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An Australian company has been once again struck by a ransomware gang, this time the family-owned, Victoria-headquartered firm Peacock Bros.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 16 Oct 2025
Op-Ed: Cyber security should be everyone’s problem – accountability and responsibility aren’t the same thing
The assertion that “employees are not responsible for cyber security, the C-suite is” confuses legal duty with practical responsibility.
Samantha MacLeod & David Fairman of Netskope • Wed, 20 Sep 2023
Pizza Hut warns customers of possible data breach
Old-school fast-food chain Pizza Hut has sent emails to its customers warning that some customer data may have been compromised in a recent data breach.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 20 Sep 2023
US DOD releases 2023 cyber strategy to combat emerging threats
The US government has outlined key strategies to combat emerging cyber security threats in the 2023 Department of Defense Cyber Strategy.
Robert Dougherty • Wed, 20 Sep 2023
Report: Healthcare sector needs to do more to combat ransomware
New research has shed light on the healthcare industry’s lack of readiness when it comes to defending itself from ransomware attacks.
Thales launches external key management for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
French multinational Thales has announced that CipherTrust Cloud Key Management’s Hold Your Own Key (HYOK) will be available in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
Reporter • Tue, 19 Sep 2023
Auckland Transport suffers ‘technical outage’ as Medusa ransomware gang claims hack
A New Zealand transport service has confirmed its ticketing systems were disrupted on Tuesday (19 September) by a “cyber incident”, but services are coming back online ...
David Hollingworth • Tue, 19 Sep 2023
Microsoft accidentally leaks 38TB of internal data on GitHub
The Redmond giant is having a shocker of a time when it comes to security, with its latest own goal exposing 30,000 internal Teams messages.
National cyber security coordinator concludes formal response to HWL Ebsworth hack
Australia’s national cyber security coordinator has declared that law firm HWL Ebsworth is now in a position to manage its response to a hack that saw multiple ...
David Hollingworth • Mon, 18 Sep 2023
Tesserent shareholders vote in favour of Thales Australia acquisition
Tesserent held a share scheme meeting today (18 September) to determine the outcome of its acquisition by Thales Australia.
TikTok under siege from Elon Musk-themed crypto scams
Deepfakes of Elon Musk promising untold riches in cryptocurrency are all over TikTok at the moment, linked to either the billionaire himself or his related projects and ...
Dymocks pins data breach on third-party ‘partner’
Dymocks has released an update on its 6 September data breach, pointing to “unauthorised access” to the systems of one of its third-party partners.
Op-Ed: Assessing the true cost of a cyber attack
The long-tail costs of a serious cyber incident are often underestimated or unaccounted for, and this has an impact on cyber security teams and investment levels in ...
Daniel Chu • Fri, 15 Sep 2023
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