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Ukraine’s ambassador says cyber security assistance to help combat Russian aggression would also help boost Australia’s own capabilities. Vasyl Myroshnychenko said he would welcome any further assistance with Ukraine’s defence against Russia, adding it would provide Australia with a good Read More …
A government-imposed ban on companies paying cyber ransoms to hackers could cause “catastrophic damage” and even lead to the loss of Australian lives, the nation’s biggest energy producer has warned. AGL Energy, whose board was recently reshuffled by Atlassian billionaire Read More …
Doris McAllister spent her whole life working hard to support herself. So, last year, when the 75-year-old saw an international bank offering a good return on deposits, she decided to transfer her life’s savings of $260,000 across to help secure Read More …
Finance company Latitude Financial says it will not give in to ransom demands by cyber criminals behind one of Australia’s largest cyber-attacks. Almost 8 million driver’s licenses of Australian and New Zealand customers have been stolen including more than 6 Read More …
One of Australia’s biggest property companies said Wednesday it had been hit by cybercriminals who may have stolen data about staff and guests. Staff members at Meriton, a large Australian property business, were warned Wednesday that cybercriminals may have accessed Read More …
Crown Resorts, Australia’s largest gambling and entertainment company, has confirmed that it suffered a data breach after its GoAnywhere secure file-sharing server was breached using a zero-day vulnerability. The Blackstone-owned company has an annual revenue that surpasses $8 billion and Read More …
Latitude Financial has blamed a supplier for leaking creds that caused vast PII leak Australian outfit Latitude Financial has taken itself offline, and even stopped serving customers, while it tries to clean up an attack on its systems. The listed Read More …
Fire Rescue Victoria [FRV] has confirmed it has been the victim of a cyber attack as it continues to deal with a widespread IT outage. FRV revealed on Thursday it was having to alert firefighters to emergencies by mobile phone Read More …
Tax authorities from Australia, Canada, France, the UK and the USA have conducted a joint probe into “electronic sales suppression software” – applications that falsify point of sale data to help merchants avoid paying tax on their true revenue. A Read More …
Australia’s home affairs and cybersecurity minister Clare O’Neill has given the nation a goal of becoming the world’s most cyber secure nation by 2030. “I believe that is possible. But we need a reset, and a pathway to get there,” Read More …
