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Exclusive: MKA Accountants confirms Qilin ransomware attack

Exclusive: MKA Accountants confirms Qilin ransomware attack

A Victorian accounting firm has been listed as a ransomware victim, with internal documents posted to the dark web.

David Hollingworth Fri, 16 May 2025
Steam not breached in 89m database leak, third-party potentially hacked

Steam not breached in 89m database leak, third-party potentially hacked

Investigations suggest a third party may have been breached, leaking some two-factor authentication (2FA) codes and ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 16 May 2025
Australia Post warns of new phishing scam targeting its customers

Australia Post warns of new phishing scam targeting its customers

Fraudulent messages are surging across the country as part of a global trend in phishing-as-a-service operations.

David Hollingworth Fri, 16 May 2025
Luxury fashion brand Dior discloses cyber incident

Luxury fashion brand Dior discloses cyber incident

Luxury French fashion brand Dior is the latest major retailer to have disclosed a cyber attack on its systems, making it ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 16 May 2025
Op-Ed: Cyber security for military systems – mission context is critical

Op-Ed: Cyber security for military systems – mission context is critical

Ticking a box for compliance and security isn’t enough when it comes to mission-critical systems.

Iain Dickson, Technical Fellow and Full Spectrum Cyber Lead at Leidos Australia Fri, 16 May 2025
Executive sues Slaters over fallout from scandalous email

Executive sues Slaters over fallout from scandalous email

Slater Gordon’s former chief people officer accused the firm of leaving her to become the “public face” of an ...

Naomi Neilson Fri, 16 May 2025
Exclusive: M S halts Australian operations following cyber attack

Exclusive: M S halts Australian operations following cyber attack

The Australian website of hacked UK retail giant Marks Spencer (M S) has been disabled as part of the ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 15 May 2025
US stores the next target for UK retailer hackers, says Google

US stores the next target for UK retailer hackers, says Google

Google has said that retailers in the United States are next in the firing line following the wave of cyber attacks on ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 15 May 2025
Op-Ed: How data visibility is the key to security

Op-Ed: How data visibility is the key to security

What’s worse than a data breach that exposes sensitive data? One that you are unaware of.

Mike Nichols, Vice President of Product Security at Elastic Thu, 15 May 2025
LeakBit: What we know so far about the LockBit data breach

LeakBit: What we know so far about the LockBit data breach

Security researchers are analysing data leaked from the LockBit ransomware operation last week, and there’s a lot to ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 15 May 2025
Aussie data breaches hit record peak in 2024

Aussie data breaches hit record peak in 2024

The Australian privacy commissioner calls on government and businesses to do more to protect personal data.

David Hollingworth Thu, 15 May 2025
M S reveals customer data compromised in cyber attack

M S reveals customer data compromised in cyber attack

UK retail giant Marks Spencer (M S) has confirmed that the cyber attack it suffered in April led to customer ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 15 May 2025
In-depth: Has DragonForce conquered RansomHub? Here’s what we know so far

In-depth: Has DragonForce conquered RansomHub? Here’s what we know so far

DragonForce has shifted its aim away from governments and businesses and opened fire at the king of ransomware, ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 14 May 2025
Exclusive: Marriott International one of 72 victims claimed by Silent Ransom Group in a single day

Exclusive: Marriott International one of 72 victims claimed by Silent Ransom Group in a single day

Law firms are heavily targeted by a ransomware operation that has been quiet for some time, as Marriott debunks hacking ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 14 May 2025
Breaking: Personal information exposed by Australian Human Rights Commission data breach

Breaking: Personal information exposed by Australian Human Rights Commission data breach

More than 600 submissions to the AHRC were accidentally disclosed online between early April and May, and personal data ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 14 May 2025
Act now! ACSC critical alert warns of vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile

Act now! ACSC critical alert warns of vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile

Hackers are already taking advantage of a pair of flaws in older versions of Ivanti EPMM that could lead to remote code ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 14 May 2025
Op-Ed: May’s Patch Tuesday reveals 77 vulnerabilities

Op-Ed: May’s Patch Tuesday reveals 77 vulnerabilities

Microsoft is addressing 77 vulnerabilities this May 2025 Patch Tuesday, with at least five already being actively ...

Adam Barnett, Lead Software Engineer at Rapid7 Wed, 14 May 2025
UK retailer hackers believed to be tied to the Kremlin

UK retailer hackers believed to be tied to the Kremlin

The hackers claiming responsibility for the trio of major UK retailers that were hacked in recent weeks are believed to ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 14 May 2025
CIA launches social media campaign to entice Chinese defectors, China responds

CIA launches social media campaign to entice Chinese defectors, China responds

The US Central Intelligence Agency has launched a Chinese-language social media campaign to encourage Chinese government ...

Robert Dougherty and Daniel Croft Tue, 13 May 2025
Meta ordered to stop training AI using EU user data by German data protection watchdog

Meta ordered to stop training AI using EU user data by German data protection watchdog

A German data protection authority has instructed Meta to halt all AI training using the data of European users.

Daniel Croft Tue, 13 May 2025