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Hiding in plain sight: How one Akira affiliate is masking its malicious activity

Hiding in plain sight: How one Akira affiliate is masking its malicious activity

Akira’s ransomware-as-a-service operation has been highly active in seeking out Australian targets – here’s what network ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 01 Oct 2025
Accenture plans to boot staff it can’t train to use AI, 12,000 already culled

Accenture plans to boot staff it can’t train to use AI, 12,000 already culled

Global consulting giant Accenture has announced that it plans to cut staff who it is unable to train to use AI, starting ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 01 Oct 2025
ACCC to receive ‘vast troves’ of data from NSW government to help catch procurement misconduct using AI

ACCC to receive ‘vast troves’ of data from NSW government to help catch procurement misconduct using AI

The NSW government is set to hand over “vast troves” of data to the ACCC, which will be used by AI to assist in tracking ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 01 Oct 2025
Exclusive: Storage King UK listed by Anubis ransomware group

Exclusive: Storage King UK listed by Anubis ransomware group

Hackers post passport images and photos of storage units after claiming the hack of a UK self-storage company.

David Hollingworth Wed, 01 Oct 2025
CyberArk joins Microsoft Security Store to expand identity security footprint

CyberArk joins Microsoft Security Store to expand identity security footprint

Information security company CyberArk has joined Microsoft’s Security Store Partner Ecosystem, streamlining access to ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 01 Oct 2025
Home buyers shrug off cyber security risks, even as scammers target property deposits

Home buyers shrug off cyber security risks, even as scammers target property deposits

Half of Australians say they have little to no concern about sharing personal details when buying a property, even as ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 01 Oct 2025
The Industry Speaks: Cyber Security Awareness Month 2025

The Industry Speaks: Cyber Security Awareness Month 2025

The Australian government’s theme Cyber Security Awareness Month 2025 is “Building our cyber safe culture’ – here’s some ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 30 Sep 2025
WestJet says US passenger data exposed in cyber attack

WestJet says US passenger data exposed in cyber attack

Major Canadian airline WestJet has confirmed that some customer data was exposed in the cyber attack it suffered back in ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 30 Sep 2025
Lufthansa to replace 4,000 staff with AI by 2030

Lufthansa to replace 4,000 staff with AI by 2030

German airline giant Lufthansa Group is set to axe 4,000 staff by 2030 to make way for artificial intelligence to take ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 30 Sep 2025
Industry body opens consultation on review of Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation

Industry body opens consultation on review of Australian Code of Practice on Disinformation and Misinformation

Not-for-profit DIGI, which represents digital industry giants such as Google and Meta, has opened a consultation to ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 30 Sep 2025
Federal government begins search for Cyber Incident Review Board members

Federal government begins search for Cyber Incident Review Board members

The Australian government is currently on the hunt for members to form the Cyber Incident Review Board, an independent ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 30 Sep 2025
US cyber agency adds 5 known exploited vulnerabilities to its KEV catalogue

US cyber agency adds 5 known exploited vulnerabilities to its KEV catalogue

Cisco IOS, Fortra GoAnywhere, and open-source database manager Adminer all make the cut in the latest CISA KEV update.

David Hollingworth Tue, 30 Sep 2025
Not the beer! Asahi discloses cyber attack

Not the beer! Asahi discloses cyber attack

Japanese brewing giant Asahi says no personal data was lost, but Japanese service operations are suspended.

David Hollingworth Tue, 30 Sep 2025
Australian Clinical Labs agrees to $5.8m penalty in relation to 2022 Medlab Pathology hack

Australian Clinical Labs agrees to $5.8m penalty in relation to 2022 Medlab Pathology hack

ACL will contribute $400,000 towards the Australian Information Commissioner’s legal costs.

David Hollingworth Mon, 29 Sep 2025
UK government to grant Jaguar Land Rover £1.5bn cyber loan

UK government to grant Jaguar Land Rover £1.5bn cyber loan

The UK government has granted Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) a £1.5 billion safety loan to keep it afloat as it deals with the ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 29 Sep 2025
YouTube Music trials AI hosts for music streaming

YouTube Music trials AI hosts for music streaming

YouTube is trialling agentic AI hosts on its music streaming services, which will provide commentary, trivia, and other ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 29 Sep 2025
Interpol-coordinated anti-scam operation leads to 260 arrests throughout Africa

Interpol-coordinated anti-scam operation leads to 260 arrests throughout Africa

Operation Contender 3.0 saw law enforcement agencies tackle scammers across 14 countries in July and August.

David Hollingworth Mon, 29 Sep 2025
Unrepentant hackers target children, parents in UK childcare hack

Unrepentant hackers target children, parents in UK childcare hack

The Radiant ransomware group has threatened to publish the personal data of more than 8,000 kids in a data breach of the ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 29 Sep 2025
Jaguar Land Rover says some systems restored following cyber attack

Jaguar Land Rover says some systems restored following cyber attack

Britain’s largest car manufacturer, Jaguar Land Rover, has announced the beginning of its cyber recovery, with its ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 26 Sep 2025
Supply chain risk: Understanding the weakest link in cyber security

Supply chain risk: Understanding the weakest link in cyber security

For CISOs, managing supply chain risk is no longer a compliance exercise – it’s a core pillar of resilience.

David Hollingworth Fri, 26 Sep 2025