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42% of cyber attacks successfully breach Australian companies

42% of cyber attacks successfully breach Australian companies

Australian businesses are unable to ward off 42 per cent of cyber attacks, according to a new study, highlighting the ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 03 Nov 2023
Australian local health district could be caught up in Advarra research data breach

Australian local health district could be caught up in Advarra research data breach

NSW’s Far West Local Health District has clinical trial URLs revealed as hackers feud with Advarra executives over messy ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 03 Nov 2023
Boeing confirms ransomware attack as hackers remove ransom post

Boeing confirms ransomware attack as hackers remove ransom post

Aerospace giant Boeing has said it is “actively investigating” ransomware claims by the LockBit gang.

David Hollingworth Thu, 02 Nov 2023
ACSC critical alert flags multiple issues with Atlassian Confluence Data Center

ACSC critical alert flags multiple issues with Atlassian Confluence Data Center

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has discovered two vulnerabilities affecting Atlassian’s Confluence Data ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 02 Nov 2023
Biometric data of more than 800m Indians briefly on sale on hacking forum

Biometric data of more than 800m Indians briefly on sale on hacking forum

A user on a popular hacking forum offers up access to a treasure trove of personal data – then deleted their post.

David Hollingworth Thu, 02 Nov 2023
SEC accuses SolarWinds of defrauding investors by lying about its security posture

SEC accuses SolarWinds of defrauding investors by lying about its security posture

Three years after it became the catalyst of one of the most prolific cyber attacks of all time, SolarWinds is being ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 01 Nov 2023
40+ nation global alliance agrees to not pay hackers ransomware payments

40+ nation global alliance agrees to not pay hackers ransomware payments

An over-40-nation alliance led by the US has vowed never to pay ransom to hackers following cyber breaches in an effort ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 01 Nov 2023
Don’t send nudes: Facebook malvertising campaign uses ‘lewd images’ to trick victims

Don’t send nudes: Facebook malvertising campaign uses ‘lewd images’ to trick victims

Hijacked Facebook accounts are being used to lure victims into downloading info-stealing malware.

David Hollingworth Wed, 01 Nov 2023
British Library investigates system outage following cyber attack

British Library investigates system outage following cyber attack

The website and online systems of the British Library are suffering from a major outage after being hit by a cyber ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 01 Nov 2023
Report: Pace of cyber attacks holding back Australian organisations from proactive security measures

Report: Pace of cyber attacks holding back Australian organisations from proactive security measures

More Australian entities are spending time responding to cyber incidents than they are proactively stopping them, a new ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 01 Nov 2023
RansomedVC: The rise and sale of a ransomware gang

RansomedVC: The rise and sale of a ransomware gang

The threat actor behind the Sony hack is selling up and getting out of the ransomware business.

David Hollingworth Tue, 31 Oct 2023
Cloudflare detects 350m DDoS attacks per day

Cloudflare detects 350m DDoS attacks per day

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are spiking sharply in Australia and around the globe, according to cloud ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 30 Oct 2023
Beyond the Binary: Creative Problem Solving in Cyber Security

Beyond the Binary: Creative Problem Solving in Cyber Security

While often defined by cold hard data, the truth is that cyber security professionals need to adopt a creative mindset ...

Interactive Mon, 30 Oct 2023