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NSW’s long-awaited cyber mandatory reporting scheme has finally been announced, with organisations that have been ...
Daniel Croft • Mon, 13 Nov 2023
DP World says port operations have resumed after cyber attack
The Australian port operator says all its ports are back in operation, but investigations are ongoing.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 13 Nov 2023
Report: Retailers are struggling to combat growing ransomware attacks
Retailers hit a three-year low when it comes to fighting ransomware.
AI is giving scammers a new tool to take advantage of Black Friday sales
The upcoming sales season is likely to see an increase in scams, alongside an increase in their complexity.
DP World Australia shuts down ports after ‘significant cyber incident’
The Australian Federal Police is investigating a hack that has seen ports shut down around Australia.
David Hollingworth • Sat, 11 Nov 2023
ChatGPT outage confirmed as DDoS attack
Following two threat groups claiming responsibility, ChatGPT maker OpenAI has confirmed that the chatbot’s outage was ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 10 Nov 2023
Alleged email database of Australian-founded Illuvium game studio for sale on Russian hacking site
Illuvium, founded by Australian brothers, offers a suite of games built on the Ethereum blockchain.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 10 Nov 2023
Clop ransomware gang targets zero-day vulnerability in SysAid support software
The gang behind the MOVEit hack could be on the prowl again.
Anonymous Sudan and Skynet claim Cloudflare DDoS takedown
Less than a week after Cloudflare suffered a days-long outage, DDoS operators claim a strike against the company’s ...
Scams taking advantage of the Optus outage are already circulating
Opportunistic scammers are already sending out scam messages promising compensation for the day-long outage.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 09 Nov 2023
myGov to move to passwordless authentication following reveal of $3.1bn scam loss
The way in which users log in to their myGov accounts is set to change, with the Australian government looking at ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 09 Nov 2023
Chinese threat actors caught spying on Cambodian government networks
Fake cloud services observed targeting Cambodian defence, election, and treasury organisations.
ChatGPT suffers major outage as Anonymous Sudan x Skynet claim cyber attack
Generative AI chatbot ChatGPT is suffering from a major outage, with threat actors claiming to have launched distributed ...
3 things you need to know about Australia’s Cyber and Infrastructure Security Centre
Critical infrastructure is just that – critical. And protecting it is a mighty task.
Reporter • Thu, 09 Nov 2023
Meta now requires disclosure of AI use in political ads
Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, has announced a new policy that will require creators of political ...
US consulting firm Frost & Sullivan hit by 90GB data breach
Promissory notes, executive bonus schemes, payroll details, and a wealth of client data have all been exposed on the ...
74% of ANZ businesses suffered a data breach from a cyber attack
Cyber attacks are hitting Australian and New Zealand organisations at an unprecedented rate, according to new research ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 08 Nov 2023
Iranian hackers target Israeli organisations in long cyber campaign
Iranian hackers have been launching cyber attacks on Israeli tech and higher education sectors in an attempt to steal ...
Optus outage not related to cyber incident, according to telco’s CEO
While Optus cannot say what has caused the nationwide outage, the company is pretty sure what hasn’t triggered the ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 08 Nov 2023
Small business recoils from cost of cyber security
The main barrier to more secure digital systems is price, a Mastercard survey finds, and raising revenue has become a ...
Philip King • Wed, 08 Nov 2023