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Exclusive: Australian furniture retailer Early Settler confirms data breach

Exclusive: Australian furniture retailer Early Settler confirms data breach

Threat actor claims to have the data of more than one million customers, dataset for sale on hacking forum.

David Hollingworth Tue, 06 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike’s lawyer strikes back at Delta Air Lines’ lawsuit threat

CrowdStrike’s lawyer strikes back at Delta Air Lines’ lawsuit threat

CrowdStrike vows to “respond aggressively” to any litigation brought against it to protect its employees and ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 06 Aug 2024
Exclusive: Leaving worker offers database of ‘big Australian company’ on hacking forum

Exclusive: Leaving worker offers database of ‘big Australian company’ on hacking forum

Insider threat claims to have access to the data of 28,000 individuals and the credit card and ID details of more than a ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 06 Aug 2024
Rapid7 reveals its new command platform

Rapid7 reveals its new command platform

The cyber security company’s new offering is an all-in-one threat exposure, detection, and response platform.

David Hollingworth Tue, 06 Aug 2024
Assets of alleged Russian spies seized by AFP

Assets of alleged Russian spies seized by AFP

Police restrain assets worth over $500,000 belonging to ADF Private and husband who posed an insider threat to defence ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 06 Aug 2024
Exclusive: Supreme Court of NSW grants injunction in Wattle Range Council hack

Exclusive: Supreme Court of NSW grants injunction in Wattle Range Council hack

Court grants injunction against accessing any data currently published or to be published in the future following a ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 05 Aug 2024
Cyber Resilience Can’t Remain A Tomorrow Priority Given The Cyber Threat Landscape of Today

Cyber Resilience Can’t Remain A Tomorrow Priority Given The Cyber Threat Landscape of Today

There is no question that Business continuity is a priority for every single organisation, public or private, regardless ...

Cohesity Mon, 05 Aug 2024
Australia signs up to global campaign to fight cryptocurrency scams

Australia signs up to global campaign to fight cryptocurrency scams

The Australian Federal Police said today (5 August) that Operation Spincaster has already found more than 2,000 ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 05 Aug 2024
Exclusive: Aussie engineering firm confirms RansomHub ransomware attack

Exclusive: Aussie engineering firm confirms RansomHub ransomware attack

Nearly 500 gigabytes of data was allegedly stolen in a ransomware attack on West Australian firm McDowall Affleck.

David Hollingworth Fri, 02 Aug 2024
Fake Google Authenticator app spreads malware, not authentication

Fake Google Authenticator app spreads malware, not authentication

A threat actor has used a legitimate Google ad to direct victims to a fake site to download info-stealer malware.

David Hollingworth Fri, 02 Aug 2024
Western Sydney University reveals full scope of January data breach

Western Sydney University reveals full scope of January data breach

Hackers stole nearly 600 terabytes of data during an intrusion that lasted eight months and impacted at least 7,500 ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 01 Aug 2024
Scams a ‘key driver’ behind record rise of financial complaints

Scams a ‘key driver’ behind record rise of financial complaints

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority received 105,000 complaints for the last financial year – a rise of 9 per ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 01 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike faces multiple lawsuits in the wake of July outage

CrowdStrike faces multiple lawsuits in the wake of July outage

The embattled cyber security firm faces a class action from a group of investors and a likely lawsuit from Delta ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 01 Aug 2024