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As part of its half-year financial performance report, Optus has announced that it is allocating $140 million for the financial year to cover the cost of cleaning up the ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 26 Jun 2025
How to protect yourself from scams
In conjunction with Scams Awareness Week, the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) has released its top tips for remaining cyber safe in a world ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 10 Nov 2022
How to avoid data exfiltration during the current ‘great resignation’
The so-called “great resignation” has been a topic of discussion in business circles for months, Joanne Wong of LogRhythm, writes. Following the restrictions of the ...
Joanne Wong • Thu, 10 Nov 2022
Cyber crime gangs recruiting and rewarding supporters
Avast’s Q3/2022 Threat Report has found ransomware gangs are innovating to ensure better results and noted an increase in businesses and governments being targeted with ...
• Wed, 09 Nov 2022
Suspected Medibank hackers begin to leak customer data sample
The suspected Medibank hackers have released a sample of the data stolen from the cyber attack on the private health insurance giant.
How to stop high-severity vulnerabilities in OpenSSL
Check Point has found two high-severity vulnerabilities in OpenSSL code that could leave businesses open to possible exploitation, just through common usage of the ...
• Tue, 08 Nov 2022
Medibank hacker threatens to publish data, insurer faces class action
Medibank is set to face a class action over the data breach that exposed the private health data of almost 10 million people, after the hacker announced the personal ...
Weighing up the business value of cyber insurance
The rising number of cyber security incidents and the spiralling cost of insurance are forcing many Australian businesses to re-evaluate the measures they have in place ...
Scott Hesford • Tue, 08 Nov 2022
Rapid7 assigns new regional leader for Asia-Pacific, Japan
The cyber security and risk management company has announced the appointment of a new vice-president to help oversee its regional expansion.
• Mon, 07 Nov 2022
Experts urge cyber security to be taught to 5-year-olds
In light of Australia becoming a global target for cyber attacks, cyber security experts are urging for changes to the education curriculum, which would see children as ...
Federal opposition urges Albanese to crack down on cyber security
Coalition MPs have urged the Albanese government to take further action in future-proofing Australia’s cyber capabilities in a new joint statement.
• Fri, 04 Nov 2022
PODCAST: Building your businesses’ cyber security framework
In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, hosts Phil Tarrant and Major General (Ret’d) Marcus Thompson unpack the latest in the cyber security industry, ...
Robyn Tongol • Fri, 04 Nov 2022
Hackers target Defence social media platform
Defence e-communications platform ForceNet, which is run by external information and communications technology (ICT) provider Dialog Information Technology, was the ...
• Thu, 03 Nov 2022