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McDonald’s official Instagram account was breached by crypto scammers on Wednesday (21 August) to display advertising ...
Daniel Croft • Fri, 23 Aug 2024
ACSC partners with US agencies to release best practice guide to threat detection
CISA, FBI, NSA, and other international partners release Best Practices for Event Logging and Threat Detection ...
David Hollingworth • Fri, 23 Aug 2024
Medibank’s cyber costs to reach $126m by next year as cyber uplift reaches completion
Medibank has revealed that the cost of cleaning up and reinforcing itself after its 2022 cyber attack is set to reach ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 22 Aug 2024
Op-Ed: No, a NSW Department of Education website was NOT hacked
A report of parents “hacking” into a website hosting selective school selection results is another example of a cyber ...
David Hollingworth • Thu, 22 Aug 2024
Man charged with cyber terrorism for spreading misinformation that incited UK riots
A man who allegedly spread disinformation online that fuelled the current UK riots has been charged with cyber terrorism
CommBank doubles free scam education seminars in regional Australia
The bank says it is “doubling down on safety in the bush”, with over 400 free seminars planned over the next 12 months
US oil giant Halliburton suffers network cyber attack
Major US oilfield servicing giant Halliburton has suffered a cloud-based cyber security attack, leading to the company ...
CSIRO partners with Google to protect Australia’s critical infrastructure
The search and cloud giant and Australia’s national science agency are teaming up to tackle weak links in critical ...
Op-Ed: APT40’s renewed targeting of Australia is a reminder to get least privilege in place
The threat group has long been after administrative credentials and privileged access, and it found both in recent ...
Morey Haber, Cyber Security Advisor at BeyondTrust • Thu, 22 Aug 2024
Nuix, Atturra, HPE partner to expedite AI processing
The software and IT companies saw a 10-time improvement in processing speeds of unstructured data, driving worker ...
Reporter • Wed, 21 Aug 2024
US says Iran behind Trump campaign hack
The US government has stated that the cyber attack against Donald Trump’s presidential election campaigns, among other ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 21 Aug 2024
New Zealand Police reveals facial recognition policy
A new policy document released this month outlines the acceptable use of facial recognition technology in Kiwi law ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 21 Aug 2024
OAIC no longer pursuing Clearview AI for unsolicited use of Aussie faces
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has decided that it will no longer invest in pursuing ...
Exclusive: Melbourne-based Regent Caravans confirms RansomHub attack
The luxury caravan maker has suffered a data breach following a 4 August attack by a highly aggressive ransomware gang
Darktrace co-founder Mike Lynch presumed dead after yacht sinking
Tech entrepreneur and his daughter are among six presumed dead as divers struggle to access sunken superyacht.
Cyber attack stunts US chipmaker’s manufacturing capabilities
A cyber attack has crippled the operations of American chipmaker Microchip Technology Incorporated.
Trustwave appointed to the Australian Defence Department’s ICTPA panel
The cyber security firm’s inclusion on the Information Communications Technology Provider Arrangement panel is a ...
RansomHub observed using malware tool to switch off endpoint protection
The operators behind a ransomware gang increasingly targeting Australian organisations are using a novel tool to disable ...
David Hollingworth • Tue, 20 Aug 2024
Trump shares AI misinformation suggesting he has Taylor Swift’s endorsement
After being a major target of deepfakes himself, Donald Trump has falsely shared AI-generated images of Taylor Swift and ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 20 Aug 2024
Charles Sturt University aims for a technology-led aged-care revolution
University researchers are embarking on a project that could detect “anomalies” among the elderly in real time.
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