber attack

Acer employee data stolen in third-party cyber attack

Threat actors have leaked the data of Acer employees online after exfiltrating it during an attack on a third-party ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 13 Mar 2024
RMIT-designed early fault detection system is fighting bushfires across the world

RMIT-designed early fault detection system is fighting bushfires across the world

An “Australian-made innovation” is in high demand in other countries, as the company behind the invention seeks ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 13 Mar 2024
11k cyber incidents linked to Medibank cyber attack discovered by Australian police

11k cyber incidents linked to Medibank cyber attack discovered by Australian police

Australian police have detected over 11,000 instances of cyber crime relating to the Medibank breach back in 2022, ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 13 Mar 2024
O’Neil partners with ESET to launch Women in Cyber Security Scholarship competition

O’Neil partners with ESET to launch Women in Cyber Security Scholarship competition

Australia’s cyber security minister has partnered with Australian software company ESET to launch the 2024 Women in ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 13 Mar 2024
Technology made in China is a clear security risk, according to CISA executive director

Technology made in China is a clear security risk, according to CISA executive director

The executive director of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency flags concerns over Chinese spying via ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 13 Mar 2024