Security
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
LockBit ransomware gang claims Boeing data breach
Aerospace giant Boeing is “assessing the claim” as the date of publication counts down following a hack.
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.