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The 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy (ACSS) is here, outlining the steps the nation will take to secure the ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 23 Nov 2023
Sam Altman to return as OpenAI’s CEO
The OpenAI saga appears to have come full circle, with the company announcing that it had agreed “in principle” that it ...
Industry responds to the 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy
The Albanese government on Wednesday (22 November) released the long-awaited 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security ...
Op-Ed: ‘Let’s kill all the lawyers’
So said Dick The Butcher in Shakespeare’s Henry VI in 1592. Lawyer bashing is not new. Everyone hates them till they ...
Annie Haggar • Thu, 23 Nov 2023
‘For the first time, government will hold itself to the same standard it expects of industry’: What the ACSS means for Aussie small businesses
Ensuring that individuals and businesses can “prosper” is at the heart of this week’s Australian Cyber Security ...
Liam Garman • Wed, 22 Nov 2023
Protection of children a key concern in government review of online safety legislation
The federal government has announced a review of existing online safety laws to ensure that protections and frameworks ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 22 Nov 2023
Government releases action plan for the 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy
The Albanese government today (22 November) released the 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy action plan, ...
What to expect from the 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy
The long-awaited 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy is due to be released today (22 November), almost a full ...
Interview: CrowdStrike’s APAC CTO Fabio Fratucello – how generative AI combats the cyber skills gap
The cyber security industry has been plagued by a major skills shortage, and it only looks to be worsening as workloads ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 21 Nov 2023
The move to passwordless technology is coming, but it won’t happen overnight
The transition to a secure passwordless world has already begun. We are unlocking our phones with our fingerprints, ...
Federal government bolsters cyber security support for SMBs with $41.6m investment
The Albanese government has announced moves to reinforce the cyber security of small and medium businesses (SMBs) as ...
OpenAI to face mass exodus as Microsoft snags Sam Altman
OpenAI seems to have fallen into a state of chaos following the dismissal of Sam Altman, and things are only looking to ...
OpenAI wants Altman back after firing him last week
Only a weekend after he was fired by the AI giant, OpenAI wants its co-founder and former chief executive Sam Altman ...
Daniel Croft • Mon, 20 Nov 2023
Home Affairs’ new Cyber Incident Review Board protects and investigates breached organisations
As part of the nation’s cyber security strategy, the Department of Home Affairs has announced that it will be ...
Optus CEO resigns following Senate estimates third degree
Just days after she was grilled in a Senate estimates hearing for a slew of incidents affecting Optus, chief executive ...
Samsung hack exposes personal information of UK customers
Korean technology giant Samsung has announced that it has been impacted by a cyber attack, resulting in the personal ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 17 Nov 2023
Report: Watch out – scams make up nearly half of all Black Friday spam
New research finds spam – and scams – skyrocket during the pre-Christmas sale season. Here’s what you need to know.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 17 Nov 2023
FBI and CISA release alert over Scattered Spider hacking group
The hacking group believed to be behind the MGM hack has perfected social engineering attacks, according to US ...
ALPHV files SEC complaint against own victim
The infamous ALPHV ransomware group has filed a complaint about one of its victims to the US Securities and Exchange ...
ACSC flags vulnerability used to breach DP World as critical
The vulnerability used by threat actors to bring down major Australian port operator DP World has been flagged as ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 16 Nov 2023