Australian superannuation funds targeted in suspected cyber attacks

Multiple large superannuation funds have been targeted in suspected cyber attacks that led to some members losing several thousand dollars in retirements savings. Hostplus, Rest, AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust are among the providers targeted. The attacks were discovered over Read More …

Australia: Identity of hacker behind NSW court website data breach unknown

Authorities say they do not know who is behind a data breach at the NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) in which thousands of sensitive files were accessed. NSW government officials confirmed about 9,000 sensitive court files, including domestic Read More …

Australia: Cyber attack at University of Notre Dame still disrupting services, resolution time unclear

The University of Notre Dame says it does not know when its services will be fully restored following a cyber attack which has disrupted services for nearly a month. About three weeks out from the start of its first semester, Read More …

US, UK crack down on Russian bulletproof hosting service ZServers for LockBit partnership

Russia-based bulletproof hosting services provider (BPH) ZServers has been sanctioned by the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom for its alleged involvement with the LockBit ransomware group. In a press release, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said ZServers was Read More …

HiatusRAT Actors Targeting Web Cameras and DVRs

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing this Private Industry Notification (PIN) to highlight HiatusRAT1 scanning campaigns against Chinese-branded web cameras and DVRs. Private sector partners are encouraged to implement the recommendations listed in the “Mitigation” column of the Read More …

Australia’s social media ban for children makes global headlines as some news outlets ask if their country could be next

Australia’s social media ban for children has made headlines around the world, as articles questioned how it could work and whether similar laws would be introduced elsewhere. The legislation passed through the Senate on Thursday, and while it still faces Read More …

APT trends report Q3 2024

In the second half of 2022, a wave of attacks from an unknown threat actor targeted victims with a new type of attack framework that we dubbed P8. The campaign targeted Vietnamese victims, mostly from the financial sector, with some Read More …

Bengal cat lovers in Australia get psspsspss’d in Google-driven Gootloader campaign

Once used exclusively by the cybercriminals behind REVil ransomware and the Gootkit banking trojan, GootLoader and its primary payload have evolved into an initial access as a service platform—with Gootkit providing information stealing capabilities as well as the capability to Read More …

Westpac and St George customers report third day of difficulties accessing internet banking

Westpac and subsidiaries including St George, Bank of Melbourne and BankSA have been hit by a string of outages. The bank said services were restored on Wednesday afternoon, but some customers continued to report disruptions. Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Read More …

Australia’s biggest medical imaging provider I-MED data breach exposes tens of thousands of patient files

Tens of thousands of patients from Australia’s biggest medical imaging provider I-MED have had swaths of sensitive health and personal information exposed in a data breach using details that have been public for a year. This information includes medical reports, Read More …