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NSW man arrested after allegedly using cryptocurrency to purchase child abuse material

NSW man arrested after allegedly using cryptocurrency to purchase child abuse material

A 21-year-old man has been found with child abuse material and illicit substances after a search warrant was executed as ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 05 Sep 2025
Shadow AI surges in Aussie businesses as 1 in 3 professionals admit to uploading sensitive data

Shadow AI surges in Aussie businesses as 1 in 3 professionals admit to uploading sensitive data

Too many Australian businesses are wildly unprepared to assess AI risks and lack critical visibility into how AI is ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 05 Sep 2025
Google forced to share search data with AI rivals, dodges Chrome sale

Google forced to share search data with AI rivals, dodges Chrome sale

An antitrust ruling against Google is set to benefit the company’s AI rivals, after the search giant was forced to share ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 04 Sep 2025
New NSW government Office for AI will oversee public sector AI rollouts

New NSW government Office for AI will oversee public sector AI rollouts

A new Office for AI is being formally established by the NSW government as a state-dedicated AI agency that will review ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 04 Sep 2025
Salesloft Drift hack: Okta stops hackers cold, but Tanium admits some basic data compromised

Salesloft Drift hack: Okta stops hackers cold, but Tanium admits some basic data compromised

The largest supply chain hack of the year has caught out some companies, but others have been luckier – here’s what ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 04 Sep 2025
Act now! Experts warn of active exploitation of vulnerabilities in several Sitecore products

Act now! Experts warn of active exploitation of vulnerabilities in several Sitecore products

The company behind CMS products used by companies such as L’Oreal, Microsoft, Toyota, and more has disclosed a critical ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 04 Sep 2025
Used car buyers concerned by potential scams, but not enough are taking action

Used car buyers concerned by potential scams, but not enough are taking action

Being scammed is a worry many buyers of used cars face, but almost half of Aussies in the driving seat fail to take ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 04 Sep 2025
NSW government to adopt AI to speed up data centre, housing developments

NSW government to adopt AI to speed up data centre, housing developments

In an effort to speed up housing and data centre developments, the NSW government has said that it is adopting ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 03 Sep 2025
Jaguar Land Rover takes systems offline following cyber incident

Jaguar Land Rover takes systems offline following cyber incident

Jaguar Land Rover’s retail and production systems are offline, but the luxury carmaker says customer data is not ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 03 Sep 2025
PagerDuty also exposed by Salesloft Drift supply chain hack

PagerDuty also exposed by Salesloft Drift supply chain hack

Incident management firm PagerDuty is one of hundreds confirming its customer data was potentially compromised by the ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 03 Sep 2025
New LunaLock ransomware group emerges with unique extortion tactic

New LunaLock ransomware group emerges with unique extortion tactic

Hacker targets art commissioning site Artists Clients and threatens to share artworks in AI training datasets.

David Hollingworth Wed, 03 Sep 2025
Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare confirm impact of Salesloft Drift breach

Palo Alto Networks, Cloudflare confirm impact of Salesloft Drift breach

A third-party supply chain hack fallout continues to expand as major cyber security firms fall victim to an as-yet ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 03 Sep 2025
Meta made flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift and other celebs without permission

Meta made flirty chatbots of Taylor Swift and other celebs without permission

A Meta tool has been used to create dozens of flirty AI chatbots using the likeness of major celebrities, without their ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 02 Sep 2025
Aussie super industry to run sector-wide cyber exercise

Aussie super industry to run sector-wide cyber exercise

Operation Honey Bee II will bring together industry, administrators, regulators, and government agencies to respond to a ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 02 Sep 2025
Taco Bell weighs up AI rollback as drive-through ordering delivers mixed results

Taco Bell weighs up AI rollback as drive-through ordering delivers mixed results

US-based Mexican fast food chain Taco Bell is having a rethink regarding its major AI push, after its rollout of ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 02 Sep 2025
ADF cyber specialists test prototype Joint Cyber Hunt kits in US

ADF cyber specialists test prototype Joint Cyber Hunt kits in US

Cyber specialists from Australia, America, and New Zealand have tested prototype Joint Cyber Hunt kits designed to ...

Robert Dougherty Tue, 02 Sep 2025
Labor blames AI bots and ‘foreign actors’ for its move to charge for FOI requests

Labor blames AI bots and ‘foreign actors’ for its move to charge for FOI requests

The federal government has announced its intention to charge a mandatory fee for freedom of information (FOI) requests, ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 02 Sep 2025
Zscaler falls victim to Salesloft Drift supply chain hack

Zscaler falls victim to Salesloft Drift supply chain hack

US cloud security firm Zscaler is the latest victim of a wide-ranging supply chain attack campaign targeting marketing ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 02 Sep 2025
Australian government to ban AI ‘nudify’ and deepfake apps

Australian government to ban AI ‘nudify’ and deepfake apps

The Australian government has announced that it will be moving to ban what it refers to as AI deepfake “nudify” apps and ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 02 Sep 2025
Exclusive: DragonForce ransomware claims hack of Toowoomba Friendlies Society Dispensary

Exclusive: DragonForce ransomware claims hack of Toowoomba Friendlies Society Dispensary

Hackers have published stolen data, including sensitive medical records, vaccination details, and NDIS information.

David Hollingworth Tue, 02 Sep 2025