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Penny Wong and Antony J. Blinken announced a new MOU targeting “state information manipulation”.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 06 Aug 2024
Exclusive: Leaving worker offers database of ‘big Australian company’ on hacking forum
Insider threat claims to have access to the data of 28,000 individuals and the credit card and ID details of more than a ...
Rapid7 reveals its new command platform
The cyber security company’s new offering is an all-in-one threat exposure, detection, and response platform.
Assets of alleged Russian spies seized by AFP
Police restrain assets worth over $500,000 belonging to ADF Private and husband who posed an insider threat to defence ...
Microsegmentation demand sees ColorTokens expand regional offering
Microsegmentation provider ColorTokens has announced that it is expanding in the Asia-Pacific region, with new members ...
Reporter • Tue, 06 Aug 2024
‘Online radicalisation’ partly to blame for rise in Australia’s national terrorism threat level
ASIO has raised the terrorism threat level from possible to probable despite there being no “imminent threat or danger”
David Hollingworth • Mon, 05 Aug 2024
AFP restrains more than $500k in cryptocurrency following money laundering investigation
Total assets restrained by the AFP-led Criminal Asset Confiscation Taskforce totals more than $15.6 million.
Exclusive: Supreme Court of NSW grants injunction in Wattle Range Council hack
Court grants injunction against accessing any data currently published or to be published in the future following a ...
Australia signs up to global campaign to fight cryptocurrency scams
The Australian Federal Police said today (5 August) that Operation Spincaster has already found more than 2,000 ...
Exclusive: Aussie engineering firm confirms RansomHub ransomware attack
Nearly 500 gigabytes of data was allegedly stolen in a ransomware attack on West Australian firm McDowall Affleck.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 02 Aug 2024
CyberCX and Curtin University partner up for sovereign cloud project
The new Nebula platform will be designed to accommodate and secure sensitive research projects.
Three-quarters of Australians don’t understand how facial recognition technology works
Despite its widespread and growing use, most Australians know very little about facial recognition.
Fake Google Authenticator app spreads malware, not authentication
A threat actor has used a legitimate Google ad to direct victims to a fake site to download info-stealer malware.
Man jailed over AI-generated child abuse material
A Victorian man has been jailed for 13 months after police uncovered 793 realistic child abuse images on seized hardware
Reporter • Thu, 01 Aug 2024
Scams a ‘key driver’ behind record rise of financial complaints
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority received 105,000 complaints for the last financial year – a rise of 9 per ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 01 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike faces multiple lawsuits in the wake of July outage
The embattled cyber security firm faces a class action from a group of investors and a likely lawsuit from Delta ...
30% of GenAI business projects to be abandoned by 2025
Gartner predicts that nearly a third of generative AI projects won’t make it past the proof-of-concept stage.
2% of all ransomware attacks worldwide target Australian organisations
Zscaler’s annual ransomware report also notes a new record-high ransomware payment of US$75 million.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 31 Jul 2024
Criminals used funeral of popular Labor MP to scam money out of mourners
Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones revealed the incident in a speech to the National ...
Cyber attacks against Australian healthcare organisations rise by 33% YOY
Healthcare entities are coming under increased pressure as cyber extortion has risen by 61 per cent in Australia in the ...
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