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The first Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the security of critical infrastructure (SOCI) has been signed by the ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 13 Nov 2024
Can Australia’s social media ban protect young children? Or a mistake in the making...
While some are for it, others feel it may do more harm than good – and that’s assuming it’s even practicable in the ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 13 Nov 2024
November Patch Tuesday reveals 90 vulnerabilities
Vulnerabilities revealed in Windows Task Scheduler, Active Directory Certificate Services, and Exchange.
Adam Barnett, Lead Software Engineer, Rapid7 • Wed, 13 Nov 2024
Exclusive: Followmont Transport confirms ‘unauthorised access to our systems’
Ransomware gang Akira claims breach of Queensland-based transport company, saying it has employee IDs and financial data
Australian Cyber Awards opens submissions for 2025
Nominations and submissions are now open for the annual Australian Cyber Awards 2025.
Liam Garman • Tue, 12 Nov 2024
Nearly 40% of Aussie kids aged between 16 and 18 use ChatGPT
Australian children as young as seven access OpenAI’s chatbot despite the company saying its app “is not meant for ...
David Hollingworth • Tue, 12 Nov 2024
MOVEit vulnerability sees Amazon, McDonald’s, HSBC, and more employee data leaked
A threat actor has leaked the data of a number of major companies online that are believed to have been hit in the ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 12 Nov 2024
US oilfield service provider disrupted by ransomware attack
A major Texas-based oilfield supplier has suffered disruptions after it was hit by a ransomware attack.
Daniel Croft • Mon, 11 Nov 2024
Threat actor says ‘thousands’ of Call of Duty players banned after abusing anti-cheat flaw
A threat actor has claimed to have banned thousands of Call of Duty players through a flaw in the game’s anti-cheat ...
Exclusive: Anti-Israel hacker claims hack on Ministry of National Security, posts settler IDs online
Threat actor Radwan Cyber Pal has published firearms licence documents and photo IDs on Telegram belonging to 5,000 ...
David Hollingworth • Mon, 11 Nov 2024
How the new cyber laws will impact businesses
Cyber Security Minister Tony Burke recently proposed new legislation that would result in the country’s first standalone ...
Kace O'Neill • Mon, 11 Nov 2024
7% of ANZ banking code over last 6 months is AI-generated
ANZ banking has revealed that over 7 per cent of the code it has written over the last six months has been AI-generated
New Zealand is one of the least cyber-prepared countries in the world
A new report rates countries on their level of cyber preparedness, with Australia ranking 30th, and Sweden taking the ...
AUSCERT’s 2025 cyber security predictions
Australia’s venerable cyber emergency response team predicts phishing fights, increased collaboration, even more spam, ...
Washington courts face outages following ‘unauthorised activity’
The Washington courts in the US are suffering outages after detecting suspicious unauthorised activity on their network
Daniel Croft • Fri, 08 Nov 2024
Nokia confirms data breach, third party suffers cyber attack
Nokia has confirmed a data breach after one of its third-party providers was breached by notorious threat actor ...
Man charged for alleged $2m BEC scam on Sydney hospital
A business email compromise (BEC) scam that cost a Sydney hospital $2 million has led to the man behind it being charged
Albanese announces social media ban for under-16s
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a “world-leading” ban on social media for teenagers under 16 ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 07 Nov 2024
South Korean Defense Ministry hit by DDoS
The South Korean Defense Ministry has disclosed a cyber attack on its website, causing outages.
Government calls for all SME cyber attacks to be reported
Small businesses shouldn’t be ashamed to seek cyber support after falling victim to an attack, Minister for Small ...
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