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Exclusive: Supreme Court of NSW grants injunction in Wattle Range Council hack

Exclusive: Supreme Court of NSW grants injunction in Wattle Range Council hack

Court grants injunction against accessing any data currently published or to be published in the future following a ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 05 Aug 2024
Cyber Resilience Can’t Remain A Tomorrow Priority Given The Cyber Threat Landscape of Today

Cyber Resilience Can’t Remain A Tomorrow Priority Given The Cyber Threat Landscape of Today

There is no question that Business continuity is a priority for every single organisation, public or private, regardless ...

Cohesity • Mon, 05 Aug 2024
Australia signs up to global campaign to fight cryptocurrency scams

Australia signs up to global campaign to fight cryptocurrency scams

The Australian Federal Police said today (5 August) that Operation Spincaster has already found more than 2,000 ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 05 Aug 2024
Exclusive: Aussie engineering firm confirms RansomHub ransomware attack

Exclusive: Aussie engineering firm confirms RansomHub ransomware attack

Nearly 500 gigabytes of data was allegedly stolen in a ransomware attack on West Australian firm McDowall Affleck.

David Hollingworth • Fri, 02 Aug 2024
Fake Google Authenticator app spreads malware, not authentication

Fake Google Authenticator app spreads malware, not authentication

A threat actor has used a legitimate Google ad to direct victims to a fake site to download info-stealer malware.

David Hollingworth • Fri, 02 Aug 2024
Western Sydney University reveals full scope of January data breach

Western Sydney University reveals full scope of January data breach

Hackers stole nearly 600 terabytes of data during an intrusion that lasted eight months and impacted at least 7,500 ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 01 Aug 2024
Scams a ‘key driver’ behind record rise of financial complaints

Scams a ‘key driver’ behind record rise of financial complaints

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority received 105,000 complaints for the last financial year – a rise of 9 per ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 01 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike faces multiple lawsuits in the wake of July outage

CrowdStrike faces multiple lawsuits in the wake of July outage

The embattled cyber security firm faces a class action from a group of investors and a likely lawsuit from Delta ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 01 Aug 2024
2% of all ransomware attacks worldwide target Australian organisations

2% of all ransomware attacks worldwide target Australian organisations

Zscaler’s annual ransomware report also notes a new record-high ransomware payment of US$75 million.

David Hollingworth • Wed, 31 Jul 2024
Cyber attacks against Australian healthcare organisations rise by 33% YOY

Cyber attacks against Australian healthcare organisations rise by 33% YOY

Healthcare entities are coming under increased pressure as cyber extortion has risen by 61 per cent in Australia in the ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 31 Jul 2024
3 in 5 IT professionals have fallen victim to ransomware, overconfidence to blame: Cohesity finds

3 in 5 IT professionals have fallen victim to ransomware, overconfidence to blame: Cohesity finds

Overconfidence in legacy cyber security procedures has left businesses exposed to continuity risks and ransomware ...

Liam Garman • Wed, 31 Jul 2024
Westpac teams up with Optus to fight scammers

Westpac teams up with Optus to fight scammers

The new partnership will provide bank customers with verified, in-app calls directly from Westpac.

David Hollingworth • Tue, 30 Jul 2024
Change Healthcare begins the process of notifying victims of February hack

Change Healthcare begins the process of notifying victims of February hack

The US healthcare organisation is finally notifying victims of an ALPHV ransomware attack that affected millions and ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 30 Jul 2024