Japan officially joins NATO’s cyber defense center

Japan’s Ministry of Defence (JMOD) announced on Friday that it has formally joined NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE). he CCDCOE is recognized as an international military organization and cyber defence hub focusing on research, training and exercises, Read More …

SolarWinds says it’s facing SEC ‘enforcement action’ over 2020 hack

The long hangover from a 2020 state-sponsored compromise still isn’t over for SolarWinds, as the software giant targeted by Russian government hackers has to pony up $26 million to shareholders and face possible enforcement action from the federal government. In Read More …

China is likely stockpiling and deploying vulnerabilities, says Microsoft

Microsoft has asserted that China’s offensive cyber capabilities have improved, thanks to a law that has allowed Beijing to create an arsenal of unreported software vulnerabilities. China’s 2021 law required organizations to report security vulnerabilities to local authorities before disclosing Read More …

Greece: Report claims illegal surveillance software was used to spy on politicians, journalists and businessmen

Greece has been rocked by a ‘wiretapping’ scandal as a bombshell report claimed Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ‘used state intelligence to spy on dozens of people including potential political rivals, journalists and businessmen’. Documento reported that the list of targets Read More …

Robin Banks phishing service returns to steal banking accounts

The Robin Banks phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform is back in action with infrastructure hosted by a Russian internet company that offers protection against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. Robin Banks faced operational disruption in July 2022, when researchers at IronNet exposed the Read More …

British government is scanning all Internet devices hosted in UK

The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the government agency that leads the country’s cyber security mission, is now scanning all Internet-exposed devices hosted in the UK for vulnerabilities. The goal is to assess UK’s vulnerability to cyber-attacks and Read More …

ACSC Annual Cyber Threat Report, July 2021 to June 2022

The Annual Cyber Threat Report is ACSC’s flagship unclassified publication. The Report provides an overview of key cyber threats impacting Australia, how the ACSC is responding to the threat environment, and crucial advice for Australian individuals and organisations to protect Read More …