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Hackers have been exploiting a flaw in an open source PBX platform since at least 21 August; fix is now deployed.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 29 Aug 2025
Legal Practice Board of Western Australia says no data published following May ransomware attack
Board’s Executive Director says data published by hackers "does not relate to the Board".
AI’s true blue: Aussie AI could be skulling 25% of Sydney’s drinking water by 2035
AI data centres could be running our water reserves dry in a matter of years, with Australia’s largest water utility ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 28 Aug 2025
OpenAI to open first Australian office in Sydney
OpenAI is making its first move Down Under, with the announcement of its first Australian office to be established this ...
Aussie cyber agency joins global partners to warn of Chinese hackers targeting Australian critical infrastructure
State-sponsored Chinese threat actors have been observed targeting government and military networks in Australia and ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 28 Aug 2025
CrowdStrike to buy Onum to power real-time SIEM data
The acquisition is set to eliminate data migration bottlenecks and boost the Falcon platform with faster, AI-driven ...
Reporter • Thu, 28 Aug 2025
Exclusive: Dire Wolf claims ransomware attack on WineWorks Australia
Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on a South Australian wine freight and logistics firm, claiming to have stolen ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Exclusive: South Australian barristers' chambers listed on Lynx ransomware’s leak site
Hackers are claiming to have breached the network of Adelaide-based Hanson Chambers, with correspondence and court ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 27 Aug 2025
OpenAI and Altman sued after ChatGPT assisted teen with suicide
OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman are facing a lawsuit after its ChatGPT generative AI chatbot assisted a young teen in ...
CyberArk and Optiv deepen partnership
Optiv has fast-tracked 2,500 staff onto CyberArk’s identity security platform as firms double down on identity-first ...
Reporter • Wed, 27 Aug 2025
Opportunistic Iranian cyber attacks targeting Australia possible, Google warns
Google expert assesses a “heightened likelihood” of Iranian hacktivists targeting Australian organisations in the wake ...
Patch now! Citrix addresses latest NetScaler zero-day, exploitation underway
Citrix has advised its customers of multiple vulnerabilities in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway appliances, ...
UK drops plans for Apple encryption backdoor following US pressure
The UK government has backed down on its plans to introduce an encryption backdoor in Apple’s cloud storage, after ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 26 Aug 2025
Employees of Aussie small businesses now have right to disconnect
The Australian Fair Work Ombudsman says it’s time for employers and workers at small businesses to “have conversations ...
David Hollingworth • Tue, 26 Aug 2025
Hacker help wanted: Darknet recruitment posts surge
Cyber criminals are looking for English-speaking hackers skilled at social engineering, as recruitment ads appear to ...
Musk’s xAI sues OpenAI and Apple over anti-competitive partnership
Apple and OpenAI are both facing a lawsuit from Elon Musk’s xAI, which alleges that the two companies are working ...
Split and nested QR codes key to newly observed phishing tactics
Scammers are using a pair of novel tactics to help avoid detection when deploying quishing – QR phishing – campaigns
US FTC warns tech companies against lowering encryption at foreign government request
The US Federal Trade Commission has warned tech companies against lowering their encryption levels at the request of ...
Daniel Croft • Mon, 25 Aug 2025
Exclusive: Wyong Rugby League Club listed by Qilin ransomware gang
Hackers claim to have compromised the personal and financial information of club members and employees.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 25 Aug 2025
370k Grok AI chats leaked after being indexed on Google
Hundreds of thousands of private conversations with xAI’s Grok chatbot have been made publicly accessible after they ...