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Taxed! EOFY a perfect opportunity for scammers, banks, experts warn

Taxed! EOFY a perfect opportunity for scammers, banks, experts warn

The end of the financial year is a juicy target for scammers and other cyber-criminals; here’s what you and your ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 16 Jun 2026
Bunnings customers will soon be able to shop through Google AI Mode

Bunnings customers will soon be able to shop through Google AI Mode

Australian hardware retailer Bunnings Warehouse is set to become one of the first retailers in the country to sell ...

Daniel Croft Mon, 15 Jun 2026
OAIC finds American Express failed to protect customer data from insider access risks

OAIC finds American Express failed to protect customer data from insider access risks

The Australian Privacy Commissioner has found that American Express Australia breached privacy law by failing to ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 15 Jun 2026
4 major Iranian banks suffer cyber attack, no customer data impacted

4 major Iranian banks suffer cyber attack, no customer data impacted

Four major Iranian banks have been impacted by a cyber attack, according to the nation’s banking coordination council.

Daniel Croft Mon, 15 Jun 2026
Exclusive: More than 16k customers compromised after alleged Needlework Tours hack

Exclusive: More than 16k customers compromised after alleged Needlework Tours hack

Names, addresses, phone numbers, and potentially passport details were shared with multiple members of a popular hacking ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 15 Jun 2026
AFP to tackle serious online harms and cyber crime at Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group meeting

AFP to tackle serious online harms and cyber crime at Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group meeting

Members of the Five Eyes alliance will meet in London this week to discuss the challenges of combating online harms in ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 15 Jun 2026
Australia’s Department of Parliamentary Services has only ‘partly effective’ cyber security stature, audit finds

Australia’s Department of Parliamentary Services has only ‘partly effective’ cyber security stature, audit finds

DPS says it will “address critical cyber, information security and operational resilience risks” in the wake of ANAO ...

David Hollingworth Mon, 15 Jun 2026
Exclusive: One Nation blames ‘fearful Labor goons’ for DDoS site crash

Exclusive: One Nation blames ‘fearful Labor goons’ for DDoS site crash

Pauline Hanson’s popularity is surging, and so was the malicious traffic targeting One Nation’s donation page today (12 ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 12 Jun 2026
Westpac’s AI use will see the bank shift to a ‘digital-first service’

Westpac’s AI use will see the bank shift to a ‘digital-first service’

Big four Aussie bank Westpac has announced that it will be implementing AI into its core workflows.

Daniel Croft Fri, 12 Jun 2026
Lloyds Bank to fight cyber crime with agentic AI

Lloyds Bank to fight cyber crime with agentic AI

Major British bank Lloyds Banking Group has announced that it will be launching new agentic AI features to combat cyber ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 12 Jun 2026
Takedown! AFP helps dismantle alleged $542m cyber crime money laundering network

Takedown! AFP helps dismantle alleged $542m cyber crime money laundering network

Australian investigators have helped disrupt an alleged international money laundering operation accused of processing ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 12 Jun 2026
Alert! Experts concerned over perfect 10 Ivanti Sentry vulnerability, and hackers are already all over it

Alert! Experts concerned over perfect 10 Ivanti Sentry vulnerability, and hackers are already all over it

CVE-2026-10520 is looking like a nightmare for network defenders: an OS Command Injection vulnerability that could lead ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 12 Jun 2026
Exclusive: Ochre Health confirms patient data from its Tuggeranong clinic potentially compromised

Exclusive: Ochre Health confirms patient data from its Tuggeranong clinic potentially compromised

Threat actor 2019 claimed to have breached the data of more than 25,000 patients via a third-party platform – and it’s ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 12 Jun 2026
CrowdStrike joins OpenID Foundation and IDPro to push real-time AI-era access security

CrowdStrike joins OpenID Foundation and IDPro to push real-time AI-era access security

The cyber security firm has joined two of the world’s leading identity organisations as it seeks to accelerate industry ...

David Hollingworth Fri, 12 Jun 2026
Op-Ed: Criminal AI doesn’t need super hackers

Op-Ed: Criminal AI doesn’t need super hackers

The cyber industry has a bad habit of arguing with the movie trailer instead of watching the whole movie.

hackers By Douglas McKee, Director of Vulnerability Intelligence, Rapid7 Fri, 12 Jun 2026
Services Australia privacy incident saw pensioner concession cards sent to the wrong recipients

Services Australia privacy incident saw pensioner concession cards sent to the wrong recipients

Services Australia has disclosed a privacy incident it detected last month, which led to the halting of the printing of ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 11 Jun 2026
Student data compromised in second University of Western Australia data breach in 6 months

Student data compromised in second University of Western Australia data breach in 6 months

The university’s Student Information Management System was exposed after access credentials were “unintentionally ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 11 Jun 2026
2 Mackay sugar mills shut down following cyber incident

2 Mackay sugar mills shut down following cyber incident

A cyber incident has led to operations at two sugar mills in the Mackay region of North Queensland being halted.

Daniel Croft Thu, 11 Jun 2026
Tony Burke announces ‘new program of work’ under Horizon 2 of the Australian Cyber Security Strategy

Tony Burke announces ‘new program of work’ under Horizon 2 of the Australian Cyber Security Strategy

Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs and Cyber Security has revealed an $89.3 million investment over four years to ...

David Hollingworth Thu, 11 Jun 2026
Privacy Commissioner reveals findings in Optus privacy investigation

Privacy Commissioner reveals findings in Optus privacy investigation

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and the Australian Privacy Commissioner have announced the ...

Bethany Alvaro Thu, 11 Jun 2026