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The FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Australian Cyber Security Centre have released a joint cyber security advisory on the changing ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 25 Jun 2025
US state of Montana announces 1st total ban on TikTok
It began when Republican states in the US began banning Chinese-owned social media app TikTok on government devices and eventually ballooned into a raft of countries ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 18 May 2023
Ransomware-as-a-service operation exposed: How does RaaS work?
Security researchers have infiltrated a Russia-based ransomware-as-a-service operation, exposing how the business model works and how much of a cut the gang in charge of ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 17 May 2023
US DOJ and Treasury Department target Russian malware developer
US agencies have launched a broad mix of sanctions and indictments against a prolific ransomware developer.
US healthcare service provider fined US$350k over 2018 data breach
Following what it calls a “singular human error”, a US healthcare service provider has been fined US$350,000 following a data breach that saw the records of nearly ...
Vision AI company signs deal with Five Eyes nation for deepfake detection capability
California-based Paravision has been awarded a follow-on contract to provide the capacity to detect deepfake videos to an unnamed country inside the Five Eyes alliance.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 16 May 2023
Journalists use CS:GO to bypass Russian censorship of Ukraine war
Journalists are bypassing strict Russian censorship regarding the war in Ukraine by publishing and hiding information creatively within the video game Counter-Strike: ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 16 May 2023
Global, effective, and prolific: How the Royal ransomware group operates
The Royal ransomware group may itself be relatively new, but it comes from a remarkable criminal pedigree and has already made a name for itself since it was first ...
Major US newspaper hit by cyber attack
Threat actors have launched a major cyber attack on US media outlet The Philadelphia Inquirer, leaving the paper to recover from the worst disruption it has faced in ...
Aus bank anti-scam tool enables almost real-time reporting
Aussie banks have lifted the lid on a new platform that will aid the fight against financial scams, enabling faster reporting and the lockdown on fraudulent payments.
ACMA targets telcos for allowing SMS scams
Three Australian telcos have fallen foul of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) after being used by scammers to send out malicious SMS messages.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 15 May 2023
7 out of 10 Australian organisations hit by ransomware in 2022
A new report has revealed the scale of ransomware attacks against Australian businesses in 2022, and while the number of attacks has dropped, their cost has risen ...
Toyota data breach exposes 10 years’ worth of data for over 2m customers
A data breach affecting the world’s largest car manufacturer, Toyota, has led to the data of over 2 million customers over 10 years being revealed.
Daniel Croft • Mon, 15 May 2023