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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
AUSCERT warns companies and individuals alike to be aware of tax scams

AUSCERT warns companies and individuals alike to be aware of tax scams

It’s tax season, which is bad enough for a lot of people, but there are scammers out there looking to make it even worse

David Hollingworth Tue, 04 Jun 2024
Live Nation confirms Ticketmaster breach, as cloud platform denies responsibility

Live Nation confirms Ticketmaster breach, as cloud platform denies responsibility

Cloud storage company Snowflake says the breach is not its fault, as the ACSC released an alert warning of “increased ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 03 Jun 2024
Victoria’s largest childcare org discloses data breach, ID document scans stolen

Victoria’s largest childcare org discloses data breach, ID document scans stolen

The largest childcare provider in the state of Victoria has disclosed a cyber attack on its systems that led to the ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 31 May 2024
CrowdStrike and eSentire announce expanded partnership

CrowdStrike and eSentire announce expanded partnership

The new partnership will see the CrowdStrike Falcon platform power up eSentire’s managed detection and response ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 31 May 2024