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WA reviews energy sector cyber security

WA reviews energy sector cyber security

Western Australia has announced a new consultation which will review the cyber security standards of the state’s energy ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 13 Dec 2024
Exclusive: Bondi Markets the latest claimed victim of Australian DDoS campaign

Exclusive: Bondi Markets the latest claimed victim of Australian DDoS campaign

The website for Bondi Markets was allegedly taken down in a DDoS attack, making the organisation the latest victim of a ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 13 Dec 2024
Money mule for cyber criminals sentenced to 18-month jail term

Money mule for cyber criminals sentenced to 18-month jail term

Melbourne man sentenced to jail time and Recognisance Release Order for assisting in laundering the proceeds of cyber ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 13 Dec 2024
Op-Ed: AppSec 2025 – battling GenAI exploits and strengthening API defences

Op-Ed: AppSec 2025 – battling GenAI exploits and strengthening API defences

Nanhi Singh, chief customer officer and general manager of application security, Imperva, believes the latest ...

Nanhi Singh, Chief Customer Officer and GM of Application Security Fri, 13 Dec 2024
Exclusive: Kiwi telco Compass Communications confirms ransomware attack

Exclusive: Kiwi telco Compass Communications confirms ransomware attack

RA World ransomware gang lists a New Zealand company as a victim and claims to have stolen 250 gigabytes of internal and ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 13 Dec 2024
Most Aussie business leaders expect another CrowdStrike-style outage next year

Most Aussie business leaders expect another CrowdStrike-style outage next year

July’s global outage caught most Australian executives off guard, and most think the next one is inevitable.

David Hollingworth Thu, 12 Dec 2024
Exclusive: Medusa claims 852.4GB of data stolen from Ainsworth Game Technology

Exclusive: Medusa claims 852.4GB of data stolen from Ainsworth Game Technology

The Medusa ransomware group has claimed a ransomware attack on an Australia-operated digital slots and gaming machine ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 12 Dec 2024
Global Meta outage affects Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp

Global Meta outage affects Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp

Meta’s social media platforms suffered a worldwide outage in the early hours of this morning (Thursday, 12 December), ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 12 Dec 2024
Glazed and confused: Hackers find hole in Krispy Kreme’s security

Glazed and confused: Hackers find hole in Krispy Kreme’s security

Donut giant Krispy Kreme has revealed that a cyber attack on its network has resulted in operational disruptions.

Daniel Croft Thu, 12 Dec 2024
Exclusive: Funksec ransomware gang allegedly targets pair of Aussie companies

Exclusive: Funksec ransomware gang allegedly targets pair of Aussie companies

Ransomware operators share data stolen from a West Australian cleaning supplier and ANZ food safety not-for-profit, but ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 12 Dec 2024
Russian state-linked hackers reportedly targeting Ukraine defence contractors

Russian state-linked hackers reportedly targeting Ukraine defence contractors

Ukraine has said that Russian state-linked threat actors have been targeting its defence contractors.

Daniel Croft Wed, 11 Dec 2024
Security researchers warn of active exploitation of Cleo file transfer software

Security researchers warn of active exploitation of Cleo file transfer software

Cleo VLTrader, Cleo Harmony, and Cleo LexiCom are all being actively exploited after an update fails to address known ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 11 Dec 2024
Exclusive: USMC, US DOD personnel data allegedly listed by threat actor

Exclusive: USMC, US DOD personnel data allegedly listed by threat actor

The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has been allegedly breached by a threat actor who claims to have the data of over ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 11 Dec 2024