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The US healthcare sector is under strain following a major cyber attack courtesy of the recently revived ALPHV ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 28 Feb 2024
FBI warns of change in tactics by ALPHV ransomware gang
After being taken down and resurrecting itself multiple times, ALPHV is switching up how it targets its victims.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 28 Feb 2024
Fortnite game developer Epic Games allegedly hacked
A ransomware gang claims to have nearly 200 gigabytes of internal data, but Epic Games says there is no evidence of any ...
Anonymous Sudan launches InfraShutdown DDoS-as-a-service
The world’s most prolific distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) actor, Anonymous Sudan, has announced a DDoS-as-a-service ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 27 Feb 2024
Triangulating Trisec, a newly emerged ransomware gang
A brand new ransomware operation launched this month on both the clear and dark nets. Here’s what we know about ...
David Hollingworth • Tue, 27 Feb 2024
AI is a long way off from replacing teachers, according to CDU study
Among concerns surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) taking jobs, the world’s teachers can breathe a sigh of relief ...
Report: Hackers are getting into networks faster than ever before
New data from CrowdStrike paints a picture of a rapidly changing cyber security threat landscape as hackers get faster ...
ThyssenKrupp halts operations after automotive division hit by cyber attack
One of the largest steel manufacturers in the world has shut down some of its IT systems after a cyber attack breached ...
Russian hackers are increasingly adapting to cloud computing
Hackers with Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service are following their targets into the cloud, according to a raft of ...
3 Sydney men arrested over alleged SMS phishing operation
Cyber crime squad detectives find multiple SIM boxes, SIM cards, and “identity information” after investigating an ...
Ransom wars: Return of the LockBit
The world’s most prolific ransomware group, LockBit, is back after being taken down by the world’s leading law ...
Daniel Croft • Mon, 26 Feb 2024
Kadac data leaked on BreachForums in strange post providing analysis
A threat actor has posted what they claim to be the data of Kadac Australia after the company suffered a ransomware ...
Avast fined US$16.5m by US Federal Trade Commission for selling user data
Antivirus firm Avast promised to protect customers from online tracking – then tracked their data and sold it anyway
David Hollingworth • Mon, 26 Feb 2024
Government appoints Michelle McGuinness as cyber security coordinator
Months after the last one was recalled, the Australian government has appointed a new national cyber security ...
ACSC releases critical alert concerning ConnectWise’s ScreenConnect
The Australian Cyber Security Centre says patch now to avoid active exploitation of path traversal and authentication ...
Australian Cyber Security Summit 2024 launches
Following the success of its first summit last year, we are pleased to announce that the Australian Cyber Security ...
Malavika Santhebennur • Mon, 26 Feb 2024
LockBit developing 4.0 encryptor at time of global takedown
Developers for the now crippled LockBit ransomware group were reportedly developing a secret new encryptor that would ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 23 Feb 2024
AT&T outage sparks FBI cyber attack investigation
The US’ largest telco, AT&T, has suffered a major network outage, sparking concerns that a cyber attack may be the ...
Op-Ed: LockBit is gone, but what does that actually mean?
Is this a mighty blow against cyber crime, or just a glancing blow? Taking out LockBit should be celebrated, but it’s ...
David Hollingworth • Fri, 23 Feb 2024
ACSC releases critical alert over Progress Kemp LoadMaster vulnerability
A newly disclosed bug in Progress Kemp’s application delivery platform could allow the execution of unauthenticated ...
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