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There is no question that Business continuity is a priority for every single organisation, public or private, regardless of their size or industry operation.
Cohesity • Sun, 17 Aug 2025
Australia signs up to global campaign to fight cryptocurrency scams
The Australian Federal Police said today (5 August) that Operation Spincaster has already found more than 2,000 compromised Australian-owned crypto wallets.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 05 Aug 2024
Exclusive: Aussie engineering firm confirms RansomHub ransomware attack
Nearly 500 gigabytes of data was allegedly stolen in a ransomware attack on West Australian firm McDowall Affleck.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 02 Aug 2024
Fake Google Authenticator app spreads malware, not authentication
A threat actor has used a legitimate Google ad to direct victims to a fake site to download info-stealer malware.
Western Sydney University reveals full scope of January data breach
Hackers stole nearly 600 terabytes of data during an intrusion that lasted eight months and impacted at least 7,500 individuals.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 01 Aug 2024
Scams a ‘key driver’ behind record rise of financial complaints
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority received 105,000 complaints for the last financial year – a rise of 9 per cent year on year.
CrowdStrike faces multiple lawsuits in the wake of July outage
The embattled cyber security firm faces a class action from a group of investors and a likely lawsuit from Delta Airlines.
2% of all ransomware attacks worldwide target Australian organisations
Zscaler’s annual ransomware report also notes a new record-high ransomware payment of US$75 million.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 31 Jul 2024
Cyber attacks against Australian healthcare organisations rise by 33% YOY
Healthcare entities are coming under increased pressure as cyber extortion has risen by 61 per cent in Australia in the last 12 months.
3 in 5 IT professionals have fallen victim to ransomware, overconfidence to blame: Cohesity finds
Overconfidence in legacy cyber security procedures has left businesses exposed to continuity risks and ransomware attacks, with a recent Cohesity report finding alarming ...
Liam Garman • Wed, 31 Jul 2024
Westpac teams up with Optus to fight scammers
The new partnership will provide bank customers with verified, in-app calls directly from Westpac.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 30 Jul 2024
Change Healthcare begins the process of notifying victims of February hack
The US healthcare organisation is finally notifying victims of an ALPHV ransomware attack that affected millions and cost nearly a billion in losses.
Ransomware gangs observed exploiting VMware ESXi flaw in the wild
Security researchers warn of hackers taking advantage of CVE-2024-37085, first disclosed by VMware one week ago.
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