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Early-stage technology fund oversubscribed for debut

Early-stage technology fund oversubscribed for debut

Australian venture capital fund Salus Ventures has exceeded its $40 million capital raise target, with an eye to ...

Liam Garman Wed, 14 Feb 2024
OpenAI’s Altman asks for US$7tn to fund the AI GPU revolution

OpenAI’s Altman asks for US$7tn to fund the AI GPU revolution

Father of ChatGPT Sam Altman is looking to source a meagre US$5 trillion to US$7 trillion (roughly A$7.7 trillion to ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 14 Feb 2024
Government plans new anti-doxxing laws following anti-Semitic incident

Government plans new anti-doxxing laws following anti-Semitic incident

The government has laid out plans to introduce new anti-doxxing laws following an incident that led to the personal ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 14 Feb 2024
ASD concerned as ‘quantity and quality’ of cyber incident reporting declines

ASD concerned as ‘quantity and quality’ of cyber incident reporting declines

Critical infrastructure operators, in particular, have dropped the reporting ball despite being required to do so under ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 14 Feb 2024
Clive Palmer-owned company accuses government of hacking its lawyers during $300bn lawsuit

Clive Palmer-owned company accuses government of hacking its lawyers during $300bn lawsuit

A company owned by Australian business tycoon and chairman of the United Australia Party Clive Palmer has accused the ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 13 Feb 2024
Taylor Swift fans fall victim to credential stuffing attacks, lose The Eras Tour tickets

Taylor Swift fans fall victim to credential stuffing attacks, lose The Eras Tour tickets

Ticketek has confirmed that some customer accounts have been hacked, and the Taylor Swift tickets belonging to those ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 13 Feb 2024
Government weighs up lessons learnt in the wake of HWL Ebsworth hack

Government weighs up lessons learnt in the wake of HWL Ebsworth hack

The National Office of Cyber Security has released the results of Lessons Learned Review on last year’s devastating law ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 13 Feb 2024
ChatGPT put on trial: Can AI be a lawmaker?

ChatGPT put on trial: Can AI be a lawmaker?

Can OpenAI’s iconic AI chatbot effectively cater to human societal needs when writing laws? Or does the technology have ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 13 Feb 2024
Researchers release free Rhysida Ransomware decryptor

Researchers release free Rhysida Ransomware decryptor

South Korean researchers have developed free decryption methods for the Rhysida ransomware gang, providing relief to ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 13 Feb 2024
Point/Counterpoint: Is the right to disconnect a threat to good cyber security practice?

Point/Counterpoint: Is the right to disconnect a threat to good cyber security practice?

The Australian federal government is making out-of-hours work out of bounds, but is this a recipe for disaster when it ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 13 Feb 2024
New Australian cyber security coordinator all but confirmed, according to sources

New Australian cyber security coordinator all but confirmed, according to sources

Australia’s next cyber security coordinator has been all but confirmed, after sources close to the matter told media ...

Jellie Cabas Tue, 13 Feb 2024
Hacker claims to leak more than 650k customers of Aussie Vapes store

Hacker claims to leak more than 650k customers of Aussie Vapes store

An online retailer of vaping products is the alleged subject of a leak post on a clear web hacking forum.

David Hollingworth Tue, 13 Feb 2024
58 cyber attacks costing $3bn under investigation by UN

58 cyber attacks costing $3bn under investigation by UN

The United Nations has launched an investigation into almost 60 cyber attacks believed to have been by North Korea.

Daniel Croft Mon, 12 Feb 2024
Budding data leak leaves cannabis workers blazed

Budding data leak leaves cannabis workers blazed

The data of 2.5 million workers in the cannabis industry have been exposed after a tech company used by dispensaries ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 12 Feb 2024
Report: Average cost of data breaches rises to US$4.5m

Report: Average cost of data breaches rises to US$4.5m

Research from IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023 shows breaches are costing more, especially if tackled without the ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 12 Feb 2024
Canadian government announces Flipper Zero ban to deter car theft

Canadian government announces Flipper Zero ban to deter car theft

The Canadian government has released plans to outlaw everyone’s favourite penetration testing “toy”, the Flipper Zero, ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 12 Feb 2024
US authorities seize Warzone malware infrastructure

US authorities seize Warzone malware infrastructure

The US Department of Justice has announced it has shut down several for-sale websites, leading to the arrests of two ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 12 Feb 2024
ACSC releases critical alert over FortiOS bug

ACSC releases critical alert over FortiOS bug

The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre is concerned about a FortiGuard vulnerability that ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 12 Feb 2024
The weekly ransomware report, Friday, 9 February

The weekly ransomware report, Friday, 9 February

Attacks remain steady this week as LockBit continues to dominate the ransomware landscape.

David Hollingworth Fri, 09 Feb 2024
ALPHV ransomware group may be sniffing around Mac OS

ALPHV ransomware group may be sniffing around Mac OS

Researchers find backdoor malware written in Rust, which overlaps with ALPHV/BlackCat infrastructure.

David Hollingworth Fri, 09 Feb 2024