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Auditor-General’s report reveals dangerous gaps in third-party security in NSW public schools

Auditor-General’s report reveals dangerous gaps in third-party security in NSW public schools

The NSW Department of Education only began considering essential student data management platforms as “crown jewels” ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 30 Jun 2026
Scam alert! Chinese scam toolkit actively targeting Australia and New Zealand

Scam alert! Chinese scam toolkit actively targeting Australia and New Zealand

Researchers uncover DCloud infrastructure used to power more than 230,000 second-level scam domains and real-world fraud ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 30 Jun 2026
Hacked! Automotive giant Nissan discloses multi-country data breach

Hacked! Automotive giant Nissan discloses multi-country data breach

Nissan pins employee data breach on Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day as ShinyHunters hacking spree continues.

David Hollingworth • Tue, 30 Jun 2026
Klue hackers begin deleting data, but new threat actor risks derailing negotiations

Klue hackers begin deleting data, but new threat actor risks derailing negotiations

A market research firm whose compromised partners include Huntress, LastPass, and Hacker One warns companies not to pay ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 29 Jun 2026
Exclusive: Nova ransomware group takes responsibility for NSW RFS hack

Exclusive: Nova ransomware group takes responsibility for NSW RFS hack

A cyber extortion group clarifies NSW government hack claims, names the NSW Rural Fire Service – and a selection of ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 29 Jun 2026
Why are cyber attacks on schools so devastating and so easy to pull off?

Why are cyber attacks on schools so devastating and so easy to pull off?

Schools hold a raft of personal data belonging to teachers and students alike, making them prime targets for cyber ...

David Hollingworth • Fri, 26 Jun 2026
Generation Life confirms customers impacted in April cyber incident

Generation Life confirms customers impacted in April cyber incident

Aussie investment firm Generation Life has confirmed that customer data was impacted in a cyber attack it suffered back ...

Daniel Croft • Fri, 26 Jun 2026
ASIO boss warns of active cyber threat to Aussie critical infrastructure

ASIO boss warns of active cyber threat to Aussie critical infrastructure

ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess’ Annual Threat Assessment outlines chilling nation-state efforts to “cripple” vital ...

David Hollingworth • Fri, 26 Jun 2026
Report: Aussie journalists, human rights organisations coming under increasing cyber attack

Report: Aussie journalists, human rights organisations coming under increasing cyber attack

Cloudflare’s latest Project Galileo Report celebrates the 12th anniversary of its program to protect civil society ...

David Hollingworth • Fri, 26 Jun 2026
Exclusive: NSW Rural Fire Service warns members of ‘cyber security incident’

Exclusive: NSW Rural Fire Service warns members of ‘cyber security incident’

NSW RFS commissioner says there is “no impact to our operational response capability”, but historical data likely ...

David Hollingworth • Thu, 25 Jun 2026
Islamic Republic confirms banking infrastructure cyber incident

Islamic Republic confirms banking infrastructure cyber incident

The Islamic Republic of Iran has confirmed a cyber attack impacting users’ access to a number of banks.

Daniel Croft • Thu, 25 Jun 2026
Proofpoint joins OpenAI cyber defence program to expand AI-powered security operations

Proofpoint joins OpenAI cyber defence program to expand AI-powered security operations

A cyber security firm has joined several other companies as part of the AI giant’s plan to integrate GPT-5

David Hollingworth • Thu, 25 Jun 2026
Research unveils security gap hiding within cyber communications

Research unveils security gap hiding within cyber communications

Ransomware, malware, phishing, and encryption are the keywords people hear in the cyber conversation, but this language ...

Bethany Alvaro • Thu, 25 Jun 2026