From cyberdaily.au
Exclusive: Wollongong-based Micon Office National confirms ransomware attack
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The Sarcoma ransomware gang listed the Australian company on its darknet leak site, but the company says the data impacted is minimal.
9h ago
From cyberdaily.au
NSO Group entirely responsible for operating Pegasus spyware, not clients
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New court documents in WhatsApp’s ongoing court battle against Israeli spyware maker reveal details of hacking operations.
12h ago
From cyberdaily.au
The ASD’s ACSC and other security agencies warn of active Russian military hackers
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According to a joint advisory released by CISA, the ASD, and 14 other agencies, Russian hackers are targeting infrastructure in the US and abroad.
#hacking #espionage #cybersecurity
on Sep 6
From cyberdaily.au
PODCAST: Scam prevention and protecting the community, with ANZ’s Shaq Johnson
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In this episode of Cyber Uncut, Shaq Johnson – ANZ bank’s head of customer protection – joins hosts David Hollingworth and Liam Garman to break down the current scam landscape in Australia, from what the scammers are doing to the real, personal impacts of falling victim to a scam.
on Sep 6
From cyberdaily.au
Sadistic extortionists are trying to convince young Australians to commit ‘live online suicide’
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A new report from the AFP outlines a new wave of sextortion campaigns based not on making money, but on sheer cruelty and notoriety.
#scams #sextortion #cybersecurity
on Sep 6
From cyberdaily.au
NSW healthcare provider JewishCare suffers comprehensive data breach
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JewishCare NSW, a healthcare provider for those in the Australian Jewish Community, has disclosed a major data breach.
on Thu, 4AM
From cyberdaily.au
Social media companies to assume Duty of Care for users’ safety under new laws
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A new Labor government proposal announced overnight will require social media platforms to be responsible for their users’ mental health under the Online Safety Act.
on Thu, 12AM
From cyberdaily.au
US calls on Russia to reign in ransomware operators
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The United States’ Deputy National Security Advisor has called out Russia over its tacit support of ransomware gangs as they increasingly target healthcare orgs.
on Wed, 4AM
From cyberdaily.au
Can Australia’s social media ban protect young children? Or a mistake in the making...
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While some are for it, others feel it may do more harm than good – and that’s assuming it’s even practicable in the first place.
on Wed, 3AM
From cyberdaily.au
Exclusive: Followmont Transport confirms “unauthorised access to our systems”
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Ransomware gang Akira claims breach of Queensland-based transport company, says it has employee IDs and financial data.
on Wed, 1AM
From cyberdaily.au
Op-Ed: Australia and the United States heading toward free speech showdown under Trump
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Labor’s Ed Husic says the government will “harmonise where we can and localise where we have to” when it comes to AI and social media regulations, but the incoming Trump administration may have other ideas.
on Tue, 3AM
From cyberdaily.au
Exclusive: Anti-Israel hacker claims hack on Ministry of National Security, posts settler IDs online
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Threat actor Radwan Cyber Pal has published firearms licence documents and photo IDs on Telegram belonging to 5,000 Israelis.
on Mon, 4AM
From cyberdaily.au
New Zealand is one of the least cyber-prepared countries in the world
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A new report rates countries on their level of cyber-preparedness, with Australia ranking 30th, and Sweden taking the top spot.
on Mon, 1AM
From cyberdaily.au
Exclusive: Australian firm Goodline confirms RansomHub cyber attack
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Australian engineering, construction and maintenance services company Goodline has confirmed with Cyber Daily that threat actors launched a cyber attack on its systems.
on Nov 6
From cyberdaily.au
Western Sydney University suffers cyber attack, personal data compromised
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Western Sydney University has disclosed a cyber incident in which a threat actor exfiltrated back-end data.
