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Quick action leads to recovery of $777k lost to BEC scam

Quick action leads to recovery of $777k lost to BEC scam

An international police operation has helped a South Australian woman recover funds lost to a 2023 business email ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 01 Oct 2024
304k customer records allegedly stolen from Australian camera and electronics store

304k customer records allegedly stolen from Australian camera and electronics store

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on Australian consumer electronics and computing store digiDirect.

Daniel Croft • Mon, 30 Sep 2024
Israeli hackers breach Beirut air traffic control to warn off Iranian aircraft

Israeli hackers breach Beirut air traffic control to warn off Iranian aircraft

Israeli army operators allegedly hacked into Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport’s control tower to stop an ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 30 Sep 2024
NSW Police bans social media and messaging apps on police devices

NSW Police bans social media and messaging apps on police devices

The newly announced ban was recommended following an investigation into allegations of misconduct regarding a May car ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 30 Sep 2024
Don’t say it’s over – what now for cyber criminals on Telegram?

Don’t say it’s over – what now for cyber criminals on Telegram?

Now that Pavel Durov has announced Telegram will hand over IPs to law enforcement, are the rats leaving a sinking ...

David Hollingworth • Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Pro-Palestinian hacktivists claim cyber attacks on Israeli politicians

Pro-Palestinian hacktivists claim cyber attacks on Israeli politicians

A pro-Palestinian hacking group has claimed to have exfiltrated data from a number of Israeli politicians.

Daniel Croft • Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Australian woman a person of interest in Ghanaian romance scam investigation

Australian woman a person of interest in Ghanaian romance scam investigation

Australian national identified over alleged role as physical stand-in that scammed US$700,000 out of American man.

David Hollingworth • Fri, 27 Sep 2024
UK train network cyber vandalism results in Wi-Fi provider employee arrest

UK train network cyber vandalism results in Wi-Fi provider employee arrest

The threat actor behind the UK railway “cyber attack” that saw Wi-Fi users greeted with an anti-Islamic terrorist ...

Daniel Croft • Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Young Australians are increasingly losing faith in online security

Young Australians are increasingly losing faith in online security

A new report from the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre reveals some worrying trends among all Australians.

David Hollingworth • Fri, 27 Sep 2024
Threat actors hijack UK train network Wi-Fi to display anti-Islamic terrorist message

Threat actors hijack UK train network Wi-Fi to display anti-Islamic terrorist message

The English transport network continues to fight off cyber attackers after threat actors hijacked the Wi-Fi networks of ...

Daniel Croft • Thu, 26 Sep 2024
Mozilla accused of unlawfully tracking Firefox users and breaching GDPR

Mozilla accused of unlawfully tracking Firefox users and breaching GDPR

Non-profit app developer Mozilla has been accused of tracking users of its Firefox web browser after enabling a privacy ...

Daniel Croft • Thu, 26 Sep 2024
Over 3k US Capitol staff have sensitive data on the dark web

Over 3k US Capitol staff have sensitive data on the dark web

Over 3,000 congressional staffers have had their data listed on the dark web, according to new reports.

Daniel Croft • Wed, 25 Sep 2024
CrowdStrike VP outlines response to July outage to US congressional subcommittee

CrowdStrike VP outlines response to July outage to US congressional subcommittee

Following an outage that impacted companies all over the world, cyber security firm CrowdStrike has revealed a full ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 25 Sep 2024