Security
Industry responds to cyber security coordinator appointment
In the wake of Australia appointing its first cyber security coordinator, leaders of industry and the private sector ...
Welcome to login hell – Diablo IV hit by multiple DDoS attacks
Video gamers looking to obliterate hordes of beasts and monsters over the weekend were disappointed by a series of ...
North Korean state hackers discovered using wiretapping malware
Hackers backed by the North Korean government have been observed using wiretapping malware as part of a campaign of ...
UK hacker gets a 5-year prison sentence over SIM-swapping fraud and 2020 Twitter hack
Following his indictment in November 2021 over a SIM-card-swapping operation that saw him and his co-conspirators steal ...
Smartwatches infected with malware are being ‘gifted’ to US military personnel
The US Army’s Criminal Investigation has warned service members to beware of receiving unsolicited gifts of a certain ...
PODCAST: Big data breaches are here to stay
In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, Major General (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson and Liam Garman unpack the ...
Shadow cyber security minister James Paterson responds to cyber security coordinator appointment
Shadow cyber security minister James Paterson has responded to the government’s appointment of the nation’s first cyber ...
Federal government appoints Australia’s first cyber security coordinator
The Australian federal government has appointed the nation’s first cyber security coordinator as part of its efforts to ...
eSafety Commissioner takes Twitter to task over cyber bullying and hate speech
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has delivered an ultimatum to social media platform Twitter — explain how it plans to ...
Op-Ed: The biggest factors putting pressure on IT security teams in 2023
When asked to nominate the biggest source of stress for their organisation’s IT security team, most senior managers ...
Medibank’s data breaches: As they happened
A poster child for the current cyber climate in Australia, Medibank can’t seem to catch a breath.
Chinese hackers are the leading nation-state-based cyber threat
China is the leading source of nation-state-based cyber attacks in the first quarter of 2023 around the world, according ...
3 things you need to know about the Australian Signals Directorate
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) is Australia’s leading agency for signals intelligence and cyber security.