on Oct 31
From cyberdaily.au
Return to sender: CrowdStrike sues Delta Air Lines
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CrowdStrike has announced that it is suing Delta Air Lines following the July global outage that allegedly saw 7,000 of the airline’s flights and the trips of 1.3 million of its passengers disrupted.
on Oct 29
From cyberdaily.au
Home Affairs personal data compromised in ZircoDATA hack
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Home Affairs has revealed that personal data has been compromised after threat actors breached a third-party firm used by the agency.
on Oct 26
From cyberdaily.au
Report: Most ANZ IT and security leaders have fallen for a phishing attack
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A new report from Arctic Wolf reveals what the company calls the “hubris” of technology leaders in Australia and New Zealand.
on Oct 18
From cyberdaily.au
Exclusive: Stormous ransomware gang claims hack of blockchain identity firm Fractal ID
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Hackers allegedly have the “know your customer” data of more than 300,000 Fractal ID users, including cryptocurrency addresses.
on Oct 18
From cyberdaily.au
New research reveals Aussie consumers are wary of AI
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Cohesity’s Kit Beall helps break down Australian concerns over AI data usage, data security, and how consumers react to cyber attacks on companies they trust.
on Oct 18
From cyberdaily.au
The Industry Speaks: Cyber security and World Mental Health Month
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We catch up with some industry experts for their advice on tackling burnout, managing teams under stress, and how to take the load off network defenders at the coalface.
on Oct 18
From cyberdaily.au
Exclusive: Aussie owner of Strike Bowling and other venues confirms ransomware attack
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Funlab says no guest data appears to be impacted by the attack, but some employee data has been compromised.
on Oct 17
From cyberdaily.au
Robot vacuum cleaners yell racial slurs, chase pets after cyber attack
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A threat actor has hacked robot vacuums in US households, causing them to torment household pets and shout racial slurs.
on Oct 17
From cyberdaily.au
New research links online piracy with increased cyber risk
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A third of all Australians who access pirated media have been impacted by fraud, ID theft, and other security risks.
on Oct 17
From cyberdaily.au
ASIC warns of identity theft leading to stolen shares
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has seen a sharp rise in reports since August 2024.
on Oct 17
From cyberdaily.au
Exclusive: New Zealand accounting firm confirms Sarcoma ransomware attack
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Advanced Accounting has fallen victim to the Sarcoma ransomware gang, as passports, driver’s licences and more are exposed.
on Oct 17
From cyberdaily.au
Qantas customer passports at risk following frequent flyer cyber theft
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Qantas has revealed that the passports of at least almost a thousand customers may have been accessed after two third-party employees abused their power to steal customers’ frequent flyer points.
on Oct 10
From cyberdaily.au
Exclusive: Aussie fresh produce company Perfection Fresh confirms ransomware attack
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The Sarcoma ransomware gang claims another Australian scalp with staff passports and confidential agreements already published online.
on Oct 10
From cyberdaily.au
Exclusive: The Plastic Bag Company falls victim to Sarcoma ransomware attack
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Sydney-based bag manufacturer The Plastic Bag Company suffered a data breach as passports and tax details were published online as evidence of the hack.
on Oct 10
From cyberdaily.au
Internet Archive down, claims ‘catastrophic’ data breach impacting 31m
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The non-profit digital library responsible for the popular Wayback Machine web archive has been under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack for days – but things look to have gotten worse.
on Oct 10
From cyberdaily.au
Exclusive: West Australian aged-care provider hit by alleged LockBit ransomware attack
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Kingsley-based TPG Aged Care has been listed as a victim on LockBit’s leak site, and several internal documents with personal details of elderly clients have already been published.
on Oct 9
From cyberdaily.au
New not-for-profit Australian Cyber Network launches
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The ACN aims to be “a voice for industry, by industry” in the cyber security sector. We talk to its CEO and chair about cyber uplift, education, and assistance.
on Oct 9
From cyberdaily.au
AUSCERT announces tabletop incident response exercise
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The new Tabletop Exercise Service aims to provide businesses with the “muscle memory” to handle cyber security incidents.
