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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
Dragos launches OT-focused AI assistant to help critical infrastructure defenders

Dragos launches OT-focused AI assistant to help critical infrastructure defenders

New EmberAI platform leverages more than a decade of operational technology threat intelligence to help security teams ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 25 Jun 2026
Exclusive: Hacker behind Reynella East College hack dumps hundreds of gigabytes of alleged teacher, student data on dark web

Exclusive: Hacker behind Reynella East College hack dumps hundreds of gigabytes of alleged teacher, student data on dark web

Staff and student passport scans have been posted to the dark web, with hackers boasting compromise of “contracts, ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 24 Jun 2026
Start digging! Aussie Minecraft users warned to stay vigilant as malware campaign sweeps the game

Start digging! Aussie Minecraft users warned to stay vigilant as malware campaign sweeps the game

Minecraft players might want to armour up as a “massive” malware campaign continues to target up to 3,000 gamers around ...

Bethany Alvaro Wed, 24 Jun 2026
The industry reacts to the Five Eyes call to action on AI security

The industry reacts to the Five Eyes call to action on AI security

Five Eyes cyber leaders have warned that governments and businesses must act now ahead of a looming wave of AI-driven ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 24 Jun 2026
ASD says it will retire the Essential Eight within next 2 years

ASD says it will retire the Essential Eight within next 2 years

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has announced plans to retire the Essential Eight guidance framework, replacing ...

Daniel Croft Wed, 24 Jun 2026
Exclusive: Data belonging to Aussie testing firm ALS Global makes its way to the dark web following May incident disclosure

Exclusive: Data belonging to Aussie testing firm ALS Global makes its way to the dark web following May incident disclosure

The Aur0ra ransomware group has published employee data, passwords, banking details, and testing records from an ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 24 Jun 2026
Exclusive: National Portrait Gallery of Australia investigating data breach claims

Exclusive: National Portrait Gallery of Australia investigating data breach claims

Threat actor 2019 posts alleged National Portrait Gallery customer and client data to undergound hacking forum; names, ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 23 Jun 2026
NAB launches new integrated frontline responders hub

NAB launches new integrated frontline responders hub

Australian big four bank NAB has announced the formation of a hub for frontline responders dealing with cyber security, ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 23 Jun 2026