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Telecommunications giant and Vodafone parent company TPG has issued a warning saying that the implications of telcos ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 15 Nov 2023
Optus general counsel evidence ‘vague’ on cyber attack details, court finds
To keep a Deloitte investigation into last year’s cyber attack private, Optus relied on the state of mind of its general ...
Naomi Neilson • Wed, 15 Nov 2023
Report: ASD’s annual Cyber Threat Report finds cyber crime on the rise and AUKUS at risk
The Australian Signals Directorate’s 2022–23 report paints a grim picture of a growing threat landscape.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 15 Nov 2023
Royal Ransomware has stolen US$275m from 350 victims since September 2022
The Royal Ransomware hacking group has been busy over the past year, with a new report having found the group has ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 14 Nov 2023
O’Neil to add telcos to SoCI legislation following Optus outage
Telecommunication companies may soon be classed as critical infrastructure under new legislation, following a major ...
Optus says last week’s outage was caused by ‘bad route data’
Following its almost full-day outage last week, Optus has pointed the finger at an international peering network that ...
Bill Gates shares thoughts on AI-powered ‘agents’
Bill Gates has shared his views on an AI future, saying that it will completely change the way in which we use our ...
Daniel Croft • Mon, 13 Nov 2023
Anonymous Sudan claims DDoS attack on EU League of Legends servers
A popular video game server may have been taken offline by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 13 Nov 2023
NSW government launches Mandatory Notification of Data Breach Scheme
NSW’s long-awaited cyber mandatory reporting scheme has finally been announced, with organisations that have been ...
DP World says port operations have resumed after cyber attack
The Australian port operator says all its ports are back in operation, but investigations are ongoing.
Report: Retailers are struggling to combat growing ransomware attacks
Retailers hit a three-year low when it comes to fighting ransomware.
AI is giving scammers a new tool to take advantage of Black Friday sales
The upcoming sales season is likely to see an increase in scams, alongside an increase in their complexity.
DP World Australia shuts down ports after ‘significant cyber incident’
The Australian Federal Police is investigating a hack that has seen ports shut down around Australia.
David Hollingworth • Sat, 11 Nov 2023
ChatGPT outage confirmed as DDoS attack
Following two threat groups claiming responsibility, ChatGPT maker OpenAI has confirmed that the chatbot’s outage was ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 10 Nov 2023
Alleged email database of Australian-founded Illuvium game studio for sale on Russian hacking site
Illuvium, founded by Australian brothers, offers a suite of games built on the Ethereum blockchain.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 10 Nov 2023
Clop ransomware gang targets zero-day vulnerability in SysAid support software
The gang behind the MOVEit hack could be on the prowl again.
Anonymous Sudan and Skynet claim Cloudflare DDoS takedown
Less than a week after Cloudflare suffered a days-long outage, DDoS operators claim a strike against the company’s ...
Scams taking advantage of the Optus outage are already circulating
Opportunistic scammers are already sending out scam messages promising compensation for the day-long outage.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 09 Nov 2023
myGov to move to passwordless authentication following reveal of $3.1bn scam loss
The way in which users log in to their myGov accounts is set to change, with the Australian government looking at ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 09 Nov 2023
Chinese threat actors caught spying on Cambodian government networks
Fake cloud services observed targeting Cambodian defence, election, and treasury organisations.
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