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Australia joins global partners to warn of state-sponsored hacking campaign targeting countries supporting Ukraine

Australia joins global partners to warn of state-sponsored hacking campaign targeting countries supporting Ukraine

Russian military threat actors are targeting Western logistics and technology companies involved in providing foreign ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 22 May 2025
M S says cyber incident resulted from third-party attack, faces $625m loss

M S says cyber incident resulted from third-party attack, faces $625m loss

Hacked UK retail giant Marks Spencer (M S) has revealed that the cyber incident it suffered was the result of ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 22 May 2025
Telco Circles.Life pays highest-ever $413k fine following anti-scam breaches

Telco Circles.Life pays highest-ever $413k fine following anti-scam breaches

An ACMA investigation has found that a lack of identity verification rules led to identity theft and the loss of tens of ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 22 May 2025
ATO says systems secure following media reports of compromise

ATO says systems secure following media reports of compromise

While the Australian Taxation Office’s systems may remain secure, a wave of tax account theft seems to have taken place

Daniel Croft Wed, 21 May 2025
Adidas suffers a second regional data breach

Adidas suffers a second regional data breach

A second regional adidas location has disclosed a cyber incident, revealing that customer data was exposed after an ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 21 May 2025
UK retailer supplier confirms cyber attack, links to M S, Co-op, Harrods unconfirmed

UK retailer supplier confirms cyber attack, links to M S, Co-op, Harrods unconfirmed

A major supplier for UK retailers has revealed that it has suffered from a ransomware attack, becoming the fourth ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 21 May 2025
Cyber security journalist targeted by second-largest DDoS attack ever recorded

Cyber security journalist targeted by second-largest DDoS attack ever recorded

The KrebsOnSecurity website was recently hit by a denial-of-service attack that peaked at 6.3 terabits of data per ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 21 May 2025
OpenAI’s GPT-5 will consolidate all other company models

OpenAI’s GPT-5 will consolidate all other company models

OpenAI’s new chatbot model is set to merge a number of capabilities from various models into one, consolidating their ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 20 May 2025
Hack.gov: TeleMessage data breach published by DDoSecrets

Hack.gov: TeleMessage data breach published by DDoSecrets

Following a hack of the Signal-clone used by top US officials, 410 gigabytes of archived messages have been published ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 20 May 2025
Major UK telco leaks user geolocation and other metadata during calls

Major UK telco leaks user geolocation and other metadata during calls

Customers of major UK telecommunications giant O2 have been having their location and other metadata leaked by the ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 20 May 2025
Report: Australian government must do more to combat tech-facilitated abuse in schools

Report: Australian government must do more to combat tech-facilitated abuse in schools

Our Watch has released a national blueprint to address AI-generated pornography, tech-facilitated abuse, and other ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 20 May 2025
Trump signs ‘Take It Down Act’, criminalising revenge porn and deepfakes

Trump signs ‘Take It Down Act’, criminalising revenge porn and deepfakes

US President Donald Trump has signed legislation criminalising the publication of AI-generated deepfake and revenge porn ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 20 May 2025
Troy Hunt launches Have I Been Pwned 2.0

Troy Hunt launches Have I Been Pwned 2.0

Aussie security researcher Troy Hunt updates web tool for tracking data breaches, with a heap of new features.

David Hollingworth Tue, 20 May 2025
Hacker of US SEC’s X account sent to prison

Hacker of US SEC’s X account sent to prison

The hacker behind the account compromise of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) X account is now facing jail ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 19 May 2025
Artificial intelligence backed by NSW government to drive housing supply analysis

Artificial intelligence backed by NSW government to drive housing supply analysis

AI mapping tools at the University of NSW’s new Housing Analytics Lab will help the state government track construction ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 19 May 2025
Fake GoFundMe page targets Victorian Liberal MP John Pesutto

Fake GoFundMe page targets Victorian Liberal MP John Pesutto

Efforts to help John Pesutto pay $2.3 million in legal costs over the Moira Deeming defamation case were hampered by a ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 19 May 2025
Ransomware denied: Co-op’s quick action leads to a quick recovery

Ransomware denied: Co-op’s quick action leads to a quick recovery

Co-op, the UK retail giant that was hacked at the end of last month, is set to recover much faster than the other two ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 19 May 2025
Coinbase offers a US$20m reward following insider-threat extortion attempt

Coinbase offers a US$20m reward following insider-threat extortion attempt

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase flips the script on scammers, turning an extortion attempt into a reward for anyone ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 19 May 2025
Crypto and property worth more than $4.5m seized from Aussie League of Legends hacker

Crypto and property worth more than $4.5m seized from Aussie League of Legends hacker

A Queensland mansion, a Mercedes-Benz, and almost 25 bitcoin have been forfeited by an Australian man linked to a 2013 ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 19 May 2025
Op-Ed: Strengthening Australia’s cyber defences – a call to action for organisations

Op-Ed: Strengthening Australia’s cyber defences – a call to action for organisations

As cyber attacks increase and Australian financial institutions find themselves increasingly in the crosshairs, just ...

Paul Henaghan, managing director of Cohesity Australia and New Zealand Mon, 19 May 2025