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Yesterday (19 October), the site hosted the details of around 150 victims – now it’s only hosting a takedown notice.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 16 Oct 2025
Cyber Security Awareness Month: The AFP on botnets
With Cyber Security Awareness Month in full swing, we’re continuing to share a video series from the Australian Federal Police. In this video, Detective Superintendent ...
David Hollingworth • Fri, 20 Oct 2023
Cyber Security Awareness Month: Insecure password practices are a risk to Aussie businesses
Cyber attacks using stolen or compromised credentials are on the rise, but despite this, Australian workers continue to put their businesses at risk through lax password ...
Pro-Palestinian hacktivist group vows to target Australia
A hacking group that has leaked the data of thousands of Indian citizens in recent weeks has promised to turn its attention to supporters of Israel.
Cisco zero-day flaw may have been exploited more than 30,000 times – including in Australia
A recently announced flaw in Cisco’s IOS XE operating system is being rapidly taken advantage of, according to multiple security experts.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 19 Oct 2023
Microsoft catches North Korean-backed hackers exploiting flaw in DevOps tool
Security researchers have observed two groups taking advantage of a remote code execution flaw in the TeamCity On-Premises server.
D-Link suffers cyber attack, says stolen data is ‘outdated’
Taiwanese network hardware manufacturer D-Link has announced that it has suffered a cyber attack, with the threat actor claiming responsibility and selling the stolen ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 18 Oct 2023
ServiceNow flaw may have left data exposed since 2015
A potential vulnerability in ServiceNow that could have left user data exposed for as long as eight years has been discovered by a cyber security expert.
ASIO boss warns of Chinese intellectual property theft and infiltration
Mike Burgess has declared the current rate of Chinese industrial espionage as “unprecedented and unacceptable”.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 18 Oct 2023
CISA and international agencies release updated secure-by-design white paper
Australia and New Zealand co-sign new guidance in Shifting the Balance of Cybersecurity Risk: Principles and Approaches for Security-by-Design and -Default white paper.
Cyber Security Awareness Month: The AFP on remote access scams
Remote access scams don’t rely on any digital intrusions other than asking for an invite.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 17 Oct 2023
Australian Cyber Security Centre releases critical alert over Cisco IOS XE vulnerability
The flaw could lead to a remote takeover of a system, the ACSC warns.
Vietnamese spies attempt to plant spyware on US officials
US members of Congress and other officials were targeted by Vietnamese government spies attempting to plant spyware on their devices as part of a wider espionage campaign
Daniel Croft • Tue, 17 Oct 2023