Black market for stolen streaming accounts thriving
30 March, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe popularity of streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+ and Apple Music has created a lucrative new market for attackers able to steal login details.
Evasive malware now used in majority of attacks
26 March, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingEvasive malware designed to conceal its presence from signature-based antivirus scans is now being used in 68% of malware attacks, according to WatchGuard.
Critical comms companies lax in security
17 March, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingOne in five critical communications companies lack any form of cybersecurity system, despite the industry regularly experiencing cyber attacks.
Gen Z Australia's fastest growing scam victims
11 March, 2020Gen Z Australians are the fastest growing scam victims, losing $5 million and making 12,000 reports in 2019, according to the ACCC.
OAIC sues Facebook for major privacy violations
11 March, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Federal Court proceedings allege that Facebook wilfully violated the privacy of around 311,000 Facebook users by disclosing their sensitive personal information.
Oversight needed for police use of AI
04 March, 2020Digital Rights Watch is calling for facial recognition oversight after finding Australian police were allegedly using Clearview AI's tools for ID purposes.
ACSC warns of Telerik UI attacks
04 March, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Australian Cyber Security Centre has warned that "sophisticated actors" are targeting a remote code execution attack flaw in the Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX.
NDB notifications grew 19% in 2H19
03 March, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingBusinesses reported 537 data breaches under the NDB scheme in the second half of 2019, with 64% of these blamed on malicious activity, according to the OAIC.
MSSPs "high-value" targets for cyber attackers
02 March, 2020Managed security service providers are becoming high-value targets for cybercriminals, according to BlackBerry Cylance's 2020 Threat Report.
Clearview AI hit with major data breach
28 February, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingControversial image-scraping facial recognition company Clearview AI has disclosed a data breach involving the theft of its entire client list.
Four in five Aussie IoT adopters have faced a hack
24 February, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingFour in five IoT adopting Australian enterprises have experienced an attempted or successful hacking attempt, new research indicates.
Cyber attacks targeting A/NZ fell 14% in 2019
14 February, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingMalwarebytes' latest State of Malware report estimates that total attacks targeting Australia or New Zealand fell last year, despite some high-profile incidents.
Toll Group responding to ransomware attack
06 February, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAustralian transport and logistics giant Toll Group has fallen victim to a ransomware attack that forced the company to take some core IT systems offline.
Shared smart speaker users concerned about security
06 February, 2020Shared smart speaker users are concerned about friends, family and others accessing and potentially misusing the devices, a UBC study has found.
Ashley Madison users face extortion scam, five years on
05 February, 2020Victims of the Ashley Madison data breach are again under attack, this time, via emailed blackmail attempts.
