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The Department of Home Affairs cites “unacceptable security risk” behind the ban on Russian security software.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 25 Feb 2025
Slater & Gordon refers ‘malicious’ email to Victoria Police
A “thorough forensic investigation” is underway at Slater & Gordon following an extraordinary email to all staff ...
Jerome Doraisamy • Tue, 25 Feb 2025
North Korean APT Lazarus Group blamed for Bybit Ethereum theft
Hackers from a DPRK-linked hacking group are behind billion-dollar Bybit crypto theft.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 24 Feb 2025
Major Australian IVF firm confirms breach, reveals potentially stolen patient data
Major Australian fertility clinic Genea IVF has confirmed that threat actors accessed its systems and that patient data ...
Daniel Croft • Mon, 24 Feb 2025
Victorian Police warns of scam campaign targeting Chinese-speaking community
The scam originally targeted Chinese students studying in Victoria in 2017, but scammers have recently broadened the ...
OpenAI bans malicious North Korean, Chinese users
ChatGPT users from China and North Korea who are believed to be using it for malicious purposes have been banned from ...
Expert warns universities and schools are ‘prime targets for cyber criminals’
As the University of Notre Dame Australia continues to struggle to recover from a ransomware attack, Darren Guccione of ...
Exclusive: Australian National University confirms no ‘active ransomware threat’
Following claims by ransomware gang FSociety of a successful hack, ANU declares no active threat and closes its ...
Op-Ed: Security alerts can cry wolf – and strain expert resources
Leaping at the opportunities AI and cloud have to offer, businesses are accelerating investment in IT infrastructure, ...
Siti Chen, Manager of Enterprise Sales Engineering for Australia and New Zealand at Datadog • Mon, 24 Feb 2025
FTC invites those censored on tech platforms to reach out
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is inviting those who believe they have been censored on social media platforms ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 21 Feb 2025
Exclusive: Qilin ransomware gang claims hack of Palau Ministry of Health and Human Services
The western Pacific island nation’s health ministry has been hit by an alleged cyber attack, with the hackers ...
David Hollingworth • Fri, 21 Feb 2025
AUCyber welcomes new CEO and board
The embattled Aussie cyber security company has turned over a new leaf under a new substantial shareholder, 5G Networks
OpenAI weekly active user count exceeds 400m
Despite dealing with its new Chinese-made competitor, DeepSeek, ChatGPT creator OpenAI has announced that its weekly ...
Anatomy of a ransomware attack – all it takes is 48 minutes!
A ransomware gang very likely to be BlackBasta was recently caught in the act – here’s what a cyber attack looks like ...
South Korea building world’s highest-capacity AI data centre
South Korea has announced that it will build the world’s largest AI data centre by capacity as the country aims for the ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 20 Feb 2025
Overreach in fight against cyber crime must be avoided, says Law Council of Australia
The newly warranted federal powers to investigate cyber-enabled crime “covertly” must be “carefully scrutinised”, the ...
Grace Robbie • Thu, 20 Feb 2025
Inside the Ghost ransomware gang – everything you need to know
US agencies have released an advisory outlining the tactics, techniques, and procedures of a highly active Chinese ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 20 Feb 2025
ASIO: Foreign intelligence agencies targeting defence personnel, industry and AUKUS
Foreign intelligence agencies will increase their targeting and sabotage of defence personnel, industry and AUKUS, ...
Robert Dougherty • Thu, 20 Feb 2025
Anduril’s new recruitment campaign looks like a hack, but it isn't
It looked like the defence technology firm’s X account had been hacked, but instead, it’s all part of a new recruitment ...
US Coast Guard data breach disables payment and personnel systems
A data breach affecting the US Coast Guard has resulted in its payroll and personnel systems being disabled, delaying ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 19 Feb 2025