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Broker blues: Almost three-quarters of Aussie mortgage brokers impacted by scams or fraud

Broker blues: Almost three-quarters of Aussie mortgage brokers impacted by scams or fraud

Fraud is on the rise, according to a new Equifax report, but brokers are finding AI to be a great tool for handling ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 24 Nov 2025
Research: DeepSeek more likely to write vulnerabilities into code requests based on ‘political triggers’

Research: DeepSeek more likely to write vulnerabilities into code requests based on ‘political triggers’

DeepSeek can be a pretty good coding tool, but not if you ask it to write code for its political enemies.

David Hollingworth Mon, 24 Nov 2025
Chrome, Oracle vulnerabilities added to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Chrome, Oracle vulnerabilities added to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Type confusion bug in Chrome and a critical severity issue in Oracle Fusion Middleware’s Identity Manager component are ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 24 Nov 2025
Rapid7 brings curated threat intelligence into AWS

Rapid7 brings curated threat intelligence into AWS

Rapid7 has launched Curated Intelligence Rules for AWS Network Firewall, delivering pre-vetted threat intelligence ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 24 Nov 2025
Cyber criminals target Aussie property transactions

Cyber criminals target Aussie property transactions

Payment-redirection scams are surging nationwide as cyber criminals zero in on Australia’s booming real estate market, ...

Liam Garman Mon, 24 Nov 2025
Australia overhauls top-level security clearances

Australia overhauls top-level security clearances

Australia has introduced a major overhaul of its highest-level security clearance, replacing the longstanding positive ...

Reporter Mon, 24 Nov 2025
OJT Training A Vital Component of Attracting Talent to Cyber Security  Roles

OJT Training A Vital Component of Attracting Talent to Cyber Security Roles

Across Australia, many ICT and cyber industry analysts have recognised the vital role that investing in education plays ...

Matthew Kayser Sun, 23 Nov 2025
Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool – but it can also be a powerful threat.

Artificial intelligence is a powerful tool – but it can also be a powerful threat.

Artificial intelligence is revolutionising the workplace, but with great power, comes great risk. Lumify Work’s Lead ...

Lumify Fri, 21 Nov 2025
L3Harris, PentenAmio announce teaming agreement to accelerate cryptographic innovation

L3Harris, PentenAmio announce teaming agreement to accelerate cryptographic innovation

L3Harris and PentenAmio have formalised a new teaming agreement to accelerate sovereign cryptographic innovation and ...

Reporter Thu, 20 Nov 2025
Sign up for Lawyers Weekly’s AI Innovate 2025 event!

Sign up for Lawyers Weekly’s AI Innovate 2025 event!

Learn the risks to avoid, the opportunities to seize, and the practical steps every legal team should take to ensure ...

Reporter Thu, 20 Nov 2025
US Congress invites eSafety Commissioner to congressional interview

US Congress invites eSafety Commissioner to congressional interview

Republican Jim Jordan calls on Julie Inman Grant to take part in a recorded interview, calls the commissioner an ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 20 Nov 2025
Australia joins the US and UK in sanctioning pair of Russian cyber criminal service providers

Australia joins the US and UK in sanctioning pair of Russian cyber criminal service providers

Authorities sanction providers of so-called bulletproof hosting, which offers dark web services to ransomware operators

David Hollingworth Thu, 20 Nov 2025
Exclusive: INC Ransom claims hack of Aussie contractor Facade Innovations

Exclusive: INC Ransom claims hack of Aussie contractor Facade Innovations

A ransomware group says it has stolen 80 gigabytes of data from an NSW-based company, including customer and HR data.

David Hollingworth Thu, 20 Nov 2025
The industry speaks: Fraud Awareness Week 2025

The industry speaks: Fraud Awareness Week 2025

It’s International Fraud Awareness Week, and Cyber Daily has some fraud-fighting advice from around the cyber world!

David Hollingworth Wed, 19 Nov 2025
Exclusive: Ransomware newcomer the Brotherhood claims 2 Aussie victims in 1 day

Exclusive: Ransomware newcomer the Brotherhood claims 2 Aussie victims in 1 day

Architectural firm Cera Stribley and Nina’s Jewellery have allegedly been hacked, with stolen documents published to the ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 19 Nov 2025
Oh no, not again: CISA and FortiGuard Labs warn of yet another exploited FortiWeb vulnerability

Oh no, not again: CISA and FortiGuard Labs warn of yet another exploited FortiWeb vulnerability

A command injection zero-day in several versions of Fortinet’s FortiWeb firewall products, with exploitation underway.

David Hollingworth Wed, 19 Nov 2025
Optus punished with $826k fine over anti-scam breaches

Optus punished with $826k fine over anti-scam breaches

Aussie telco’s woes continue as ACMA finds Optus, under its Coles Mobile brand, breached anti-scam rules more than 40 ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 19 Nov 2025
Cloudflare outage due to outdated tech, expert says

Cloudflare outage due to outdated tech, expert says

It wasn’t a DDoS or other malicious act that took down a major internet infrastructure service provider – it was ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 19 Nov 2025
As Black Friday looms, scams have already lost Australians $260m this year, NASC warns

As Black Friday looms, scams have already lost Australians $260m this year, NASC warns

Sales season is just around the corner, and scam costs are on the rise, as fewer and fewer consumers report incidents to ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 18 Nov 2025
Logitech confirms data breach following Cl0p’s Oracle hack claims

Logitech confirms data breach following Cl0p’s Oracle hack claims

PC peripherals maker Logitech has disclosed a data breach more than a week after the prolific hacking group listed the ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 18 Nov 2025