Marriott facing $178m GDPR fine
11 July, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe UK's ICO is proposing to fine hotel chain Marriott International $178m over a massive data breach that went undetected for more than four years.
Data theft a top security concern for Australians: study
11 July, 2019The study, which was done as part of a larger body of work, looked at the public's security concerns and how they've changed over time.
British Airways facing $330m GDPR fine
09 July, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe UK Information Commissioner's Office has proposed to issue British Airways a nearly $330m fine, in what would be the largest GDPR penalty imposed to date.
ACU discloses data breach
18 June, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Australian Catholic University has revealed that some staff email accounts and university systems were compromised in a phishing attack-based data breach.
NSW unis facing significant cyber risks
12 June, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAn audit of 10 NSW universities identified a number of IT internal control deficiencies that are leaving the institutions at risk of cyber attack.
China suspected in ANU data breach
07 June, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingIntelligence officials reportedly consider China to be the key suspect in the ANU data breach, but a security expert has warned against premature attribution.
Canva suffers 'security incident'
27 May, 2019 by Jonathan NallyAustralian firm Canva has suffered a 'security incident' and has advised all of its users to change their passwords.
NDB report: Health care tops security concerns again
13 May, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe OAIC's quarterly and annual Notifiable Data Breach reports find that cyber attacks are responsible for the majority of incidents, with health care the hardest hit.
Security remains top concern for Aussie businesses
24 April, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingWith 65% of Australian businesses reporting interruption from security breaches in the last year, the C-suite is getting more engaged in security, Telstra said.
Microsoft email accounts compromised in breach
17 April, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingMicrosoft has admitted that attackers were able to use compromised privilege customer support credentials to access a portion of its free web email accounts.
Aussie orgs unprepared for data breaches
12 April, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAustralia ranked as the second least resilient country in a global survey of the preparedness of organisations to withstand a cyberattack.
US Senate delivers scathing report on Equifax breach
11 April, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA US Senate Committee has detailed the lax security practices and policies at credit rating agency Equifax prior to the massive 2017 data breach.
Health data security fears rife in Australia: SOTI
27 March, 2019Australians are increasingly concerned about the security of their health records and personal information, a new SOTI survey shows.
Privacy sweep shows big compliance gaps
05 March, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingOnly half of respondents to a global sweep of data protection practices among organisations in 18 countries have a documented incident response procedure.
NDB report highlights need for info sharing: ACSC
11 February, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe ACSC is urging organisations to sign up to its information sharing program to help curtail the ongoing rise in malicious or criminal cyber attacks.
