Cyber attack on Aussie energy services firm may hit UK CNI

Operators of critical utility infrastructure across the UK may have been affected by a developing cyber attack on the systems of Energy One, an Australia-based supplier of software and services for the energy sector. The ongoing incident was disclosed via Read More …

Victorian government documents released on dark web after cyber attack

Victorian government legal files have been released on the dark web by criminals after a major cyber attack on law firm HWL Ebsworth. Victoria’s Chief Information Security Officer David Cullen on Friday said HWL Ebsworth had confirmed government information had Read More …

Ventia takes systems offline to contain cyber attack

Ventia has taken an undisclosed number of “key systems” offline to contain a cyber security incident. The listed company, which provides long-term operation, maintenance, and management for critical public and private assets and infrastructure, disclosed the incident on Saturday. Read Read More …

Australian horse riding organisations caught up in cyber attack impacting 10,000 people

Cyber criminals have targeted yet another Australian small business by stealing and leaking the data of 10,000 people. Last month, the data of a little-known company called Event Secretary was published on an online forum. Unfortunately, Event Secretary was the Read More …

More sensitive Optus data leaked in major cyberattack on law firm

Optus has been caught up in another major cyberattack, with sensitive information about a privacy watchdog investigation into the mobile-phone company breached by Russian hackers. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is one of dozens of government departments and Read More …

Why is it so rare to hear about Western cyber-attacks?

A cyber-attack that took over iPhones at a Russian technology company is being blamed on US government hackers. Could the attack, and the response from the Russian government, be rewriting the narrative of who the good guys and bad guys Read More …

Australian law firm HWL Ebsworth probing hacked data

A prominent Australian law firm is investigating claims hackers have published data taken from the company on the dark web. HWL Ebsworth, which has clients at either commercial or government level in every state or territory, on Friday said it Read More …

Australian cyber-op attacked ISIL with the terrifying power of Rickrolling

Commanders in the field persuaded to give up, let their guard down, run around and desert their posts Australia’s Signals Directorate, the signals intelligence organization, has revealed it employed zero-click attacks on devices used by fighters for Islamic State of Read More …