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Interview: Courtney Guss – ‘I think sometimes you just have to prove that it works’

Interview: Courtney Guss – ‘I think sometimes you just have to prove that it works’

We chatted with Semperis’ director of crisis management about the importance of diversity and the necessity to manage ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 21 Jul 2025
Exclusive: Akira claims successful hack of LeasePLUS

Exclusive: Akira claims successful hack of LeasePLUS

A novated lease services provider that handles government customers was hit by an alleged ransomware attack, with ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 21 Jul 2025
Meta rejects EU’s AI Code of Practice, refuses to sign

Meta rejects EU’s AI Code of Practice, refuses to sign

Social media and AI giant Meta has refused to sign the code of practice the EU has outlined in its AI Act, which would ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 21 Jul 2025
Data of all 6.5m Co-op members stolen in cyber attack

Data of all 6.5m Co-op members stolen in cyber attack

Major UK retailer Co-op has revealed that the cyber attack it suffered earlier this year resulted in the data of all of ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 21 Jul 2025
Exclusive: INC Ransom claims pair of Australian victims

Exclusive: INC Ransom claims pair of Australian victims

Terry Ringland Chartered Accountants and South East Country Vets have both been listed on hackers’ darknet leak site.

David Hollingworth Mon, 21 Jul 2025
ACSC circulates ‘act now’ alert over critical Microsoft Office SharePoint Server vulnerability

ACSC circulates ‘act now’ alert over critical Microsoft Office SharePoint Server vulnerability

CVE-2025-53770, also known as ToolShell, is already being actively exploited in the wild, and both government and ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 21 Jul 2025
The challenges and advantages of energy-efficient AI

The challenges and advantages of energy-efficient AI

The rise of generative AI tools comes with a heavy environmental cost – but it doesn’t have to be that way, one expert ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 18 Jul 2025
Millions could be compensated over major Qantas data breach

Millions could be compensated over major Qantas data breach

A national law firm has lodged a representative complaint against Qantas, seeking compensation on behalf of millions of ...

Grace Robbie Fri, 18 Jul 2025
1 in 12 employees globally use Chinese generative AI tools

1 in 12 employees globally use Chinese generative AI tools

New research has revealed the scope of workers using tools such as DeepSeek, with sensitive business data commonly ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 18 Jul 2025
Qantas obtains injunction to prevent hacked data’s release

Qantas obtains injunction to prevent hacked data’s release

Qantas has obtained a court injunction to prevent any person or organisation from publishing the customer information ...

Adam Thorn Thu, 17 Jul 2025
UAP confirms ransomware attack, personal data and email correspondence exposed

UAP confirms ransomware attack, personal data and email correspondence exposed

Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party has informed its members of a data breach, but admits “it is impracticable to ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 17 Jul 2025
Australia adopts AS IEC 62443 as national cyber security standard to protect critical infrastructure

Australia adopts AS IEC 62443 as national cyber security standard to protect critical infrastructure

Newly adopted standards offer a clearer and more structured approach to protecting operational technology in critical ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 17 Jul 2025
Tasmanian kids get a taste of ethical hacking courtesy of the AFP

Tasmanian kids get a taste of ethical hacking courtesy of the AFP

The AFP-led Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre hosted re_B00TCMP last month, offering students a glimpse of a ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 17 Jul 2025
Hertz AI damage scanning continues to push customers away

Hertz AI damage scanning continues to push customers away

The AI damage-detection system rolled out by Hertz continues to frustrate customers as more come forward after being ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 16 Jul 2025
Meta patches AI chatbot bug capable of leaking user AI prompts and responses

Meta patches AI chatbot bug capable of leaking user AI prompts and responses

A bug in Meta’s AI chatbot that allowed users to access the prompts and responses of other Meta AI users has been ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 16 Jul 2025
Australia’s top AI talents set to shine: Australian AI Awards returns for 2025

Australia’s top AI talents set to shine: Australian AI Awards returns for 2025

Submissions and nominations are now open for the Australian AI Awards 2025 – submit now to be recognised for excellence

Reporter Wed, 16 Jul 2025
Australia confirms establishment of cyber reserves workforce by early 2026

Australia confirms establishment of cyber reserves workforce by early 2026

Australia will establish a cyber reserves workforce for the Australian Defence Force by early 2026, under a Cyber ...

Robert Dougherty Wed, 16 Jul 2025
2025 ESET Women in Cybersecurity Scholarship revealed

2025 ESET Women in Cybersecurity Scholarship revealed

Samia Arshad Mehar from the University of Technology Sydney has walked away with a scholarship worth $5,000.

David Hollingworth Wed, 16 Jul 2025
The spare change: Another UnitedHealth subsidiary has suffered a data breach

The spare change: Another UnitedHealth subsidiary has suffered a data breach

Well over a year after the Change Healthcare data breach, a second subsidiary of the UnitedHealth Group has suffered a ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 16 Jul 2025
auDA awards grants worth $2.5m to guard against scams and quantum risk

auDA awards grants worth $2.5m to guard against scams and quantum risk

Australia’s domain name administrator splashes cash to transition to quantum-safe DNS and scam prevention and support.

David Hollingworth Wed, 16 Jul 2025