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Exclusive: Aussie steel subcontractor Watkins Steel confirms Akira ransomware attack

Exclusive: Aussie steel subcontractor Watkins Steel confirms Akira ransomware attack

Hackers claim to have stolen almost 20 gigabytes of data from a Brisbane-based steel industry firm.

David Hollingworth • Fri, 02 May 2025
Meta’s standalone ChatGPT rival uses your social media data

Meta’s standalone ChatGPT rival uses your social media data

Meta has launched a rival standalone chatbot to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, allowing users to access the Meta AI app outside of ...

Daniel Croft • Thu, 01 May 2025
Second major UK retailer suffers cyber attack

Second major UK retailer suffers cyber attack

Following in the footsteps of UK retailer Marks Spencer (M S), a second major British retailer has suffered a ...

Daniel Croft • Thu, 01 May 2025
Exclusive: Popular Fijian hardware store listed by Qilin ransomware

Exclusive: Popular Fijian hardware store listed by Qilin ransomware

Hackers claim to have stolen from R.C. Manubhai, including senior employee passport scans, salary and loan data, and ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 01 May 2025
Penten and Amiosec merge to form mobile secure communications firm PentenAmio

Penten and Amiosec merge to form mobile secure communications firm PentenAmio

The Australian and British firms have completed their merger to provide improved cyber defence offerings with sovereign ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 01 May 2025
The industry speaks: World Password Day 2025

The industry speaks: World Password Day 2025

World Password Day is 1 May, but this year, is the idea of going truly passwordless come of age? See what our selection ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 30 Apr 2025
South Korea restores download access to DeepSeek

South Korea restores download access to DeepSeek

South Korea is once again allowing Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek to be downloaded locally after a two-month break.

Daniel Croft • Wed, 30 Apr 2025
Australian super funds remain vulnerable to email-based fraud

Australian super funds remain vulnerable to email-based fraud

New research reveals that more than half of Australian super funds lack basic cyber security measures to protect their ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 30 Apr 2025
M S breach may have been a Scattered Spider ransomware attack

M S breach may have been a Scattered Spider ransomware attack

The cyber incident affecting major UK retailer Marks Spencer (M S) has been linked to a ransomware attack by ...

Daniel Croft • Tue, 29 Apr 2025
Hire me! How GenAI plays a pivotal role in North Korean IT work scams

Hire me! How GenAI plays a pivotal role in North Korean IT work scams

North Korean agents have been observed creating entire personas around fake résumés and job interviews – all assisted by ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 29 Apr 2025
4chan restores site, blames lack of updated infrastructure for cyber attack

4chan restores site, blames lack of updated infrastructure for cyber attack

Infamous online message board 4chan is back online following a cyber attack-induced outage it suffered earlier in the ...

Daniel Croft • Mon, 28 Apr 2025
M S halts online sales as cyber incident goes from bad to worse

M S halts online sales as cyber incident goes from bad to worse

UK retail giant Marks Spencer (M S) has shut down even more of its operations as it continues to deal with the ...

Daniel Croft • Mon, 28 Apr 2025
Rapid7 launches MDR for Enterprise

Rapid7 launches MDR for Enterprise

The new detection and response service is fully customisable and tailored for distributed operational environments.

David Hollingworth • Mon, 28 Apr 2025