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When people think of hackers or scammers, the picture that comes to mind is a man wearing a black hoodie in a dark room, ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 27 Dec 2024
Op-Ed: Building a cyber resilient Australia – insights from the Office of the CTO
The Australian government has taken a significant step towards enhancing its cyber security landscape by releasing a ...
Ashwin Ram, Cyber Security Evangelist, Check Point Software Technologies • Fri, 27 Dec 2024
Interview: Deepen Desai on ransomware gangs and the question of paying up
Zscaler’s chief security officer and head of research believes paying a ransom can sometimes be the only option to keep ...
David Hollingworth • Tue, 24 Dec 2024
Exclusive: UN delegate data allegedly exposed in claimed cyber attack
The data of almost 25,000 United Nations delegates has been allegedly published online after a notorious threat actor ...
Daniel Croft • Mon, 23 Dec 2024
LockBit teases return with 4.0 encryptor announcement
Ransomware giant LockBit has announced its 4.0 encryptor, teasing a return in early 2025.
Lack of cyber resilience puts Australian schools at risk
Australian and international schools are not prepared for cyber threats, putting students at risk, according to a new ...
5G Networks reveals takeover bid of AUCyber
The Australian digital services firm has announced an unconditional, on-market takeover bid of the struggling cyber ...
David Hollingworth • Fri, 20 Dec 2024
Industry predictions for 2025 part 1: How will the industry itself change in the next 12 months
Cyber security is an inherently people-based problem – it’s one thing to wonder how the hackers may adapt in 2025, but ...
Interview: Deepen Desai on the evolving threat landscape and AI risks and benefits
ZScaler’s chief security officer and head of research thinks AI will end up being a boon for network defenders and cyber ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 19 Dec 2024
Industry predictions for 2025 part 1: Artificial intelligence advances, risks, and uptake
It’s that time of year again, when we cast our collective gaze as an industry forward and pontificate on what may come ...
Texas Tech University confirms data breach impacting medical records of 1.4m patients
A US university has begun notifying victims of a serious data breach following a cyber attack by the Interlock ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 18 Dec 2024
Exclusive: Waverley Christian College confirms cyber incident after ransomware gang claims attack
The Fog ransomware group claims to have stolen five gigabytes of data from the exclusive Victorian school.
No returns: LockBit celebrates FBI director’s birthday with downloadable archive
After a rather long hiatus, LockBit is fighting back against the FBI, having written a personal birthday message to the ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 18 Dec 2024
Top 10 holiday scams to watch for this Christmas
It’s a sad fact that scammers love to take advantage of the holiday period – here’s what to look out for this year
Exclusive: IntelBroker publishes partial Cisco data
IntelBroker has allegedly leaked part of the data it exfiltrated from Cisco last month as proof of the breach’s ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 17 Dec 2024
FBI biometrics division website outage claimed by Mr Hamza
The website of the FBI’s biometric standards division was targeted by cyber criminals, causing outages.
UNSW signs partnership agreement with OpenAI
The new deal is part of the University of NSW’s strategy to employ AI across “all aspects” of campus life.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 17 Dec 2024
Exclusive: FBI subdivision firewall access listed by potential Schneider Electric hacker
A threat actor has reportedly sold firewall access to an FBI subdivision base in a listing on a popular hacking forum.
Daniel Croft • Mon, 16 Dec 2024
Exclusive: 28.4k Nestlé corporate logins allegedly listed for sale
Threat actors claim to have exfiltrated almost 30,000 corporate logins for Swiss multinational Nestlé.
ACCC report records poor NBN satellite internet performance
NBN’s satellite internet performance is so poor that it would struggle to consistently play videos or handle online ...
Adam Thorn • Mon, 16 Dec 2024