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Alert! Wave of fake toll, parking scams impacting countries worldwide, including Australia and New Zealand

Alert! Wave of fake toll, parking scams impacting countries worldwide, including Australia and New Zealand

Scammers observed impersonating Aussie toll operator Linkt and the New Zealand Police and Ministry of Justice.

David Hollingworth • Wed, 29 Apr 2026
NZ council cyber attack leads to ID, financial data being exposed

NZ council cyber attack leads to ID, financial data being exposed

A cyber attack impacting a New Zealand city council has compromised the data of hundreds of people.

Daniel Croft • Wed, 29 Apr 2026
Vect unveiled: Inside an emerging ransomware group’s affiliate network

Vect unveiled: Inside an emerging ransomware group’s affiliate network

Security researchers have had a peek inside the Vect ransomware group’s affiliate offerings and found a growing criminal ...

David Hollingworth • Wed, 29 Apr 2026
Exclusive: Gelatissimo confirms unauthorised access, investigates DragonForce hack claims

Exclusive: Gelatissimo confirms unauthorised access, investigates DragonForce hack claims

Major Australian ice-cream retailer Gelatissimo has launched an investigation into claims made by hackers that the ...

Daniel Croft • Wed, 29 Apr 2026
Cyber attacks on medical devices pose ‘significant’ impact on real-life patient care

Cyber attacks on medical devices pose ‘significant’ impact on real-life patient care

Setbacks and delays in healthcare are pesky inconveniences, but the cause is increasingly linked to cyber attacks, new ...

Bethany Alvaro • Wed, 29 Apr 2026
Aussie ice-cream franchise Gelatissimo suffers alleged hack by DragonForce

Aussie ice-cream franchise Gelatissimo suffers alleged hack by DragonForce

Australian ice-cream retailer Gelatissimo has allegedly been hacked, with threat actors claiming to have stolen data in ...

Daniel Croft • Tue, 28 Apr 2026
Anthropic Mythos: The model, the myth and the mundane​

Anthropic Mythos: The model, the myth and the mundane​

In 1995, Dan Farmer and Wietse Venema released a tool called SATAN (the Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing ...

DotSec • Tue, 28 Apr 2026
Report: Aussie small businesses doing it tough as job scams double, losses rise

Report: Aussie small businesses doing it tough as job scams double, losses rise

Scam incidents may be down overall, but the average loss per incident rises from $209 to $476, while AI continues to ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 28 Apr 2026
Twisted Firestarter! Aussie, US, UK cyber agencies warn of Cisco malware campaign

Twisted Firestarter! Aussie, US, UK cyber agencies warn of Cisco malware campaign

Firestarter backdoor found targeting Cisco Firepower and Secure Firewall devices despite upgrades.

David Hollingworth • Tue, 28 Apr 2026
Generation Life informs customers of ‘cyber incident’ as owner shares incident with ASX

Generation Life informs customers of ‘cyber incident’ as owner shares incident with ASX

Australian investment firm Generation Life says there is no evidence of any unauthorised transaction, but is ...

David Hollingworth • Tue, 28 Apr 2026
CBA launches new scam-finding AI agent

CBA launches new scam-finding AI agent

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has launched a new agentic AI system designed to identify scams and cases of ...

Daniel Croft • Tue, 28 Apr 2026
Sri Lankan government hack sees $3.7m destined for Australia stolen

Sri Lankan government hack sees $3.7m destined for Australia stolen

The Sri Lankan government has confirmed that a cyber attack on its finance ministry has led to several million dollars ...

Daniel Croft • Fri, 24 Apr 2026
CrowdStrike extends cloud threat detection to Google Cloud

CrowdStrike extends cloud threat detection to Google Cloud

Falcon platform update answers real-time response and sovereignty demands across multi-cloud environments.

David Hollingworth • Fri, 24 Apr 2026