Security
3 things you need to know about working in cyber security
With cyber threats constantly evolving, the demand for skilled cyber security professionals is on the rise.
Fanfic writers targeted by Anonymous Sudan in apparent DDoS attack on Ao3
Popular fan fiction repository Archive of Our Own (Ao3) has reported that it is under sustained distributed ...
Russian sites make up 80% of all darknet transactions
A new report from a blockchain analytics company has shown the absolute dominance of Russian sites when it comes to ...
US bank worth US$18bn caught up in MOVEit data breach
As the list of organisations affected by the MOVEit hack tops 200, one of America’s top-rated banks has put its hand up ...
Ransomware attacks could scare away 75% of a company’s customers
A new report has revealed the impact of ransomware attacks on customer loyalty and behaviour, and the results are pretty ...
PODCAST: Aussie financial institutions exposed online and APRA’s response to cyber ‘gaps’
In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, Phil Tarrant and Major General (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson unpack ...
3 things you need to know about state-sponsored hackers
Among the most formidable adversaries when it comes to cyber crime and espionage are state-sponsored threat actors.
Iranian threat actor targeting nuclear security experts with novel Mac malware
Researchers have uncovered a complex impersonation campaign with the aim of installing a backdoor on the machine of a ...
Nickelodeon gets slimed as hackers release decades-old data
Children’s television channel Nickelodeon has confirmed that it suffered a data breach after hackers claimed to have ...
Cyber criminals ‘pony up’, publish data of 10,000 horse riders
A horse-riding organisation has had the data of 10,000 users leaked after it said “neigh” to paying threat actors a ...
Ransomware attack brings Japan’s busiest port to standstill
Operations at Japan’s largest and busiest port have been brought to a halt after a suspected ransomware attack disrupted ...
Australian cloud assets are a large target for hackers, according to a new report
Increased complexity, a lack of encryption, and an increase in data stored in the cloud are some of the anxiety points ...
New national cyber security coordinator releases statement on HWL Ebsworth hack
Australia’s national cyber security coordinator has said that his first priority in the new role will be to look into ...