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Exclusive: Australian skincare manufacturer confirms cyber incident

Exclusive: Australian skincare manufacturer confirms cyber incident

A Melbourne-based skincare manufacturer has confirmed it suffered a cyber incident after it was listed on the dark web ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 24 Mar 2025
Another Steam game removed for being suspected malware

Another Steam game removed for being suspected malware

A second game hiding malware has been removed from digital video game marketplace Steam in as many months.

Daniel Croft Mon, 24 Mar 2025
Westpac launches SafeBlock anti-scam measure

Westpac launches SafeBlock anti-scam measure

Customers will now be able to block their accounts if they suspect they’ve fallen victim to a scam.

David Hollingworth Mon, 24 Mar 2025
Travellers warned to beware of scams following Heathrow airport outage

Travellers warned to beware of scams following Heathrow airport outage

A backlog of cancelled flights and customers desperate to rebook travel arrangements could be a field day for scammers

David Hollingworth Mon, 24 Mar 2025
Op-Ed: The new PCI DSS standard lands on 31 March – WAFs are now non-optional

Op-Ed: The new PCI DSS standard lands on 31 March – WAFs are now non-optional

Web application firewalls are now an essential requirement for safe credit card transactions – here’s why that’s a good ...

John Yang, Vice President, APJ, at Progress Mon, 24 Mar 2025
Baidu executive’s daughter leaks personal info, company denies data breach

Baidu executive’s daughter leaks personal info, company denies data breach

Chinese search engine Baidu has denied that it suffered a data breach following the daughter of a company executive ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 21 Mar 2025
DeepSeek mania inspires multiple scam campaigns

DeepSeek mania inspires multiple scam campaigns

Fake installers, malware droppers, and info stealers were all deployed under the cover of the popular Chinese chatbot.

David Hollingworth Fri, 21 Mar 2025
DOGE access to Social Security Administration data blocked by Federal Court

DOGE access to Social Security Administration data blocked by Federal Court

A US federal judge has blocked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing data stored by the Social ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 21 Mar 2025
AI-powered phishing attacks rose sharply in the last 6 months

AI-powered phishing attacks rose sharply in the last 6 months

A new report from KnowBe4 has revealed that more than 80 per cent of all phishing emails now boast some form of AI ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 21 Mar 2025
Beware of scammers posing as ANZ representatives targeting law firms

Beware of scammers posing as ANZ representatives targeting law firms

ANZ Bank New Zealand has warned of a new scam campaign taking advantage of previously leaked banking details to ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 21 Mar 2025
Exclusive: Child’s play – major US toy manufacturer allegedly hacked by Clop

Exclusive: Child’s play – major US toy manufacturer allegedly hacked by Clop

A major US toy manufacturer has allegedly suffered a cyber attack after the infamous Clop ransomware gang listed it on ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 20 Mar 2025
The National Anti-Scam Centre has warned more than 100 potential Australian crypto-scam victims

The National Anti-Scam Centre has warned more than 100 potential Australian crypto-scam victims

NASC and the Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre join forces to send texts and emails to potential victims of ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 20 Mar 2025
Home Affairs to bolster security with secure service edge

Home Affairs to bolster security with secure service edge

In a request for tender, the department says it is “seeking to modernise and future-proof its perimeter security ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 20 Mar 2025