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David Hollingworth has been writing about technology for over 20 years, and has worked for a range of print and online titles in his career. He is enjoying getting to grips with cyber security, especially when it lets him talk about Lego.
Australia records 388% quarter-on-quarter jump in compromised accounts
A staggering 1.8 million Australian user accounts have been leaked in data breaches in the first three months of 2024.
SECURITY • Fri, 26 Apr 2024
TikTok now has 12 months to be divested from its Chinese owner or face total US ban
The US Senate has passed new TikTok legislation as a part of a long-awaited US$95 billion foreign aid package.
GOVERNMENT • Fri, 26 Apr 2024
Ring fined US$5.6m by US FTC over poor security and spying incidents
The Federal Trade Commission has formally charged Amazon’s smart doorbell subsidiary for “compromising its customers’ privacy”.
TECH • Fri, 26 Apr 2024
Australian Federal Police on the hunt for new CISO
The AFP is advertising for a new chief information security officer to help shape its Cyber Security Strategy.
GOVERNMENT • Thu, 25 Apr 2024
Microsoft and The Coca-Cola Company announce 5-year cloud, AI partnership
Like the old ad campaign says: everything’s better with a Coke – even generative artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud innovation!
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Wed, 24 Apr 2024
US Treasury sanctions Iranian cyber actors over government attacks
Four Iranian individuals were sanctioned and indicted and two companies sanctioned over attacks on more than a dozen US government agencies and companies.
GOVERNMENT • Wed, 24 Apr 2024
Exclusive: BlackSuit ransomware gang claims hack on Octapharma Plasma
Donor details, lab data, passports, and personal information have all been allegedly compromised in the US Octapharma hack.
SECURITY • Tue, 23 Apr 2024
Palo Alto’s Unit 42 team reveals new wave of PAN-OS firewall hack attempts
PAN-OS firewalls are facing an “increasing number of attacks”, though so far, signs of active command execution are rare.
Makers of CrushFTP file transfer tool urge users to upgrade ‘ASAP’
Hackers are likely already taking advantage of a vulnerability in a particular version of the file transfer application.
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