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UPDATED: Adreno confirms incident impacting more than 500,000 customers of the popular Australian dive store.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 12 Aug 2024
Nearly 3bn compromised in hack on US background-checking firm
A lawsuit has revealed the details of a massive data breach impacting 2.9 billion individuals.
Home, business security provider ADT customer information leaked
US home and business physical security provider ADT has confirmed that hackers obtained a “limited” amount of customer ...
Reporter • Fri, 09 Aug 2024
Majority of phishing emails still bypassing security protection
After analysing 17.8 million phishing emails, cyber security researchers have found that 56 per cent were able to bypass ...
AUCloud opens new Brisbane office
The Australian cyber security and cloud services provider has opened a new 865-square-metre office in Fortitude Valley
Fake HR emails most likely to dupe workers, report warns
Phishing emails discussing human resources matters in the workplace are the most likely to convince employees to click ...
Exclusive: Victorian firm Kempe Engineering listed on RansomHub leak site
The ransomware gang claims to have stolen four terabytes of data, including customer and staff information.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 08 Aug 2024
Olympic boxer Danny Green partners with Cyber Wardens to promote cyber security
Analogies to the “sweet science” fly as boxing legend and businessman comes out swinging against cyber security threats
Exclusive: Meow ransomware gang claims hack of New Zealand IT support firm Banx
The threat actor claims to have 15 gigabytes of stolen data from the company and has already published some documents on ...
Solar eclipsed: 20% of global solar power vulnerable to cyber attack
Researchers have discovered that 20 per cent of the world’s solar power output, equalling 195 gigawatts and enough to ...
Liam Garman • Thu, 08 Aug 2024
Report: Half of Australian businesses have paid a ransom after a cyber attack
A survey of Australian businesses by Cloudflare paints a picture of a volatile local landscape as some organisations ...
Inside the world of initial access brokers, with Rapid7’s Christiaan Beek
We sat down with Rapid7’s senior director of threat analytics to unpack how initial access brokers operate and their ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 07 Aug 2024
Op-Ed: A wish list for the new Minister for Cyber Security, Tony Burke
Janine Morris, industry engagement and strategy lead at AvePoint, outlines four key areas that Australia’s new Cyber ...
Janine Morris • Wed, 07 Aug 2024
Microsoft joins Delta Air Lines pile on
Microsoft’s lawyer accuses the airline of presenting a “false picture” of its actions following the July CrowdStrike ...
Ransomware gangs increasingly weaponising stolen data
Cyber criminals are using the personal details of company employees and even “illegal business activities” to put more ...
Exclusive: Australian furniture retailer Early Settler confirms data breach
Threat actor claims to have the data of more than one million customers, dataset for sale on hacking forum.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 06 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike’s lawyer strikes back at Delta Air Lines’ lawsuit threat
CrowdStrike vows to “respond aggressively” to any litigation brought against it to protect its employees and ...
Australia and US sign memorandum of understanding to fight disinformation
Penny Wong and Antony J. Blinken announced a new MOU targeting “state information manipulation”.
Exclusive: Leaving worker offers database of ‘big Australian company’ on hacking forum
Insider threat claims to have access to the data of 28,000 individuals and the credit card and ID details of more than a ...
Rapid7 reveals its new command platform
The cyber security company’s new offering is an all-in-one threat exposure, detection, and response platform.