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Australia has ranked second in the world for breaches involving credential theft, supply chain, and third-party breaches – and artificial intelligence (AI) may be to ...
David Hollingworth • Tue, 24 Dec 2024
New US healthcare breach affects almost 2.5m
Another healthcare organisation in the US has fallen victim to a major cyber attack, with almost 2.5 million people affected.
Daniel Croft • Mon, 20 May 2024
Cyber attack on Ausgrid could lead to costs of $2.9bn per day
Ausgrid reveals potential cost of a cyber attack in response to 2023–30 Australian Cyber Security Strategy: Legislative Reforms Consultation Paper.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 20 May 2024
AUCloud announces additions to leadership team
Joshua Mann and David Milin take up senior roles with Australian cyber security specialist AUCloud.
Ransomware attacks up more than 20% year on year
And it’s not just attacks – new gangs were popping up with alarming speed over the first few months of 2024.
Dell breach under investigation by Irish watchdog
Ireland’s privacy watchdog has commenced an investigation into the major Dell data breach that occurred earlier this month.
Daniel Croft • Fri, 17 May 2024
Andrew Tate’s ‘The Real World’ exposes almost a million users
Andrew Tate’s The Real World platform has accidentally leaked a trove of sensitive user data after it left one of its online databases exposed.
How to secure legal professional privilege after a breach
Last year, Optus failed to keep a Deloitte report into a major data breach away from a class action applicant. A cyber security specialist has outlined how businesses can ...
Malavika Santhebennur • Fri, 17 May 2024
53,000 affected in Nissan North America cyber attack
Nissan North America has announced that a data breach it suffered last year resulted in the data of over 53,000 staff being exposed.
Daniel Croft • Thu, 16 May 2024
BREAKING: NCSC warns of ‘large-scale ransomware data breach incident’; MediSecure the victim
Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC) has said it is working on a “whole-of-government response” ransomware attack on e-prescription firm MediSecure
David Hollingworth • Thu, 16 May 2024
Iress says GitHub data breach extends to OneVue
The hackers reportedly stole credentials from the GitHub repository and used them to access the firm’s OneVue.
Maja Garaca Djurdjevic and Daniel Croft • Wed, 15 May 2024
Microsoft rolls out 61 Patch Tuesday updates, warns of three zero-day bugs
Microsoft urges users to beware of at least one vulnerability being actively exploited in the wild.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 15 May 2024
Exclusive: Australian energy and internet provider Sumo confirms customer data breach
Customer credit scores, passports, driver’s licences and more were accessed by an “unknown person” via a third-party hack.
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