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An increase in high-profile cyber attacks and data breaches in Australia, and specifically the variable cost of remediation and recovery, has naturally led to a broader ...
Scott Hesford • Thu, 26 Jun 2025
Federal government to stand up new National Office for Cyber Security
Australia’s federal government has announced it will appoint a senior official to a new National Office for Cyber Security to help mitigate the impact of the kinds of ...
David Hollingworth • Mon, 27 Feb 2023
Diversity key to filling cyber security workforce gap
With studies showing that the cyber security industry is in dire need of people to fill the workforce gap, one executive insists that the answer lies in attracting a ...
Malavika Santhebennur • Fri, 24 Feb 2023
Canadian regulators launch probe into TikTok’s data collection practices
Video streaming app TikTok has been under the spotlight by both Australian and American lawmakers for some time, and now a posse of Canadian regulators are launching an ...
David Hollingworth • Fri, 24 Feb 2023
The Good Guys customers exposed in data breach
The personal details of the retail store’s loyalty program members have been exposed following the breach of a former supplier, with The Good Guys contacting customers ...
• Thu, 23 Feb 2023
Russian radio stations hacked to broadcast fake air raid warnings
People across Russia woke to air raid warnings and even sirens coming from their radios Wednesday (22 February) morning after an apparent cyber attack.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 23 Feb 2023
Op-Ed: What do directors, disclosure rules and cyber security attacks have in common?
It’s hard to believe that there have only been 36 cyber security attacks reported against ASX-listed companies in the last decade, although it’s suspected that many ...
Annie Haggar • Thu, 23 Feb 2023
Ukrainian charity aims to raise money for offensive cyber forces
Ukrainian charity Come Back Alive has launched a fundraising campaign to support the country’s armed forces in cyber campaigns against Russia — on and off the battlefield
David Hollingworth • Wed, 22 Feb 2023
Russian cyber attacks on Ukraine spike 250%
Cyber attacks on Ukraine from Russia have skyrocketed over the last two years, according to a new report from Google.
Daniel Croft • Wed, 22 Feb 2023
Activision suffers alleged hack, video game roadmap leaked
Video game publisher Activision suffered an apparent hack last year that saw employee accounts compromised and important development roadmaps exfiltrated.
Victoria to stand up cyber defence centre as part of 5-year security plan
Victoria’s ambitious cyber strategy program will start to bear fruit this year, with the establishment of a dedicated Victorian government cyber defence centre.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 21 Feb 2023
Microsoft fixes Outlook filtering failure after users report torrent of spam
Sometime in the last few days, something went very wrong with the spam filtering in Microsoft’s Outlook email service.
Domain registrar GoDaddy reveals it has been the victim of a multi-year hack
There are many ways to reveal that you’ve been the victim of a massive hacking campaign, but casually doing so on page 30 of your annual report is a new one to us — and ...
David Hollingworth • Mon, 20 Feb 2023