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A threat actor allegedly representing the Hellcat ransomware group has posted data they say was exfiltrated from global energy company Schneider Electric.
Daniel Croft • Thu, 04 Sep 2025
‘Please hack me’: ‘Password’ remains the number one weakest password in Australia
Password, 123456, 123456789, and qwerty top the rather disappointing list of the most popular – and most breached – passwords used in Australia and worldwide.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 01 Apr 2025
Aussie winners of Rapid7’s global 2025 Partner Of The Year Awards revealed
Local winners, including Telstra, DGplex, Cythera, CyberRisk and ctrl:cyber, walk away with awards in the fifth year of Rapid7’s channel awards program.
13cabs may have suffered a major data breach
Major Australian cab service 13cabs has published a notice detailing a potential cyber attack after it discovered unauthorised activity on its network.
Daniel Croft • Tue, 01 Apr 2025
Data uploads to generative AI apps surge thirtyfold in just 1 year
Source code, passwords, and intellectual property are all finding their way into GenAI, fuelling a growing risk of data breaches and IP theft.
Exclusive: Royal Mail suffers alleged data breach as threat actor claims 144GB stolen
A threat actor has claimed a data breach of the British Royal Mail, the UK’s national postal service.
Exclusive: Contractor Brighton Australia listed on SafePay’s ransomware leak site
Hackers claim to have stolen more than 160 gigabytes of data from a Sydney-based construction contractor.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Signal sees dramatic increase in app downloads following Yemen leak scandal
Downloads of secure messaging app Signal have soared following the Trump administration’s Yemen bombing leak.
Daniel Croft • Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Interview: Chris Krebs – nation-state hacking about ‘causing chaos’
SentinelOne’s chief intelligence and public policy officer and ex-CISA director discusses cyber crime, trends, the importance of cyber security as a whole-of-business ...
Macquarie University and Fujitsu partner up to offer students AI micro-credentials
A new university course will provide hands-on access to Fujitsu’s AutoML technology in order to address an Australian machine learning skills shortage.
Op-Ed: Paving a pathway to better Australian cyber security preparedness
Australia’s goal of seeding a zero-trust culture across all organisations can be significantly achieved by focusing on the first line of defence against threat actors: ...
Pieter Danhieux, co-founder and CEO of Secure Code Warrior • Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Combating Australia’s cyber crime
As cyber crime escalates in scale and sophistication, organisations must remain hyper-vigilant of emerging cyber threats such as ransomware attacks, financial fraud, and ...
Arabella Walton • Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Exclusive: Aussie property developer TOGA listed as ransomware victim on Akira leak site
Hackers claim to have more than 500 gigabytes of data, including customer details, weeks after TOGA Far East (TFE) Hotels group confirmed it was the victim of a damaging ...
David Hollingworth • Fri, 28 Mar 2025
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