keeping pace with the growth rate of cyber crime". "We've seen exponential growth in cyber crime, year on year, since about 2019. "We've got about 30,000 people — which is a huge amount of people — over the next four years that we're going to need to...

all four LHDs had plans that were “not fit-for-purpose”. With none of the LHDs implementing the NSW Cyber Security Policy (2019) that requires state bodies to “establish, implement and maintain controls” across the ICT and cyber domain, this puts NSW...

individuals, we immediately investigate to validate whether this information is accurate,” the company said. “Since 2019, we’ve offered and encouraged users to use multifactor authentication (MFA), which provides an extra layer of security and can...

place with four per cent of all attacks. This remote access Trojan has been used for keylogging and info-stealing since 2019 and is clearly still a popular tool among hackers. Initial access Systems lacking multifactor authentication were the main cause...

that a cyber incident has led to the disclosure of data belonging to 232,000 current and former customers dating from June 2019 to July 2023. The attack reportedly occurred on Sunday, 18 February, with Tangerine discovering the attack days later on...

the hackers said. The hackers are believed to be Russian based and connected to the REvil ransomware group, which formed in 2019 and only targets entities outside of its home country. In the past, REvil has targeted Apple, Donald Trump, and Lady Gaga...

MGM Resorts has suffered cyber attacks in the past after the data of over 10.6 million guests was stolen by hackers in 2019. The data was then posted online the next year.

which formed in August 2025 and was responsible for several Salesforce compromises. ShinyHunters itself dates back to 2019. The group is known for its technical and social engineering skills. Previous victims include Qantas, Jaguar Land Rover, PornHub,...

Asia-Pacific regarding agreements the search giant made with Australia’s largest telcos: Optus and Telstra. Between December 2019 and March 2021, both telcos agreed to pre-install Google Search on Android devices to the exclusion of other search...

to build on and update the extensive analysis of competition in the social media services sector, published in the ACCC’s 2019 Digital Platforms Inquiry. Businesses, consumers and other stakeholders are encouraged to respond to an issues paper released...

advantage.” CyberCX is one of Australia’s largest cyber security firms. Headquartered in Melbourne and established in 2019, the company boasts a workforce of about 1,400 and operates security operations centres across Australia and New Zealand. The...

the policies disable the antivirus security, and implement the malware. LockBit ransomware was first observed in September 2019, since then the malware has become significantly advanced, and once ransomware ads were barred on hacking forums, a new leak...

Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has reported zero-day vulnerabilities associated with Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016 and 2019. Microsoft has published a list of common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs), assigned to: CVE-2022-41082 – remote code...

data will be published. ACSC explains that malicious actors have been targeting Australian organisations with LockBit since 2019. “LockBit (AKA LockBit 2.0, ABCD) is a ransomware variant first detected in September 2019, used by cyber criminals...

of Microsoft Exchange: Microsoft Exchange Server 2013; Microsoft Exchange Server 2016; and Microsoft Exchange Server 2019. Following the news, Assistant Minister for Defence Andrew Hastie commented, “Australian organisations cannot be complacent when it...

Microsoft products: Microsoft Office 2016 Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise Microsoft Office 2019 One upside is that as far as the ACSC has observed, this vulnerability is not being exploited. Microsoft has mitigation advice...

a critical issue, and it is present in the Microsoft Windows Server Update Service in Windows Server (versions 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2025). “Australian organisations should review their networks for use of vulnerable instances of the Windows Server...

to increased cyber attacks, identity theft, exploitation and misinformation,” Wilson said. The lab was first established in 2019 and has already launched a number of projects, such as The Explain Project, which explores the use of AI in the criminal...

created the RAT, is facing six charges for his alleged role in creating, selling and administering the RAT between 2013 and 2019. He was scheduled to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on 29 July 2022, but the matter was adjourned until 19 August...

collaborative efforts and more. This is the second time the AFP has led the VGT, previously chairing it from 2009 to 2019. At the time, the ACCCE had not been established, and the threat landscape has changed dramatically. Other members of the VGT...