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Customers will now be able to block their accounts if they suspect they’ve fallen victim to a scam.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 24 Mar 2025
Travellers warned to beware of scams following Heathrow airport outage
A backlog of cancelled flights and customers desperate to rebook travel arrangements could be a field day for scammers
Baidu executive’s daughter leaks personal info, company denies data breach
Chinese search engine Baidu has denied that it suffered a data breach following the daughter of a company executive ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 21 Mar 2025
DeepSeek mania inspires multiple scam campaigns
Fake installers, malware droppers, and info stealers were all deployed under the cover of the popular Chinese chatbot.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 21 Mar 2025
DOGE access to Social Security Administration data blocked by Federal Court
A US federal judge has blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing data stored by the Social ...
AI-powered phishing attacks rose sharply in the last 6 months
A new report from KnowBe4 has revealed that more than 80 per cent of all phishing emails now boast some form of AI ...
Beware of scammers posing as ANZ representatives targeting law firms
ANZ Bank New Zealand has warned of a new scam campaign taking advantage of previously leaked banking details to ...
Exclusive: Child’s play – major US toy manufacturer allegedly hacked by Clop
A major US toy manufacturer has allegedly suffered a cyber attack after the infamous Clop ransomware gang listed it on ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 20 Mar 2025
xAI adds new image generation capabilities in API
xAI, the artificial intelligence company owned by Tesla CEO and Trump sidekick Elon Musk, has bolstered its API with new ...
The National Anti-Scam Centre has warned more than 100 potential Australian crypto-scam victims
NASC and the Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre join forces to send texts and emails to potential victims of ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 20 Mar 2025
Apache Tomcat RCE vulnerability: ‘Patch, but there’s no need to panic’
Security researchers have poured cold water on claims that a recently reported Apache Tomcat bug is being “actively ...
Exclusive: Australian fibre installation firm allegedly breached by INC Ransom
Infamous ransomware gang INC Ransom has claimed a cyber attack on an Australian fibre network design and installation ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 19 Mar 2025
California Cryobank confirms year-old cyber attack
It is currently unclear whether the company’s international operations, including Australia, have been impacted by the ...
CISA reaches out to fired employees after dismissal deemed unlawful
Following a new ruling, the US government’s cyber security watchdog, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...
AI adoption in the ANZ region: ‘In a nutshell, we’re too slow’
Lenovo has released its third CIO Playbook, and it looks like Australia is at risk of falling behind the rest of the ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 19 Mar 2025
Op-Ed: Outpacing AI-driven cyber attacks
Vectra AI’s regional director of Australia and New Zealand outlines essential strategies for modern defenders.
Chris Fisher, Regional Director of Australia and New Zealand at Vectra AI • Wed, 19 Mar 2025
AI agents to halve the time it takes to exploit account exposures within 2 years
New research by Gartner suggests AI agents will be a vital tool for account takeover attacks by 2025.
Meta’s Australian fact-checking program to curb fake content ahead of election
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta promises to tackle attempts at election interference in the run-up to this year’s ...
Apple’s UK backdoor appeal held privately despite US requests
Despite requests by US lawmakers, the UK government has privately held a hearing between itself and Apple regarding a ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 18 Mar 2025
Research project harnesses artificial intelligence to strengthen cyber defence
An advanced research initiative has been launched into hybrid moving target defence for container-based cloud ...
Robert Dougherty • Tue, 18 Mar 2025
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