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Love is in the air for Valentine’s Day this week – but so are scammers! Here’s what you should be looking out for.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 09 Sep 2025
Electronic Frontier Foundation sues DOGE over privacy violations
EFF has filed a lawsuit against the Musk-led agency Department of Government Efficiency and the Office of Personnel Management over access to sensitive personal data.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 13 Feb 2025
Exclusive: Cyber attack on Australian education centre claimed by KillSec
Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on an Australian private education institution, claiming to have stolen personal and business data.
Daniel Croft • Thu, 13 Feb 2025
Exclusive: Fog ransomware group claims January hack of the University of Notre Dame Australia
Hackers claim to have stolen more than 62 gigabytes of data from the Australian university, including student medical documents and more.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 12 Feb 2025
Exclusive: Spectrum Medical Imaging warns patients medical data exposed following ransomware attack
The Sydney-based medical practice has confirmed a data breach impacting patient records following the January INC Ransom hack claim.
AUKUS members sanction Medibank hacker and LockBit infrastructure provider
The Australian government has imposed sanctions on a Russian service used by cyber criminals, including those behind the Medibank Private cyber attack of 2022.
Daniel Croft • Wed, 12 Feb 2025
Exclusive: Natures Organics confirms Medusa ransomware attack
Hackers claim to have stolen passport and driver’s licence scans and other personal information from an Australian organic goods producer.
ABC, AusPost, NBN ban DeepSeek
Despite being exempt from the federal government ban, three federal corporations have joined in blocking access to Chinese-made AI, DeepSeek.
Daniel Croft • Tue, 11 Feb 2025
Australian Cyber Summit 2025 to reveal lessons from top CISOs
Cyber professionals will be shown technical strategies, lessons, and best practices learnt from seasoned enterprise CISOs, as Doug Thompson is announced as a panellist ...
David Hollingworth • Tue, 11 Feb 2025
Ransomware gang 8Base members arrested, darknet site seized
A global law enforcement operation has disrupted the operations of a prolific cyber crime group.
HPE notifies employees of 2023 cyber attack
The business division of PC maker Hewlett Packard is currently informing staff affected by a cyber attack in 2023 that their personal information may have been ...
Daniel Croft • Mon, 10 Feb 2025
Fortinet opens brand new Australian headquarters
Cyber security firm Fortinet’s new North Sydney-based Innovation Hub is the first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 10 Feb 2025
CommBank and Telstra extend partnership with new Fraud Indicator tech
The big four bank and the Aussie telco boost anti-scam and fraud-fighting collaboration to detect fraudulently opened accounts.