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The AFP is advertising for a new chief information security officer to help shape its Cyber Security Strategy.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 26 Apr 2024
Microsoft and The Coca-Cola Company announce 5-year cloud, AI partnership
Like the old ad campaign says: everything’s better with a Coke – even generative artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 24 Apr 2024
US Treasury sanctions Iranian cyber actors over government attacks
Four Iranian individuals were sanctioned and indicted and two companies sanctioned over attacks on more than a dozen US ...
Exclusive: BlackSuit ransomware gang claims hack on Octapharma Plasma
Donor details, lab data, passports, and personal information have all been allegedly compromised in the US Octapharma ...
Akira ransomware made US$42m in ransoms before its first birthday
International cyber agencies have banded together to release a new advisory on an infamous cyber gang after it reeled in ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 23 Apr 2024
Palo Alto’s Unit 42 team reveals new wave of PAN-OS firewall hack attempts
PAN-OS firewalls are facing an “increasing number of attacks”, though so far, signs of active command execution are rare
David Hollingworth • Tue, 23 Apr 2024
UnitedHealth CEO to discuss cyber attack before US House subcommittee
The chief executive of UnitedHealth is set to testify before a US House subcommittee regarding the Change Healthcare ...
Makers of CrushFTP file transfer tool urge users to upgrade ‘ASAP’
Hackers are likely already taking advantage of a vulnerability in a particular version of the file transfer application
Penten awards $466,840 contract to archTIS for Australian national security project
Aussie cyber technology company Penten gives archTIS the nod on a project for an unnamed Australian national security ...
UnitedHealth says ‘substantial proportion’ of Americans affected in breach
A “substantial proportion” of Americans may have been impacted by the Change Healthcare breach, according to parent ...
Australia v Musk: War of words erupts between politicians and Musk over eSafety ruling
Aussie politicians voice their ire over X’s stance on the church stabbing video, while Elon Musk targets Prime Minister ...
Victorian councils’ call service affected by OracleCMS breach
Several Victorian councils have revealed that their after-hours call services are down following the OracleCMS breach ...
Daniel Croft • Mon, 22 Apr 2024
Stealthy new banking malware spotted targeting Korean users
Novel SoumniBot malware takes advantage of Android manifest bugs to avoid detection.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 22 Apr 2024
Australia v Musk: X boss to take on Australia’s eSafety Commissioner
Elon Musk promises a looming court battle over takedown notices of Sydney church stabbing videos.
UN agency ransomware attack claimed by 8Base
Threat actors have claimed a cyber attack on the IT systems of the United Nations (UN), which is now investigating the ...
US telco Frontier Communications reports major disruptions following cyber attack
The telco giant said in an SEC filing that operational shutdowns could lead to a “material” impact and that personal ...
Hackers imitate LastPass staff to access passwords
LastPass has issued a warning to its customers regarding a phishing campaign in which cyber criminals disguise ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 19 Apr 2024
AFP to take over global online child protection taskforce
The AFP’s Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation has been chosen to lead the 15-nation Virtual Global Taskforce
David Hollingworth • Fri, 19 Apr 2024
FBI director says Volt Typhoon positioning for US critical infrastructure attack
The FBI has warned that allegedly Chinese hackers are preparing to strike US critical infrastructure operators after ...
US firm Octapharma Plasma may have shut down US operations due to ransomware attack
The US pharmaceutical company has closed more than 150 plasma collection locations, citing “network issues” – but the ...