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Proofpoint’s new research has found that the top universities in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom are lagging on basic cyber security measures, subje...
By Nastasha Tupas • 02 Aug 2022
US DOJ investigating federal court records system breach
The US Justice Department’s top national security attorney told lawmakers the DOJ is investigating a cyber breach involving the federal court records management system....
By Reporter • 01 Aug 2022
New NSW department to employ CISO for broad ‘IT security oversight’
The Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade (DEIT) is a newly established NSW government department set-up to boost the state’s R&D presence and it is lookin...
By Reporter • 28 Jul 2022
Defending Australia against the rise of ransomware
Global ransomware attacks have risen sharply as cyber criminals continue to refine their strategies, tactics and methods. Write comment (0 Comments) ...
By Reporter • 27 Jul 2022
Notorious ransomware gang extorts small Canadian town
The LockBit gang has blocked the IT infrastructure of a small Canadian town, leaving the town to function on critical municipal services like transit, water, fire and pol...
By Reporter • 26 Jul 2022
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Services fined US$800k for cyber security failure
Oklahoma State University’s Center for Health Services has had to pay US$875,000 after a cyber attack exposed patients’ protected health information, which is a poten...
By Reporter • 21 Jul 2022
Dragos, Emerson deepen partnership to provide secure industrial infrastructure for process industries
International ICS/OT provider Dragos has announced an enhanced global agreement with software, technology and engineering company Emerson, which will see Emerson validate...
By Reporter • 20 Jul 2022
Trend Micro attains AWS healthcare competency
Trend Micro has added Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) healthcare competency status to the 15 AWS competencies and designations it has already achieved for its cloud securit...
By Reporter • 18 Jul 2022
Russian hackers blamed for cyber attack on Ukrainian energy firm DTEK Group
DTEK Group, Ukraine’s biggest private energy conglomerate has been hit by a Russian hacking group with a cyber attack, allegedly in retaliation to the owner’s oppos...
By Reporter • 08 Jul 2022
North Korean hackers targeting health services sector
The FBI and other US agencies have warned that North Korean government-backed hackers have targeted multiple health organisations with ransomware in the past 12 months, w...
By Reporter • 07 Jul 2022
Norway hit by cyber attack, blames pro-Russia hacking group
Norway has been hit with a cyber attack this week that temporarily took public and private sector websites down. The country’s national data network was targeted, forc...
By Reporter • 01 Jul 2022
Evolving ransomware attacks ‘strike hard and fast’, NCSC chief warns
The CEO of UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned that ransomware is the biggest global cyber threat with attacks still evolving and “striking hard and fas...
Lithuania hacked in ‘retaliation for transit ban’, Russian cyber actors say
A Russian hacking group has claimed to be behind the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Lithuanian websites “in retaliation” for halting transit of some ...
By Reporter • 29 Jun 2022
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