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The Sarcoma ransomware gang claims another Australian scalp with internal and confidential documents already published ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 10 Oct 2024
CISA warns of hurricane relief scams as Helene passes and Milton follows
Threat actors and scammers are expected to take advantage of those affected by the massive destruction brought by ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 10 Oct 2024
Russia blocks access to Discord as experts call it an attack on free speech
Russia’s censorship agency has blocked the nation’s access to Discord, resulting in uproar from Russia’s citizens who ...
Exclusive: The Plastic Bag Company falls victim to Sarcoma ransomware attack
Sydney-based bag manufacturer The Plastic Bag Company suffered a data breach as passports and tax details were published ...
Internet Archive down, claims ‘catastrophic’ data breach impacting 31m
The non-profit digital library responsible for the popular Wayback Machine web archive has been under a distributed ...
Happy Birthday, Russian President: Russian state media hacked on Putin’s birthday
Ukraine claims to be behind a cyber attack on Russia’s state media company, just in time for Russian President Vladimir ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 09 Oct 2024
ADT suffers second data breach after hackers use stolen credentials
Home and small business security provider ADT has disclosed that it suffered a second cyber attack in as many months.
Australia’s first standalone Cyber Security Act to make ransom payment reporting mandatory
Australia is set to enable mandatory reporting of ransom payments and new standards for smart devices with new ...
Exclusive: West Australian aged-care provider hit by alleged LockBit ransomware attack
Kingsley-based TPG Aged Care has been listed as a victim on LockBit’s leak site, and several internal documents with ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 09 Oct 2024
Patch Tuesday round-up, October 2024
October’s Patch Tuesday reveals 118 vulnerabilities, including multiple instances of in-the-wild exploitation, while ...
Adam Barnett, Lead Software Engineer at Rapid7 • Wed, 09 Oct 2024
New not-for-profit Australian Cyber Network launches
The ACN aims to be “a voice for industry, by industry” in the cyber security sector. We talk to its CEO and chair about ...
Qantas customer passports at risk following frequent flyer cyber theft
Qantas has revealed that the passports of at least almost a thousand customers may have been accessed after two ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 08 Oct 2024
Ukrainian national pleads guilty to running Raccoon Infostealer malware operation
Mark Sokolovsky pleaded guilty in a US court this week following his arrest by Dutch authorities in 2022.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 08 Oct 2024
American Water disables systems following cyber attack
Major US water and wastewater company American Water has revealed that it had shut down a number of its systems ...
AFP continues to work with Thai counterparts to fight scams, organised crime
Sharing digital forensics skills and experience is a key part of the 30-year-old law enforcement partnership.
AUSCERT announces tabletop incident response exercise
The new Tabletop Exercise Service aims to provide businesses with the “muscle memory” to handle cyber security incidents
Data of every Dutch police officer compromised in suspected state-sponsored cyber attack
The Dutch National Police has disclosed a cyber attack that has compromised the data of all police officers, with ...
NSW government launches Digital Strategy roadmap
The new roadmap tracks five key missions: accessibility, productivity, trust, resilience, and digital skills.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 07 Oct 2024
Cyber security remains a top focus for Australian businesses, but budgets are a challenge
Datacom’s 5th Annual Cloud Report reveals that a lack of money is standing in the way of cyber security uplift.
Outlast developer says production slowed by cyber attack, 1.8TB reportedly stolen
The developers behind the Outlast video game series have revealed that they suffered a cyber attack and that data was ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 04 Oct 2024