University of Western Australia suffers major data breach, staff and students locked out

One of Australia’s major universities has suffered a data breach, with the password information of thousands of staff and students exposed. The University of WA (UWA) confirmed it was investigating a cybersecurity incident on Saturday night, which involved unauthorised access Read More …

IoT Security: Your Next Breach Could Start with Your Thermostat

Universities are filling up with network-connected devices. Smart locks manage building access. HVAC systems run on automated controls. Cameras stream to command centers. Vending machines, printers, thermostats, research tools, and classroom displays all connect to the network. The Internet of Read More …

CrazyHunter Campaign Targets Taiwanese Critical Sectors

CrazyHunter has quickly emerged as a serious ransomware threat. The group made their introduction in the past month with the opening of their data leak site where they posted ten victims – all located from Taiwan. Trend Micro researchers have Read More …

Suspected Kimsuky (APT-Q-2) attacks South Korean companies

Kimsuky, alias Mystery Baby, Baby Coin, Smoke Screen, Black Banshe, etc., is tracked internally by Qi’anxin as APT-Q-2. The APT group was publicly disclosed in 2013, with attack activity dating as far back as 2012. Kimsuky’s main target for attacks Read More …

UK: Parents arrested after making ‘disparaging’ comments about school in WhatsApp chat

A mother and father have said they were arrested in front of their young daughter and held in a cell for 11 hours after making “disparaging” comments about her school. Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine Hertfordshire Constabulary officers turned up Read More …

Cyberattacks climbing across Caribbean

Ransomware gangs FOG and Akira continue to be the main culprits behind a number of recent cyberattacks plaguing businesses locally and across the Caribbean, a cyber-security expert has indicated. According to Rory Ebanks, director of cybersecurity at Symptai Consulting Limited, Read More …

Operation ForumTroll: APT attack with Google Chrome zero-day exploit chain

In mid-March 2025, Kaspersky technologies detected a wave of infections by previously unknown and highly sophisticated malware. In all cases, infection occurred immediately after the victim clicked on a link in a phishing email, and the attackers’ website was opened Read More …

Pennsylvania: Half a million teachers hit in major data breach

Even if you practice perfect cyber hygiene, you can still wake up to find yourself amid a major security crisis resulting from a data breach, and that’s exactly what happened to half a million teachers. As reported by The Record, Read More …

Hacker accessed PowerSchool’s network months before massive December breach

A hacker compromised the U.S. edtech giant PowerSchool months before its ‘massive’ data breach in December, according to a now-published forensic report into the incident conducted by U.S. cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. In a letter sent to affected customers last week, Read More …