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Exclusive: INC Ransom claims cyber attack on Australian engineering service company

Exclusive: INC Ransom claims cyber attack on Australian engineering service company

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on an Australian engineering solutions company and are threatening to publish ...

Daniel Croft • Tue, 19 May 2026
Op-Ed: To pay, or not to pay – that is the existential ransomware question

Op-Ed: To pay, or not to pay – that is the existential ransomware question

Following the ShinyHunters Instructure hack, the morals of paying a ransom to cyber criminals have been a hot-button ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 19 May 2026
Cyber Insurance for Small Business: When Getting Hacked Stops Everything 

Cyber Insurance for Small Business: When Getting Hacked Stops Everything 

Cyber incidents rarely start with alarms or obvious system failures. Increasingly, they originate from trusted third ...

ii-A Insurance • Tue, 19 May 2026
Operation Ramz: Interpol arrests 201 in MENA region cyber crime operation

Operation Ramz: Interpol arrests 201 in MENA region cyber crime operation

More than 3,500 victims of cyber crime were identified in a “first-of-its-kind cyber crime operation” across 13 ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 19 May 2026
Exclusive: Australian College of Business Intelligence investigating Qilin ransomware claims

Exclusive: Australian College of Business Intelligence investigating Qilin ransomware claims

A Sydney-based vocational college has found no evidence of compromised student data after being listed on the leak site ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 19 May 2026
Exclusive: Major cleaning and facility services firm confirms third-party cyber incident

Exclusive: Major cleaning and facility services firm confirms third-party cyber incident

Major private cleaning and facility services firm Menzies Group has confirmed a cyber incident that occurred after a ...

Daniel Croft • Tue, 19 May 2026
Sentenced: 35-year-old Melbourne man jailed over phone porting scam

Sentenced: 35-year-old Melbourne man jailed over phone porting scam

A scammer has been sentenced to more than two years’ jail term after stealing phone numbers from victims of identity ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 18 May 2026
Exclusive: Bluize confirms cyber incident, launches investigation

Exclusive: Bluize confirms cyber incident, launches investigation

Australian hospitality IT provider Bluize has confirmed a cyber incident after threat actors listed the company on their ...

Daniel Croft • Mon, 18 May 2026
US cyber agency warns of active exploitation of Microsoft Exchange Server spoofing vulnerability

US cyber agency warns of active exploitation of Microsoft Exchange Server spoofing vulnerability

Critical-severity CVE-2026-42897 could lead to remote code execution, and hackers are already taking advantage.

David Hollingworth • Mon, 18 May 2026
3 scammers charged following gold bullion purchase using scam profits

3 scammers charged following gold bullion purchase using scam profits

AFP and NSW Police charge three individuals after they allegedly used proceeds from a business email compromise scam to ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 18 May 2026
Exclusive: Qilin ransomware group claims responsibility for Generation Life hack

Exclusive: Qilin ransomware group claims responsibility for Generation Life hack

An Australian investment firm has been listed as a victim on a darknet leak site; no data has been published yet, ...

David Hollingworth • Mon, 18 May 2026
80% of Aussie organisations face identity attacks, survey finds

80% of Aussie organisations face identity attacks, survey finds

New research has revealed that 80 per cent of Australian organisations have been victims of at least one identity breach ...

Bethany Alvaro • Mon, 18 May 2026
Exclusive: Hospitality IT provider allegedly breached by Qilin

Exclusive: Hospitality IT provider allegedly breached by Qilin

Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on an Australian hospitality and gaming industry supplier, having listed the ...

Daniel Croft • Fri, 15 May 2026