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Fresh off the back of warning of “destructive and disruptive attacks” from pro-Russian hackers last week, the UK government has announced a range of new security measures ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 16 Oct 2025
Australia’s Defence Strategic Review calls for increased cyber capacity
Australia’s Defence Strategic Review 2023 has been released today (24 April), and among the many recommendations from the report are calls to boost the country’s cyber ...
David Hollingworth • Mon, 24 Apr 2023
3CX video conferencing supply chain attack more complex than first thought
Last month a popular desktop video conferencing app was found to be hiding a trojan that could install a malicious backdoor into compromised systems.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 21 Apr 2023
PODCAST: How your business can navigate the new Commonwealth cyber security regulations, with Tony Howell
In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, Tony Howell, global chief architect, defence and intelligence at archTIS, joins host Liam Garman to unpack the ...
Robyn Tongol • Fri, 21 Apr 2023
100,000 Optus customers launch class action over 2022 data breach
Law firm Slater & Gordon has today (21 April) announced a class action against Optus on behalf of 100,000 customers impacted by last year’s data breach.
Western Sydney Uni detects suspicious activity on its student systems
Western Sydney University (WSU) reportedly detected “unusual activity” on Wednesday (19 April) that suggested a cyber incident, causing it to take its student management ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 20 Apr 2023
Chatbots capable of spreading misinformation, say Aussie researchers
Australian researchers are currently trailing the dangerous potential for chatbots to spread misinformation.
Hacker drama abounds as pro-Russian groups turn on each other
An apparent disagreement between a pair of pro-Russian hacking groups has led to the arrest of an 18-year-old Belarusian citizen.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 20 Apr 2023
Hackers breach Microsoft SQL servers to deploy Trigona ransomware
Hackers are distributing Trigona ransomware via internet-exposed Microsoft SQL (MS-SQL) servers to collect system information and gain additional system control.
1 in 4 law firms impacted by cyber incidents in the last 2 years, according to new report
A new report from an Australian cyber security company has revealed that a quarter of Australian law firms polled have suffered a security breach in the last two years.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 19 Apr 2023
Fortra reveals summary of GoAnywhere hack investigation
Following the hack on its GoAnywhere MFT cloud service, information software company Fortra has released a full summary of its investigation.
Daniel Croft • Wed, 19 Apr 2023
UK warns of emerging cyber threats from Russian-backed threat actors
A UK cabinet minister is set to warn the country of the threat it is facing from “Wagner-like” hacking groups.
Op-Ed: Security and innovation — the balancing act for the next decade
Digital innovation has become a main driver of competitive advantage, no matter the size of an organisation. Business and technology leaders are under growing pressure to ...
Anoop Dhankhar • Wed, 19 Apr 2023