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According to reports by the ABC, Chinese state-backed hackers were detected in the Forum Secretariat’s network in ...
David Hollingworth • Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Australian government touts new Scams Prevention Framework
Draft legislation could see banks, telcos, and social media platforms fined up to $50 million for non-compliance with ...
Law firms critically underprepared for cyber threats
Australian law firms are critically underprepared to defend themselves against cyber threats, according to a new report
Daniel Croft • Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Mastercard acquires threat intelligence firm Recorded Future for US$2.6bn
The financial services giant has said the acquisition will complement the company’s current suite of security services
Op-Ed: Australia v Musk – Musk labels Australia a fascist nation following new anti-misinformation laws
The tech giant gets to name-calling as Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones calls the free-speech absolutist’s response ...
TfL cyber attack sees commuter data exposed as NCA arrests teen
London commuters are being contacted by the city’s transport agency after the Transport for London (TfL) cyber attack ...
Op-Ed: AI attacks and dark LLMs – defending against a threat that improves on its own
Just how much of a threat are large language models in the hands of malicious actors? Both more and less than you might ...
Aaron Bugal, Field CTO APJ at Sophos • Fri, 13 Sep 2024
OAIC applauds reforms to Australia’s Privacy Act
The privacy regulator has welcomed the strengthening of its powers to protect individuals and the opportunity to develop ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Exclusive: Another case of ransomware data duplication as second group claims Myelec cyber attack
A second threat group has claimed an attack on Western Australia-based electrical wholesaler Myelec, this time ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Fortinet suffers third-party data breach affecting Asia-Pacific customers
International cyber security giant Fortinet has disclosed that it has suffered a data breach.
Doxxing could lead to a 7-year jail term, according to new laws
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is set to introduce anti-doxxing legislation as Communications Minister Michelle Rowland ...
Exclusive: NZ-based Bennett Currie customer data published following ransomware attack
Customers of the New Zealand accounting firm have had their personal and financial data published on the dark web.
Meta under fire for scraping Australian data for AI development without opt-out option
Facebook parent company Meta has revealed that it scrapes the photos and data of its Australian users to train its AI, ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 11 Sep 2024
ColorTokens announces acquisition of PureID
PureID’s identity and access management skills will be used to boost ColorToken’s Xshield platform and help minimise the ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 11 Sep 2024
93m bad web requests blocked by Nine during 2024 Olympics
Nine Entertainment, the media organisation that recently broadcast the 2024 Paris Olympics, blocked as many as 96 ...
The industry and academics speak: Is banning kids from social media a workable solution?
Cyber security professionals, privacy experts, and academics speak out on the Australian government’s proposed ban on ...
Patch Tuesday round-up, September 2024
Rapid7’s lead software engineer, Adam Barnett, catches us up with the latest vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft, and ...
Adam Barnett, Lead Software Engineer at Rapid7 • Wed, 11 Sep 2024
Op-Ed: With social media, you can’t fence the ocean
Labor’s proposed age-based social media bans will simply not work – and as a parent and professional in the space, ...
Jacqueline Jayne, independent cyber security expert and online safety specialist • Wed, 11 Sep 2024
Transport for London staff face limited system access following cyber attack
Last week’s Transport for London (TfL) cyber attack continues to develop as staff now have limited access to the ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Exclusive: RansomHub claims Aussie fundraising outfit as alleged victim
The ransomware gang claims to have stolen 79 gigabytes of data from BSG Australia, a supplier of bingo and related ...
David Hollingworth • Tue, 10 Sep 2024
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