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In this episode of the Cyber Security Uncut podcast, Tony Howell, global chief architect, defence and intelligence at archTIS, joins host Liam Garman to unpack the ...
Robyn Tongol • Tue, 24 Dec 2024
100,000 Optus customers launch class action over 2022 data breach
Law firm Slater & Gordon has today (21 April) announced a class action against Optus on behalf of 100,000 customers impacted by last year’s data breach.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 21 Apr 2023
Western Sydney Uni detects suspicious activity on its student systems
Western Sydney University (WSU) reportedly detected “unusual activity” on Wednesday (19 April) that suggested a cyber incident, causing it to take its student management ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 20 Apr 2023
Chatbots capable of spreading misinformation, say Aussie researchers
Australian researchers are currently trailing the dangerous potential for chatbots to spread misinformation.
Hacker drama abounds as pro-Russian groups turn on each other
An apparent disagreement between a pair of pro-Russian hacking groups has led to the arrest of an 18-year-old Belarusian citizen.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 20 Apr 2023
Hackers breach Microsoft SQL servers to deploy Trigona ransomware
Hackers are distributing Trigona ransomware via internet-exposed Microsoft SQL (MS-SQL) servers to collect system information and gain additional system control.
1 in 4 law firms impacted by cyber incidents in the last 2 years, according to new report
A new report from an Australian cyber security company has revealed that a quarter of Australian law firms polled have suffered a security breach in the last two years.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 19 Apr 2023
Fortra reveals summary of GoAnywhere hack investigation
Following the hack on its GoAnywhere MFT cloud service, information software company Fortra has released a full summary of its investigation.
Daniel Croft • Wed, 19 Apr 2023
UK warns of emerging cyber threats from Russian-backed threat actors
A UK cabinet minister is set to warn the country of the threat it is facing from “Wagner-like” hacking groups.
Op-Ed: Security and innovation — the balancing act for the next decade
Digital innovation has become a main driver of competitive advantage, no matter the size of an organisation. Business and technology leaders are under growing pressure to ...
Anoop Dhankhar • Wed, 19 Apr 2023
US man sentenced to 1-year, 1-day jail sentence after dark web marketplace scam
A resident of the US state of Georgia has been sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud in relation to a series of frauds committed against the ...
David Hollingworth • Mon, 17 Apr 2023
NSW government facing economic challenges, as Cyber Security NSW only budgeted to 2024–25
The newly minted Treasurer of NSW has warned of “difficult to avoid” costs before handing down its first budget this year. Indeed, the pressures are intense enough that ...
Australia lost a record $3.1bn to scams in 2022, and that’s just what was reported
Australians were scammed out of a historic sum exceeding $3.1 billion in 2022, according to a new report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
Daniel Croft • Mon, 17 Apr 2023
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