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CyberArk and Optiv deepen partnership

CyberArk and Optiv deepen partnership

Optiv has fast-tracked 2,500 staff onto CyberArk’s identity security platform as firms double down on identity-first ...

Reporter • Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Opportunistic Iranian cyber attacks targeting Australia possible, Google warns

Opportunistic Iranian cyber attacks targeting Australia possible, Google warns

Google expert assesses a “heightened likelihood” of Iranian hacktivists targeting Australian organisations in the wake ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Aussie telco Exetel fined $694k for anti-scam breaches

Aussie telco Exetel fined $694k for anti-scam breaches

ACMA investigation has found that Exetel breached anti-scam laws on 73 occasions in 2024, allowing scammers to bypass ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Patch now! Citrix addresses latest NetScaler zero-day, exploitation underway

Patch now! Citrix addresses latest NetScaler zero-day, exploitation underway

Citrix has advised its customers of multiple vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway appliances, ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 27 Aug 2025
UK drops plans for Apple encryption backdoor following US pressure

UK drops plans for Apple encryption backdoor following US pressure

The UK government has backed down on its plans to introduce an encryption backdoor in Apple’s cloud storage, after ...

Daniel Croft • Tue, 26 Aug 2025
Hacker help wanted: Darknet recruitment posts surge

Hacker help wanted: Darknet recruitment posts surge

Cyber criminals are looking for English-speaking hackers skilled at social engineering, as recruitment ads appear to ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 26 Aug 2025
Split and nested QR codes key to newly observed phishing tactics

Split and nested QR codes key to newly observed phishing tactics

Scammers are using a pair of novel tactics to help avoid detection when deploying quishing – QR phishing – campaigns.

David Hollingworth • Tue, 26 Aug 2025
US FTC warns tech companies against lowering encryption at foreign government request

US FTC warns tech companies against lowering encryption at foreign government request

The US Federal Trade Commission has warned tech companies against lowering their encryption levels at the request of ...

Daniel Croft • Mon, 25 Aug 2025
Exclusive: Wyong Rugby League Club listed by Qilin ransomware gang

Exclusive: Wyong Rugby League Club listed by Qilin ransomware gang

Hackers claim to have compromised the personal and financial information of club members and employees.

David Hollingworth • Mon, 25 Aug 2025
370k Grok AI chats leaked after being indexed on Google

370k Grok AI chats leaked after being indexed on Google

Hundreds of thousands of private conversations with xAI’s Grok chatbot have been made publicly accessible after they ...

Daniel Croft • Mon, 25 Aug 2025
Scam losses trend up at $175m, NASC reveals

Scam losses trend up at $175m, NASC reveals

As Scams Awareness Week kicks off, the accounting industry is rallying to emphasise the importance of strengthened cyber ...

Imogen Wilson • Mon, 25 Aug 2025
In depth: Understanding Chinese hacking group Murky Panda

In depth: Understanding Chinese hacking group Murky Panda

Analysts at CrowdStrike have been monitoring PRC-backed hackers targeting private and public sector entities in the ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 25 Aug 2025
More than a thousand cyber criminals arrested in Interpol-led law enforcement operation

More than a thousand cyber criminals arrested in Interpol-led law enforcement operation

Hackers and scammers from 18 African nations have been targeted and almost US$100 million recovered in a multi-agency ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 25 Aug 2025