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CBIT Digital Forensics Services will establish the facility at the South Jerrabomberra Regional Jobs Precinct.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 11 Oct 2024
Industry responds to Australia’s Cyber Security Act
Following lessons learnt from the 2023–2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy, the government is currently deliberating ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 11 Oct 2024
77,000 customers exposed in Fidelity Investments data breach
One of the world’s largest asset management firms has revealed that the data of over 77,000 of its customers was exposed ...
Hotel chain Marriott agrees to US$52m settlement over data breaches impacting 344m
Marriott and its Starwood subsidiary have also agreed to improve their information security after data security failures
Exclusive: New Zealand accounting firm confirms Sarcoma ransomware attack
Advanced Accounting has fallen victim to the Sarcoma ransomware gang, as passports, driver’s licences and more are ...
Casio cyber attack claimed by Russian cyber crime gang ‘Underground’
Russian cyber criminals have claimed the cyber attack on Japanese technology multinational company Casio.
Casio discloses data breach a year after previous cyber attack
Japanese computing and electronics multinational company Casio has disclosed that it has suffered from a cyber attack, ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 10 Oct 2024
Exclusive: Aussie fresh produce company Perfection Fresh confirms ransomware attack
The Sarcoma ransomware gang claims another Australian scalp with internal and confidential documents already published ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 10 Oct 2024
CISA warns of hurricane relief scams as Helene passes and Milton follows
Threat actors and scammers are expected to take advantage of those affected by the massive destruction brought by ...
Russia blocks access to Discord as experts call it an attack on free speech
Russia’s censorship agency has blocked the nation’s access to Discord, resulting in uproar from Russia’s citizens who ...
Exclusive: The Plastic Bag Company falls victim to Sarcoma ransomware attack
Sydney-based bag manufacturer The Plastic Bag Company suffered a data breach as passports and tax details were published ...
Internet Archive down, claims ‘catastrophic’ data breach impacting 31m
The non-profit digital library responsible for the popular Wayback Machine web archive has been under a distributed ...
Happy Birthday, Russian President: Russian state media hacked on Putin’s birthday
Ukraine claims to be behind a cyber attack on Russia’s state media company, just in time for Russian President Vladimir ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 09 Oct 2024
ADT suffers second data breach after hackers use stolen credentials
Home and small business security provider ADT has disclosed that it suffered a second cyber attack in as many months.
Australia’s first standalone Cyber Security Act to make ransom payment reporting mandatory
Australia is set to enable mandatory reporting of ransom payments and new standards for smart devices with new ...
Exclusive: West Australian aged-care provider hit by alleged LockBit ransomware attack
Kingsley-based TPG Aged Care has been listed as a victim on LockBit’s leak site, and several internal documents with ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 09 Oct 2024
Patch Tuesday round-up, October 2024
October’s Patch Tuesday reveals 118 vulnerabilities, including multiple instances of in-the-wild exploitation, while ...
Adam Barnett, Lead Software Engineer at Rapid7 • Wed, 09 Oct 2024
New not-for-profit Australian Cyber Network launches
The ACN aims to be “a voice for industry, by industry” in the cyber security sector. We talk to its CEO and chair about ...
Qantas customer passports at risk following frequent flyer cyber theft
Qantas has revealed that the passports of at least almost a thousand customers may have been accessed after two ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 08 Oct 2024
Ukrainian national pleads guilty to running Raccoon Infostealer malware operation
Mark Sokolovsky pleaded guilty in a US court this week following his arrest by Dutch authorities in 2022.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 08 Oct 2024