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Businesses fear supply chain breach more than direct attacks

Businesses fear supply chain breach more than direct attacks

Third-party vendor and supply chain incidents are the biggest threats facing Australian businesses, but there are ways ...

Malavika Santhebennur Fri, 07 Jun 2024
Qilin ransomware blamed for London hospitals cyber attack

Qilin ransomware blamed for London hospitals cyber attack

A Russian ransomware gang has been linked to a cyber attack that stunted a number of major NHS hospitals in London.

Daniel Croft Thu, 06 Jun 2024
Op-Ed: Patties Foods’ ‘data leak’ proves cyber reporting needs to do better

Op-Ed: Patties Foods’ ‘data leak’ proves cyber reporting needs to do better

Multiple media outlets have reported on a data breach impacting the owner of pie brand Four’n Twenty – but the breach ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 06 Jun 2024
FBI invites LockBit victims to reach out after securing 7k decryption keys

FBI invites LockBit victims to reach out after securing 7k decryption keys

The FBI is inviting victims of the LockBit ransomware gang to reach out after it secured 7,000 decryption keys from the ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 06 Jun 2024
Chinese hackers observed targeting south-east Asian government organisation

Chinese hackers observed targeting south-east Asian government organisation

Security researchers have outlined a highly organised nation-state campaign engaging in reconnaissance and espionage ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 06 Jun 2024
Court throws out Latitude Financial hack proceedings

Court throws out Latitude Financial hack proceedings

One self-represented man’s case against Latitude Financial over the March 2023 cyber attack has been thrown out.

Naomi Neilson Wed, 05 Jun 2024
Victorian Freight Specialists suffers alleged 800+GB data breach

Victorian Freight Specialists suffers alleged 800+GB data breach

A threat actor, known only as GhostR, claims hack on Australian logistics company Victorian Freight Specialists and ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 05 Jun 2024
BREAKING: MediSecure declares insolvency following massive data breach

BREAKING: MediSecure declares insolvency following massive data breach

FTI Consulting has been appointed as voluntary administrators of e-prescription firm MediSecure in the wake of a breach ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 05 Jun 2024
OAIC files lawsuit against Medibank for 2022 data breach

OAIC files lawsuit against Medibank for 2022 data breach

Medibank has found itself in the Federal Court after the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) filed ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 05 Jun 2024
Have I Been Pwned adds new dataset of 361m email addresses

Have I Been Pwned adds new dataset of 361m email addresses

Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned website has been updated with a 122-gigabyte list scraped from “thousands of Telegram ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 05 Jun 2024
Exclusive: Aussie rare-earth metals producer Northern Minerals confirms ransomware attack

Exclusive: Aussie rare-earth metals producer Northern Minerals confirms ransomware attack

The Bian Lian ransomware gang claims to have more than a terabyte of data belonging to the operators of the Browns Range ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 04 Jun 2024
Auckland’s oldest surviving department store hit by alleged ransomware attack

Auckland’s oldest surviving department store hit by alleged ransomware attack

Smith Caughey’s has been listed as a victim on LockBit’s ransomware leak site, and the threat actor is threatening ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 04 Jun 2024
Over 8,000 Heineken employees affected in alleged cyber attack

Over 8,000 Heineken employees affected in alleged cyber attack

A threat actor has listed the data of over 8,000 employees of multinational Dutch brewing company Heineken.

Daniel Croft Tue, 04 Jun 2024