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Overconfidence in legacy cyber security procedures has left businesses exposed to continuity risks and ransomware ...
Liam Garman • Wed, 31 Jul 2024
Westpac teams up with Optus to fight scammers
The new partnership will provide bank customers with verified, in-app calls directly from Westpac.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 30 Jul 2024
Change Healthcare begins the process of notifying victims of February hack
The US healthcare organisation is finally notifying victims of an ALPHV ransomware attack that affected millions and ...
Ransomware gangs observed exploiting VMware ESXi flaw in the wild
Security researchers warn of hackers taking advantage of CVE-2024-37085, first disclosed by VMware one week ago.
Tech companies call for changes to draft UN Cybercrime Convention
The Cybersecurity Tech Accord would like to see stronger protections for researchers, pen-testers, and journalists and ...
Mitigating AI-driven cyber threats through an Olympic lens
Opinion: The upcoming Olympics and Paralympics Games are set to showcase the world’s best athletes; however, these ...
Sharat Nautiyal • Mon, 29 Jul 2024
Australians lose $134m to scams in just 6 months
Australians have lost over $134 million in the first six months of the year to scams, according to the National ...
Liam Garman • Mon, 29 Jul 2024
Exclusive: SnatchDeal customer details and ‘risk assessment’ data leaked
The personal data of nearly 10,000 customers of an online retailer is up for sale on a popular hacking forum.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 29 Jul 2024
Interview: David Sandell on why the Australian healthcare sector needs a dedicated ISAC
As healthcare entities come under increased cyber attacks, CI-ISAC’s CEO makes the case for providing the sector with ...
Israeli government intervened to protect NSO Group from WhatsApp legal discovery
Leaked documents reveal Israel’s Ministry of Justice stepped in to conceal the spyware maker’s activity from a US court ...
North Korean hackers really want the West’s nuclear secrets
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has warned of the ongoing espionage activities of the Andariel threat group.
Albanese appoints new cyber security minister in cabinet reshuffle
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has appointed a veteran cabinet minister to oversee the Home Affairs and Cyber Security ...
Liam Garman • Sun, 28 Jul 2024
Exclusive: Victorian IT services company Insula confirms BianLian ransomware attack
The ransomware gang claims to have a range of internal documents, client data, and source code, as Insula Group’s CEO ...
David Hollingworth • Fri, 26 Jul 2024
AI data protection is a key concern for ANZ CIOs
Lenovo’s Smarter Data Management Playbook 2024 report shows IT decision-makers are focused on the security and quality ...
CrowdStrike CEO says ‘97% of Windows sensors are back online’
CEO George Kurtz has released an update following the disastrous 19 July Falcon update that crashed 8.5 million Windows ...
Exclusive: Customer and HR data potentially impacted in alleged BlackSuit attack on Reward Hospitality
The Australian hospitality and catering firm has fallen victim to an alleged ransomware attack.
Outcry after alleged ‘protected’ list of far-right X users leaked online
UPDATE: Okta confirms that the screenshot currently circulating on social media is a fake
David Hollingworth • Thu, 25 Jul 2024
Australian CFOs are getting more involved in IT investment decisions over ROI concerns
Chief financial officers (CFOs) and chief information officers (CIOs) are beginning to work together on IT investment ...
CrowdStrike outage could cost Fortune 500 companies US$5.4bn
Cloud insurance firm estimates that a quarter of all Fortune 500 companies were impacted by the CrowdStrike Falcon ...
CrowdStrike reveals details of incident behind global PC outage
The cyber security firm says a misconfigured Rapid Response Content update to its Falcon platform caused PCs to crash ...
David Hollingworth • Wed, 24 Jul 2024