Data on 1.2 billion consumers exposed online
26 November, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA massive trove of around 4 billion customer records has been found online sitting on an unsecured server.
BlueKeep exploit found in the wild
05 November, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe security researcher who named the BlueKeep vulnerability has warned that honeypots set up to detect such attacks have been targeted by threat actors.
ATSE urges focus on cyber resilience
04 November, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering has urged the government to focus on cyber resilience while developing its 2020 Cyber Security Strategy.
State-sponsored attackers take to mobile malware
28 October, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA new report from BlackBerry's Cylance found that several governments have been exploiting the mobile threat landscape for at least a decade.
Privacy complaints to OAIC grew 12% in FY19
24 October, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingPrivacy complaints to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner grew to 3306 during the last financial year.
Pitney Bowes hit by ransomware attack
16 October, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingLogistics and e-commerce technology company Pitney Bowes is working to restore services after a ransomware attack took some of its systems out of commission.
Thoma Bravo bids $5.6bn for Sophos
15 October, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe board of UK-based security company Sophos will unanimously recommend a US$3.82bn takeover offer from US private equity company Thoma Bravo.
'FinalBlacklist' to help businesses hone cybersecurity
08 October, 2019 | Supplied by: CSIRO Data61Researchers have released the "largest publicly available data set" of malicious activity to help businesses hone their cybersecurity capabilities.
ANU outlines "shockingly sophisticated" cyber attack
03 October, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe ANU has published a forensic investigation into what VC Brian Schmidt has called a "shockingly sophisticated" targeted cyber attack on its systems.
Penten, Data61 to advance cyber decoy research
03 October, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingCanberra-based Penten and the CSIRO's Data61 will collaborate to support research and development on cyber decoy and cyber trap capabilities.
Proofpoint uncovers malware delivery service for hire
30 September, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-Embling | Supplied by: Proofpoint Inc.Security company Proofpoint has provided details of a staged malware downloader they are calling WhiteShadow that exploits Office macros and SQL commands.
Australia 7th top phishing host country, RSA reports
23 September, 2019Australia fronted just over 3% of the world's phishing attacks last quarter, putting it at number seven in the top phishing hosting countries, RSA said.
Victoria to restrict access to driver licence biometrics
18 September, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingVictoria will not allow the federal government and other states to access data it uploads to the National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Solution.
Facebook confirms millions of phone numbers leaked
09 September, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingFacebook has confirmed reports that a public server containing hundreds of millions of user phone numbers has been discovered online.
Fileless malware surging worldwide
03 September, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingTrend Micro's Midyear Security Roundup for the first half of the year identifies trends including the growing use of fileless malware designed to avoid detection.
