Security
US state of Montana announces 1st total ban on TikTok
It began when Republican states in the US began banning Chinese-owned social media app TikTok on government devices and ...
Ransomware-as-a-service operation exposed: How does RaaS work?
Security researchers have infiltrated a Russia-based ransomware-as-a-service operation, exposing how the business model ...
US DOJ and Treasury Department target Russian malware developer
US agencies have launched a broad mix of sanctions and indictments against a prolific ransomware developer.
US healthcare service provider fined US$350k over 2018 data breach
Following what it calls a “singular human error”, a US healthcare service provider has been fined US$350,000 following a ...
Vision AI company signs deal with Five Eyes nation for deepfake detection capability
California-based Paravision has been awarded a follow-on contract to provide the capacity to detect deepfake videos to ...
Journalists use CS:GO to bypass Russian censorship of Ukraine war
Journalists are bypassing strict Russian censorship regarding the war in Ukraine by publishing and hiding information ...
Global, effective, and prolific: How the Royal ransomware group operates
The Royal ransomware group may itself be relatively new, but it comes from a remarkable criminal pedigree and has ...
Major US newspaper hit by cyber attack
Threat actors have launched a major cyber attack on US media outlet The Philadelphia Inquirer, leaving the paper to ...
Aus bank anti-scam tool enables almost real-time reporting
Aussie banks have lifted the lid on a new platform that will aid the fight against financial scams, enabling faster ...
ACMA targets telcos for allowing SMS scams
Three Australian telcos have fallen foul of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) after being used by ...
7 out of 10 Australian organisations hit by ransomware in 2022
A new report has revealed the scale of ransomware attacks against Australian businesses in 2022, and while the number of ...
Toyota data breach exposes 10 years’ worth of data for over 2m customers
A data breach affecting the world’s largest car manufacturer, Toyota, has led to the data of over 2 million customers ...
Third-party hack leads to Discord data breach
Gaming social media giant Discord has revealed that a hack of one of its third-party providers has led to a significant ...