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Capita caught up in yet another data breach

Capita caught up in yet another data breach

Capita is in hot water over a data breach once again after being called out by one of its clients for unsafe data ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 18 May 2023
Interview: Shradha Angrish, winner of ESET Australia’s 2023 Women in Cyber Security Scholarship

Interview: Shradha Angrish, winner of ESET Australia’s 2023 Women in Cyber Security Scholarship

Shradha Angrish is an enthusiastic aerospace engineering and computer science student who has been awarded ESET ...

Pavinder Walia Thu, 18 May 2023
BianLian gang ditches ransomware entirely in favour of straight extortion

BianLian gang ditches ransomware entirely in favour of straight extortion

The FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Australian Cyber Security Centre have released a ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 18 May 2023
US state of Montana announces 1st total ban on TikTok

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 ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 18 May 2023
Ransomware-as-a-service operation exposed: How does RaaS work?

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 ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 17 May 2023
US DOJ and Treasury Department target Russian malware developer

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.

David Hollingworth Wed, 17 May 2023
US healthcare service provider fined US$350k over 2018 data breach

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 ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 17 May 2023
Vision AI company signs deal with Five Eyes nation for deepfake detection capability

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 ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 16 May 2023
Journalists use CS:GO to bypass Russian censorship of Ukraine war

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 ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 16 May 2023
Global, effective, and prolific: How the Royal ransomware group operates

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 ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 16 May 2023
Major US newspaper hit by cyber attack

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 ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 16 May 2023
Aus bank anti-scam tool enables almost real-time reporting

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 ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 16 May 2023
ACMA targets telcos for allowing SMS scams

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 ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 15 May 2023