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‘Please hack me’: ‘Password’ remains the number one weakest password in Australia

‘Please hack me’: ‘Password’ remains the number one weakest password in Australia

Password, 123456, 123456789, and qwerty top the rather disappointing list of the most popular – and most breached – ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 01 Apr 2025
Aussie winners of Rapid7’s global 2025 Partner Of The Year Awards revealed

Aussie winners of Rapid7’s global 2025 Partner Of The Year Awards revealed

Local winners, including Telstra, DGplex, Cythera, CyberRisk and ctrl:cyber, walk away with awards in the fifth year of ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 01 Apr 2025
13cabs may have suffered a major data breach

13cabs may have suffered a major data breach

Major Australian cab service 13cabs has published a notice detailing a potential cyber attack after it discovered ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 01 Apr 2025
Data uploads to generative AI apps surge thirtyfold in just 1 year

Data uploads to generative AI apps surge thirtyfold in just 1 year

Source code, passwords, and intellectual property are all finding their way into GenAI, fuelling a growing risk of data ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 01 Apr 2025
Exclusive: Royal Mail suffers alleged data breach as threat actor claims 144GB stolen

Exclusive: Royal Mail suffers alleged data breach as threat actor claims 144GB stolen

A threat actor has claimed a data breach of the British Royal Mail, the UK’s national postal service.

Daniel Croft Tue, 01 Apr 2025
Exclusive: Contractor Brighton Australia listed on SafePay’s ransomware leak site

Exclusive: Contractor Brighton Australia listed on SafePay’s ransomware leak site

Hackers claim to have stolen more than 160 gigabytes of data from a Sydney-based construction contractor.

David Hollingworth Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Signal sees dramatic increase in app downloads following Yemen leak scandal

Signal sees dramatic increase in app downloads following Yemen leak scandal

Downloads of secure messaging app Signal have soared following the Trump administration’s Yemen bombing leak.

Daniel Croft Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Interview: Chris Krebs – nation-state hacking about ‘causing chaos’

Interview: Chris Krebs – nation-state hacking about ‘causing chaos’

SentinelOne’s chief intelligence and public policy officer and ex-CISA director discusses cyber crime, trends, the ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Macquarie University and Fujitsu partner up to offer students AI micro-credentials

Macquarie University and Fujitsu partner up to offer students AI micro-credentials

A new university course will provide hands-on access to Fujitsu’s AutoML technology in order to address an Australian ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Op-Ed: Paving a pathway to better Australian cyber security preparedness

Op-Ed: Paving a pathway to better Australian cyber security preparedness

Australia’s goal of seeding a zero-trust culture across all organisations can be significantly achieved by focusing on ...

Pieter Danhieux, co-founder and CEO of Secure Code Warrior Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Combating Australia’s cyber crime

Combating Australia’s cyber crime

As cyber crime escalates in scale and sophistication, organisations must remain hyper-vigilant of emerging cyber threats ...

Arabella Walton Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Exclusive: Aussie property developer TOGA listed as ransomware victim on Akira leak site

Exclusive: Aussie property developer TOGA listed as ransomware victim on Akira leak site

Hackers claim to have more than 500 gigabytes of data, including customer details, weeks after TOGA Far East (TFE) ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 28 Mar 2025
The industry speaks: World Backup Day 2025

The industry speaks: World Backup Day 2025

Backups are an essential part of keeping your data secure, but many Australians would still prefer to do almost anything ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 28 Mar 2025