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LastPass has issued a warning to its customers regarding a phishing campaign in which cyber criminals disguise ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 19 Apr 2024
AFP to take over global online child protection taskforce
The AFP’s Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation has been chosen to lead the 15-nation Virtual Global Taskforce
David Hollingworth • Fri, 19 Apr 2024
FBI director says Volt Typhoon positioning for US critical infrastructure attack
The FBI has warned that allegedly Chinese hackers are preparing to strike US critical infrastructure operators after ...
US firm Octapharma Plasma may have shut down US operations due to ransomware attack
The US pharmaceutical company has closed more than 150 plasma collection locations, citing “network issues” – but the ...
West Australian man jailed for identity fraud after purchasing credentials from darknet
The West Australian man bought multiple sets of stolen credentials from the now-defunct Genesis Market and racked up an ...
New ‘Junk Gun’ ransomware model threatens RaaS ecosystem
Ransomware is one of the most prominent cyber threats, and for almost a decade, ransomware gangs have terrorised ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 18 Apr 2024
T2 scalded by alleged data breach affecting more than 80k customers
The Australian branch of the popular specialty tea retailer has been allegedly caught up in a data breach impacting ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 18 Apr 2024
DJI suffers alleged data breach at the hands of R00TK1T
Threat actors have claimed an attack on major Chinese drone manufacturer DJI, claiming to have breached its systems and ...
Five Eyes and allies allegedly take down BreachForums as threat groups claim responsibility
Infamous dark web marketplace BreachForums has had its website taken down in a cyber attack on its systems, with a pair ...
Report: A staggering 92% of all enterprise endpoints not ready for modern AI apps
Absolute’s Cyber Resilience Risk Index 2024 finds organisations woefully unready to face the “AI wave”.
5 Australians arrested as part of global sting operation
An international police operation involving the Australian Federal Police has led to the arrest of 37 cyber criminals.
Huge trove of Australian client data leaked following OracleCMS call centre hack
The personal details of thousands of individuals and more than a dozen local councils have leaked onto the dark web ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 17 Apr 2024
EU cyber security label vote pushed back to next month
A vote to decide whether a draft cyber security label allowing major US tech giants to enter EU cloud computing ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 17 Apr 2024
UnitedHealth reports US$872m loss as Congress investigates its industry dominance
UnitedHealth is facing losses not far under US$1 billion in the aftermath of the Change Healthcare cyber attack it ...
Report: IT leaders fear imminent cyber threat to elections across the globe
Malicious nation-state activity from China, Russia, and North Korea is already taking place, according to experts.
RansomHub pulls trigger on Change Healthcare early, data ‘now for sale’
After almost two months, threat actors have announced that data exfiltrated from Change Healthcare back in February is ...
Fujitsu announces new cyber security consulting division
IT giant Fujitsu launches trans-Tasman Fujitsu Cyber Security Services consulting team.
AI-based surveillance solutions part of multimillion-dollar Australian defence grant
Grants totalling $3.47 million have been awarded to a raft of defence projects being delivered by “cutting-edge small- ...
David Hollingworth • Tue, 16 Apr 2024
Communication between CISOs and C-suite lacking when it comes to cyber
While recent cyber crime spikes and increasing awareness have pushed cyber security to be a key concern for entire ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 16 Apr 2024
X and Meta issued takedown notices over Wakeley church stabbing content
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has given two top social platforms 24 hours to remove videos related to a knife attack ...