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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
Security researcher uses simple trick to access data of more than 1,000 Teslas

Security researcher uses simple trick to access data of more than 1,000 Teslas

An unsecured open-source app is leaving a mountain of data open to anyone looking for it.

David Hollingworth Mon, 30 Oct 2023
SA patient records deleted in ‘isolated data incident’

SA patient records deleted in ‘isolated data incident’

The records of 121 SA Health patients have been impacted, along with contact details of over 12,000 more patients.

David Hollingworth Mon, 30 Oct 2023
LockBit ransomware gang claims Boeing data breach

LockBit ransomware gang claims Boeing data breach

Aerospace giant Boeing is “assessing the claim” as the date of publication counts down following a hack.

David Hollingworth Sat, 28 Oct 2023
Russian hackers claim takedown of WA’s Transperth transport agency with DDoS attack

Russian hackers claim takedown of WA’s Transperth transport agency with DDoS attack

The Noname057(16) hacking group has targeted four Australian websites, with varying success.

David Hollingworth Fri, 27 Oct 2023
Apple releases second tranche of patches addressing TriangleDB spyware

Apple releases second tranche of patches addressing TriangleDB spyware

The iPhone maker has released an update for a range of its older devices, following spyware revelations from Kaspersky ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 27 Oct 2023
US Senator quizzes 23andMe boss over hack that could affect millions

US Senator quizzes 23andMe boss over hack that could affect millions

Following a credential stuffing attack that saw the genetic details of millions of customers for sale online, US ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 27 Oct 2023