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The emergency alert system of a US university has been hijacked by hackers from the Avos ransomware group, who used the system to notify students that their data had been ...
Daniel Croft • Sun, 31 Aug 2025
US sheriff’s department gives in to hacker’s million-dollar ransom demand
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department in the US has revealed that it paid a US$1.1 million ransom to an unidentified threat actor.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 08 May 2023
Op-Ed: Why fear cannot stifle businesses as we prepare for the evolution of AI
Ahead of this year’s federal budget, there have been various announcements by the government with the aim of helping Australians and Australian businesses prepare for the ...
Prashant Haldankar • Mon, 08 May 2023
5th class action launched against Medibank
Private health insurer Medibank is now facing its fifth class action relating to the major data breach it suffered late last year.
Daniel Croft • Mon, 08 May 2023
Ex-Uber CSO sentenced to 3-year probation over data breach cover-up
In a salutary example of what can happen when an employee tries to cover up a data breach, ex-Uber chief security officer Joseph Sullivan has been sentenced to a ...
David Hollingworth • Fri, 05 May 2023
Over 780,000 child mental health records exposed as GoAnywhere hack claims another
Paediatric behavioural healthcare organisation Brightline is the latest company to come out as a victim of the Fortra GoAnywhere cloud hack. The records of 783,606 ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 05 May 2023
PODCAST: Why strong cyber security frameworks are no longer enough to protect your organisation, with Absolute Software’s Dr Torsten George
In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, Absolute Software cyber security evangelist Dr Torsten George joins host Liam Garman to unpack why organisations need ...
Robyn Tongol • Fri, 05 May 2023
City of Dallas systems taken offline by ransomware attack
The American city of Dallas has confirmed its government systems fell victim to Royal ransomware attack this week, taking some networks offline.
Ukrainian CERT uncovers new cyber infiltration using WinRAR
The Ukrainian Computer Emergency Response Team was alerted to a breach in the information and communications systems within a government agency, determining that ...
• Thu, 04 May 2023
Context-driven access to data critical in businesses
As the AUKUS deal exposes nations to new cyber security threats, a data security specialist says providing context-driven access to data is critical in an organisation.
Malavika Santhebennur • Thu, 04 May 2023
Swedish parliament suffers DDoS attack
The Swedish parliament has announced that it has been targeted by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
Daniel Croft • Thu, 04 May 2023
Protecting your business is about cyber resilience, not just cyber security
Cyber security evangelist Torsten George from Absolute Software joins Cyber Security Connect’s Liam Garman to discuss mechanisms by which Australian organisations and the ...
Liam Garman • Thu, 04 May 2023
Threat actors use fake ChatGPT clones to launch malware, says Meta
A new wave of applications promising to feature ChatGPT AI-like features is infecting users with malware, according to a new report from Facebook’s parent company, Meta
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