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Workforce shortages set to plague cyber security sector well into the decade

Workforce shortages set to plague cyber security sector well into the decade

Open roles in the cyber security workforce continue to outnumber experienced professionals, a situation unlikely to ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 14 Jan 2026
Hacked: Desktop Windows Manager vulnerability added to CISA’s KEV catalogue

Hacked: Desktop Windows Manager vulnerability added to CISA’s KEV catalogue

Newly addressed vulnerability CVE-2026-20805 has been added to the US cyber agency’s ever-growing list of known ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 14 Jan 2026
Why legal counsel is your best asset for incident response

Why legal counsel is your best asset for incident response

Cyber attacks are a situation of when, not if. Sometimes, even with the most robust cyber security, hackers get in and ...

Daniel Croft, Brigitte Gasson, Eden Winokur Wed, 14 Jan 2026
Op-Ed: January’s Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft addressing more than 100 vulnerabilities

Op-Ed: January’s Patch Tuesday sees Microsoft addressing more than 100 vulnerabilities

Today’s menu includes just one vulnerability marked as exploited in the wild, as well as two vulnerabilities where ...

Adam Barnett, Lead Software Engineer at Rapid7 Wed, 14 Jan 2026
Why hackers target brokers and how to fight back, with Lendi cyber chief Simon Ellis

Why hackers target brokers and how to fight back, with Lendi cyber chief Simon Ellis

Hackers like targets that maximise gain for minimal effort. This often means businesses in the healthcare sector, ...

Daniel Croft and Simon Ellis (head of cyber security at Lendi Group) Wed, 14 Jan 2026
Peak real estate body issues warning over compliance audits

Peak real estate body issues warning over compliance audits

One of Australia’s peak real estate bodies has issued a warning that the Office of the Australian Information ...

Reporter Tue, 13 Jan 2026
New investigation reveals top phishing trends in 2025

New investigation reveals top phishing trends in 2025

The top phishing tactics, themes, and techniques used by cyber criminals in 2025 have been revealed in a new ...

Bethany Alvaro Tue, 13 Jan 2026
Supply chain security in the AI era is no longer optional

Supply chain security in the AI era is no longer optional

For years, organisations told themselves that software supply chain risk was a manageable problem. Track your ...

Pouya Ghotbi, Lead Technologist, Check Point Software Technologies Tue, 13 Jan 2026
UK’s new cyber legislation leaves public service exempt from reporting

UK’s new cyber legislation leaves public service exempt from reporting

The UK government last week unveiled its new Government Cyber Action Plan, which aims to keep digital services secure as ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 13 Jan 2026
Alert! Vulnerability in popular self-hosted Git service Gogs targeted by hackers

Alert! Vulnerability in popular self-hosted Git service Gogs targeted by hackers

The US cyber agency has added CVE-2025-8110 to its list of actively exploited vulnerabilities, following ongoing ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 13 Jan 2026
Nissan allegedly hacked just days after claimed Chrysler breach

Nissan allegedly hacked just days after claimed Chrysler breach

Japanese car manufacturer Nissan has allegedly suffered a cyber attack, after hackers listed the company on their dark ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 13 Jan 2026
Survey: Experts excited by Australian AI Safety Institute opportunities

Survey: Experts excited by Australian AI Safety Institute opportunities

Australia’s position as a middle power could be a boon, but the dangers of a restrictive bureaucracy could scare key ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 13 Jan 2026
CrowdStrike, Nord Security partner to bring enterprise-grade protection to SMBs

CrowdStrike, Nord Security partner to bring enterprise-grade protection to SMBs

A new partnership combines AI-driven threat detection with secure access and credential management to defend smaller ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 13 Jan 2026
Albanese calls Musk’s X, Grok ‘abhorrent’ for generation of sexual abuse material

Albanese calls Musk’s X, Grok ‘abhorrent’ for generation of sexual abuse material

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is the latest to have called out Elon Musk’s X and Grok after the AI chatbot was used to ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 12 Jan 2026
Update NOW! Singaporean government and cyber security firm warn of perfect 10 SmarterTools vulnerability

Update NOW! Singaporean government and cyber security firm warn of perfect 10 SmarterTools vulnerability

A vulnerability in SmarterTools’ SmarterMail platform could lead to remote code execution on vulnerable mail servers.

David Hollingworth Mon, 12 Jan 2026
UNSW lands $3m next-gen AI defence contract

UNSW lands $3m next-gen AI defence contract

A secure AI technology designed to tackle “rapidly changing environments” gets the nod with funding drop from the ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 12 Jan 2026
Meta denies Instagram breach impacting 17m accounts

Meta denies Instagram breach impacting 17m accounts

An alleged data breach was actually scraped in 2022 and originally “leaked” in 2023, but still includes more than 6 ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 12 Jan 2026
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most cyber secure country of them all?

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most cyber secure country of them all?

Research: Australia ranks eighth in the list of most cyber secure countries, but Singapore takes top spot.

David Hollingworth Mon, 12 Jan 2026
New details emerge on New Zealand health record hack

New details emerge on New Zealand health record hack

New Zealand’s Ministry of Health has announced that it will be further investigating the cyber security breach of Manage ...

Bethany Alvaro and Daniel Croft Fri, 09 Jan 2026
CrowdStrike reveals purchase of identity management start-up

CrowdStrike reveals purchase of identity management start-up

American cyber security provider CrowdStrike has revealed its purchase of SGNL, an identity management start-up worth ...

Bethany Alvaro Fri, 09 Jan 2026