on Oct 8
From cyberdaily.au
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In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, hosts David Hollingworth and Daniel Croft detail multiple recent law enforcement operations that have made a considerable dent in criminal and cyber criminal activity around the world.
on Oct 4
From cyberdaily.au
More than 37,000 DrayTek routers across Australia & New Zealand are vulnerable to hacking
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Security researchers have found 14 new vulnerabilities in 24 models of Vigor routers, with more than 700,000 exposed worldwide.
on Oct 3
From cyberdaily.au
The industry speaks: Cyber Security Awareness Month 2024
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This year’s theme is “Secure Our World”, and that’s exactly what these cyber security experts and industry luminaries are striving to do.
on Oct 3
From cyberdaily.au
Millions seized and second Australian man arrested for role in Ghost criminal network
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The AFP has arrested a New South Wales man for distributing an Aussie-designed criminal messaging platform and seized more than $9m from network mastermind.
on Oct 2
From cyberdaily.au
VOCAT leaks hundreds of victim email addresses in admin oversight
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An administrative error has seen hundreds of email addresses of Australian crime victims shared in an email.
on Oct 2
From cyberdaily.au
Four LockBit members arrested, major affiliated ousted in latest Operation Cronos activity
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LockBit 3.0 has taken another critical blow after global law enforcement agencies announced overnight that four more individuals connected to the ransomware gang had been arrested as part of Operation Cronos.
on Oct 2
From cyberdaily.au
Seized LockBit site reappears as Operation Cronos teases new arrests
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Global law enforcement has seemingly resurrected the seized dark web leak site of the LockBit ransomware gang once again, teasing new arrests and information.
on Oct 1
From cyberdaily.au
PlayStation Network offline in global outage
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Gamers all over the world are flocking to forums to share tales of woe and theories behind massive disruption to PlayStation’s online service.
on Oct 1
From cyberdaily.au
3 Iranian hackers charged over hack-and-leak election interference campaign
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The US Department of Justice has indicted three members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for their alleged role in an election interference campaign.
on Oct 1
From cyberdaily.au
Quick action leads to recovery of $777k lost to BEC scam
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An international police operation has helped a South Australian woman recover funds lost to a 2023 business email compromise scam.
on Oct 1
From cyberdaily.au
Israeli hackers breach Beirut air traffic control to warn off Iranian aircraft
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Israeli army operators allegedly hacked into Rafic Hariri International Airport’s control tower to stop an alleged arms shipment, but Lebanon denies claims.
on Sep 30
From cyberdaily.au
NSW Police ban social media and messaging apps on police devices
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The newly announced ban was recommended following an investigation into allegations of misconduct regarding a May car crash involving a drunk police officer.
on Sep 30
From cyberdaily.au
Don’t say it’s over – What now for cyber-criminals on Telegram?
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Now that Pavel Durov has announced Telegram will hand over IPs to law enforcement, are the rats leaving a sinking messaging platform?
on Sep 27
From cyberdaily.au
Australian woman a person of interest in Ghanaian romance scam investigation
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Australian national identified over alleged role as physical stand-in that scammed US$700,000 out of American man.
on Sep 27
From cyberdaily.au
Young Australians are increasingly losing faith in online security
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A new report from the Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre reveals some worrying trends among all Australians.
on Sep 27
From cyberdaily.au
‘No humans harmed’: Dead bodies spotted in Melbourne mayor’s AI-generated park photos
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Melbourne’s mayor has promised to create a number of parks if re-elected next month; however, the AI-generated mock-up images he posted have raised a few eyebrows.
on Sep 25
From cyberdaily.au
CrowdStrike VP outlines response to July outage to US congressional subcommittee
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Following an outage that impacted companies all over the world, cyber security firm CrowdStrike has revealed a full revamp of its testing procedures.
on Sep 25