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The website and online systems of the British Library are suffering from a major outage after being hit by a cyber ...
Daniel Croft • Wed, 01 Nov 2023
AFP successfully blocks 10 child abuse sites
Multijurisdiction effort sees sites blocked and the predators that use them tracked.
David Hollingworth • Wed, 01 Nov 2023
Over 632k US defence and justice department emails exposed in MOVEit hack
Five months after the breach occurred, high-profile targets continue to join the long list of victims affected by the ...
Daniel Croft • Tue, 31 Oct 2023
Industry responds to the White House’s AI executive order
The Biden administration’s newly announced “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of ...
US government issues executive order for AI regulation
Answering demands for government regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), the White House has announced an executive ...
Tesserent boss warns of AI tools in the hands of hackers
ChatGPT and its AI-powered brethren are a boon to many industries – including criminal ones.
David Hollingworth • Tue, 31 Oct 2023
Cloudflare detects 350m DDoS attacks per day
Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are spiking sharply in Australia and around the globe, according to cloud ...
Daniel Croft • Mon, 30 Oct 2023
ID verification security a top priority, says Law Council of Australia
There is a sweet irony to identity verification. On the one hand, it’s a tried and tested tool that is proven effective ...
Australia hosts joint cyber warfare training operations with the US
Cyber experts from the US and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) have partnered to launch cyber warfare training ...
Security researcher uses simple trick to access data of more than 1,000 Teslas
An unsecured open-source app is leaving a mountain of data open to anyone looking for it.
David Hollingworth • Mon, 30 Oct 2023
SA patient records deleted in ‘isolated data incident’
The records of 121 SA Health patients have been impacted, along with contact details of over 12,000 more patients.
LockBit ransomware gang claims Boeing data breach
Aerospace giant Boeing is “assessing the claim” as the date of publication counts down following a hack.
David Hollingworth • Sat, 28 Oct 2023
Uber cops $412,500 ACMA fine for spam emails
Rideshare operator Uber was fined for failing to include an unsubscribe option on millions of emails.
David Hollingworth • Fri, 27 Oct 2023
Russian hackers claim takedown of WA’s Transperth transport agency with DDoS attack
The Noname057(16) hacking group has targeted four Australian websites, with varying success.
Qualcomm brings AI to mobile with new flagship chipsets
Leading mobile chip manufacturer Qualcomm has announced that its new flagship chipsets will adopt AI technology.
Daniel Croft • Fri, 27 Oct 2023
Apple releases second tranche of patches addressing TriangleDB spyware
The iPhone maker has released an update for a range of its older devices, following spyware revelations from Kaspersky ...
US Senator quizzes 23andMe boss over hack that could affect millions
Following a credential stuffing attack that saw the genetic details of millions of customers for sale online, US ...
New ransomware groups spur attack growth to record levels
Ransomware attacks are occurring at record levels, with September marking the highest number of ransomware attacks ever ...
Daniel Croft • Thu, 26 Oct 2023
Have a chat with Australia’s new national cyber security coordinator
Air Marshal Darren Goldie will be sitting down for an online, public town hall next month.
David Hollingworth • Thu, 26 Oct 2023
Cyber Security Awareness Month: The AFP on the lure of phishing
Phishing is a growing scourge of businesses and emails alike.