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Workday HR platform the latest victim of Salesforce breach campaign
Major HR platform Workday has disclosed a data breach after threat actors accessed a third-party CRM platform.
Report: Hacktivism drives surge in ransomware attacks in Q2 2025
The brief Israel-Iran conflict saw a spike in ransomware attacks targeting industrial entities, as 12 new ransomware ...
Europol offers US$50k reward for information on senior Qilin hackers
Two admins involved in the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service operation have been targeted by international law enforcement ...
First Nations Australians urged to be more cyber secure
The Australian government’s Act Now. Stay Secure. campaign shifts its focus to the mob in an effort to boost personal ...
Exclusive: DDoS hacktivists pressure Australia to boycott Israel
Pro-Russian and Pro-Palestinian hacktivists are targeting Australian government agencies and education institutions in ...
Advice: 5 key steps to help your business weather ‘a perfect storm of cyber security threats’
Kapil Kukreja, risk and assurance partner at HLB Mann Judd Melbourne, says cyber security is now a “strategic issue” for ...
Artificial Toy Story: Do AI-powered toys take the life out of playtime?
Are toys an ideal and beneficial use of AI, or could the technology be risky or even dangerous to expose our youngest ...
Monash University unveils Australia’s first AI research supercomputer
Melbourne-based Monash University has unveiled the development of Australia’s first advanced AI supercomputer, as part ...
Israeli cyber security official detained in US following operation targeted ‘child sex predators’
Cops in Las Vegas have claimed the arrest and detention of the executive director of the Israel Cyber Directorate, Tom ...
Research: 43% of Australian ransomware victims pay criminals to recover their data
Ransomware attacks – and their impact – are on the rise in Australia, according to a new study from Barracuda.
ACCC takes Google to court over anti-competitive search practices
Google has admitted to anti-competitive conduct involving Telstra and Optus and has offered to pay $55 million penalty
US government eyes stake in Intel after slamming company CEO
The US government has begun discussions to buy a stake in US multinational tech company and major chipmaker Intel, in an ...
ATO weighs up adopting AI to assist 800 core developers with programming
The agency wants to free its developers from trivial tasks and allow them to focus on work that is “higher value”.
Accenture acquires Aussie cyber security firm CyberCX
CyberCX will become part of the global consulting firm through Accenture’s largest cyber security acquisition to date.
Hack the planet! A snapshot of nation-state of cyber threats over the last 12 months
Nation-state hackers and hacktivists groups made up a quarter of all interactive network intrusions over the last 12 ...
Thales, IBM, Keyfactor, and Quantinuum form Quantum-Safe 360 Alliance
Post-quantum security leaders signal new alliance with white paper to outline their vision of a post-quantum ...
NSW man charged over alleged production of child abuse material via AI
A 58-year-old man from NSW’s South Coast has been charged with allegedly producing AI-generated child abuse material.
CBA partners with OpenAI for AI banking and anti-scam services
Australia’s largest bank, Commonwealth Bank (CBA), has partnered with the world’s most well-known AI firm, OpenAI, ...
OpenAI’s GPT-5 tricked into providing instructions to make incendiary device within 24 hours
All it took security researchers was four prompts, and the supposedly more secure chatbot was jailbroken.
Exclusive: Aussie sustainable energy giant denies ransomware claims
Global company EDL has detected no evidence of compromise after being listed by the Sinobi ransomware group.