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The rise of generative AI tools comes with a heavy environmental cost – but it doesn’t have to be that way, one expert ...
David Hollingworth • Fri, 18 Jul 2025
Millions could be compensated over major Qantas data breach
A national law firm has lodged a representative complaint against Qantas, seeking compensation on behalf of millions of ...
Grace Robbie • Fri, 18 Jul 2025
1 in 12 employees globally use Chinese generative AI tools
New research has revealed the scope of workers using tools such as DeepSeek, with sensitive business data commonly ...
Qantas obtains injunction to prevent hacked data’s release
Qantas has obtained a court injunction to prevent any person or organisation from publishing the customer information ...
Adam Thorn • Thu, 17 Jul 2025
UAP confirms ransomware attack, personal data and email correspondence exposed
Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party has informed its members of a data breach, but admits “it is impracticable to ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 17 Jul 2025
Australia adopts AS IEC 62443 as national cyber security standard to protect critical infrastructure
Newly adopted standards offer a clearer and more structured approach to protecting operational technology in critical ...
Tasmanian kids get a taste of ethical hacking courtesy of the AFP
The AFP-led Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre hosted re_B00TCMP last month, offering students a glimpse of a ...
Hertz AI damage scanning continues to push customers away
The AI damage-detection system rolled out by Hertz continues to frustrate customers as more come forward after being ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 16 Jul 2025
Meta patches AI chatbot bug capable of leaking user AI prompts and responses
A bug in Meta’s AI chatbot that allowed users to access the prompts and responses of other Meta AI users has been ...
Australia’s top AI talents set to shine: Australian AI Awards returns for 2025
Submissions and nominations are now open for the Australian AI Awards 2025 – submit now to be recognised for excellence
Reporter • Wed, 16 Jul 2025
Australia confirms establishment of cyber reserves workforce by early 2026
Australia will establish a cyber reserves workforce for the Australian Defence Force by early 2026, under a Cyber ...
Robert Dougherty • Wed, 16 Jul 2025
2025 ESET Women in Cybersecurity Scholarship revealed
Samia Arshad Mehar from the University of Technology Sydney has walked away with a scholarship worth $5,000.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 16 Jul 2025
The spare change: Another UnitedHealth subsidiary has suffered a data breach
Well over a year after the Change Healthcare data breach, a second subsidiary of the UnitedHealth Group has suffered a ...
auDA awards grants worth $2.5m to guard against scams and quantum risk
Australia’s domain name administrator splashes cash to transition to quantum-safe DNS and scam prevention and support
Not lovin’ it: McDonald’s hiring back end exposes 64m chatbot job discussions
Researchers were able to access the hiring chatbot’s back end after finding it was protected by a default password: ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 15 Jul 2025
Trump administration announces $1bn offensive hacking operation spend
The Trump administration plans to spend US$1 billion (roughly AU$1.53 billion) on offensive cyber operations.
The industry speaks: Artificial Intelligence Appreciation Day 2025
Sixteen July is the day to celebrate the benefits of AI while also being aware of the risks of its poor implementation
David Hollingworth • Tue, 15 Jul 2025
Hacked Elmo X account demands Trump release Epstein files, spews anti-Semitic hate
Hackers have targeted the X account of the famous children’s character Elmo to demand that Trump release the Epstein ...
Grok gets NSFW companion and a US$200m Pentagon contract
Observers are unsure if the US military leadership will take advantage of a scantily clad anime girl or a cartoon panda
Are you being served? How cyber-crime-as-a-service works
What used to be the domain of skilled coders and elite hackers is now just a payment away, and Australians are ...
David Hollingworth • Mon, 14 Jul 2025
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