Security
US national arrested for operating a North Korean laptop farm
A 38-year-old man has been arrested and charged with running a scheme that led to the employment of North Korean hackers ...
Exclusive: Hacker claims successful hack of Adreno, the ‘world’s largest dive store’
UPDATED: Adreno confirms incident impacting more than 500,000 customers of the popular Australian dive store.
Nearly 3bn compromised in hack on US background-checking firm
A lawsuit has revealed the details of a massive data breach impacting 2.9 billion individuals.
Home, business security provider ADT customer information leaked
US home and business physical security provider ADT has confirmed that hackers obtained a “limited” amount of customer ...
Majority of phishing emails still bypassing security protection
After analysing 17.8 million phishing emails, cyber security researchers have found that 56 per cent were able to bypass ...
Exclusive: Victorian firm Kempe Engineering listed on RansomHub leak site
The ransomware gang claims to have stolen four terabytes of data, including customer and staff information.
Olympic boxer Danny Green partners with Cyber Wardens to promote cyber security
Analogies to the “sweet science” fly as boxing legend and businessman comes out swinging against cyber security threats
Exclusive: Meow ransomware gang claims hack of New Zealand IT support firm Banx
The threat actor claims to have 15 gigabytes of stolen data from the company and has already published some documents on ...
Report: Half of Australian businesses have paid a ransom after a cyber attack
A survey of Australian businesses by Cloudflare paints a picture of a volatile local landscape as some organisations ...
Inside the world of initial access brokers, with Rapid7’s Christiaan Beek
We sat down with Rapid7’s senior director of threat analytics to unpack how initial access brokers operate and their ...
Op-Ed: A wish list for the new Minister for Cyber Security, Tony Burke
Janine Morris, industry engagement and strategy lead at AvePoint, outlines four key areas that Australia’s new Cyber ...
Microsoft joins Delta Air Lines pile on
Microsoft’s lawyer accuses the airline of presenting a “false picture” of its actions following the July CrowdStrike ...
Ransomware gangs increasingly weaponising stolen data
Cyber criminals are using the personal details of company employees and even “illegal business activities” to put more ...