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Ross Memorial Hospital in Ontario, Canada has been hit by a “suspected cyber security incident”, causing it to declare a Code Grey emergency.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 24 Oct 2025
Optus SMS blackmailer sentenced to a community correction order and community service
The Sydney teen who was arrested last year for attempting to blackmail victims of the Optus data breach was sentenced by the Sydney Downing Centre District Court ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 08 Feb 2023
New cyber security not-for-profit sets up in Australia’s Sunshine Coast
Yesterday saw Australia’s latest cyber security organisation, the Critical Infrastructure – Information Sharing and Analysis Centre – or CI-ISAC – open its doors in ...
David Hollingworth • Tue, 07 Feb 2023
Security expert warns of donation scams in wake of Turkish and Syrian earthquake
While rescuers are still working through rubble in a desperate race to find survivors in yesterday’s earthquake in Turkey and Syria, one security researcher is worried ...
How can a company improve its cyber security?
If your business depends on the internet and digital programs for its operations, you should know how to protect your information from hackers or unauthorised users.
Nicole Comendador • Tue, 07 Feb 2023
Would-be murderer scammed out of assassin’s bitcoin fee
When we think of the victims of online scams, we tend to frame them as innocent. Not in this case, however, as the victim is anything but.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 06 Feb 2023
Iranian threat actors responsible for recent Charlie Hebdo data breach
Earlier this month, the controversial French magazine Charlie Hebdo suffered a cyber attack that saw the personal data of more than 200,000 of its customers possibly ...
Op-Ed: Dragos Industrial Ransomware Analysis — Q4 2022
During the final quarter of 2022, ransomware continued to pose substantial financial and operational risk to industrial organisations worldwide.
Seth Enoka • Mon, 06 Feb 2023
Confusing Vice Media data breach involves social security and credit card numbers
The Vice Media Group, which publishes Vice and Motherboard among a range of other brands, has suffered what could be a damaging data breach.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 03 Feb 2023
PODCAST: Australia, the globe’s most hacked nation
In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, Momentum Media director of defence Phil Tarrant and Major General (Ret'd) Marcus Thompson unpack the latest current ...
Robyn Tongol • Fri, 03 Feb 2023
LockBit ransomware attack on UK financial firm has global repercussions
Russian-affiliated ransomware operator LockBit has set its sights on an Irish financial services and trading company, with the impact affecting derivatives traders in the ...
Indian missile fuel maker hit by ransomware attack, sensitive data posted online
Solar Industries, an Indian defence manufacturer, has suffered a serious ransomware attack, and, in the aftermath, has had a trove of sensitive data published online.
The Australian Signals Directorate is looking for a few good senior executives
When the federal government announced the national security initiative it was calling Project REDSPICE in March 2022, part of the promised tranche of improvements was to ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 02 Feb 2023