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Australian University Privacy Incident August 2022: Student details, photos exposed in University of Western Australia data breach. The privacy breach that may have compromised the information of hundreds of current and past student.
Australian Arts Privacy Breach July 2022: Western Australia Arts and Culture Trust discloses potential data breach in it SaaS digital marketing platform. The vendor WordFly revealed it has been offline since 10 Jul.
West Australian Audit Report July 2022: Western Australia Auditor General tables the 2021 Financial Audit Results for Universities and TAFEs. OAG identified 124 information systems control weaknesses, a 20% increase 2020, 67% of the weaknesses as rated as moderate.
Australian Audit Report July 2022: Victorian privacy watchdog uncovers third-party infosec risks at four agencies. Agencies only partially effective at ensuring that third parties are securing public sector information.
Australian Retail Cyber Incident July 2022: New security alert issued to all Woolworths Everyday Rewards members. Fraudsters have likely obtained members’ login credentials and account details from online scams or other sources.
Australian Cyber Attack July 2022: Deakin University reveals privacy breach of 47,000 students’ details. Subset targeted with smish sent via officially-used SMS channel
Australian Jail Cyber Attack July 2022: Melbourne’s Port Phillip Prison jail targeted by anonymous hackers in cyber attack. Hackers take control of the G4S operated jail’s online network.
Australian Cyber News Summary June 2020: Post election cyber reporting continues with the number of news stories and incidents reports increasing again. Public outcry over facial recognition at Good Guys, Bunnings and KMart. Also 2 Incidents reports and 3 audit findings.
Australian Audit Report June 2022: West Australian Local Government Information Systems Audit Report “a significant area of concern”. None of the 12 entities where we performed capability maturity assessments met benchmark.
Australian Audit Report June 2022: Queensland Audit Office Education 2021 Report finds “all need to strengthen their security”. Deficiencies identified with user and privilege access management, audit log and user activity monitoring.
The Australian Cyber Security Centre and the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency have issued a joint advisory on the top …
Overall, the responsibility to oversee cyber-risk management in modern organisations lies with Boards of Directors. However, evidence suggests that …
Australian University Privacy Incident, 1 August 2022 Student details, photos exposed in University of Western Australia data breach The privacy breach …
Advocates for blind and vision impaired Australians have lodged a human rights complaint against the NSW Electoral Commission for ditching iVote …
Australian Audit Report 22 July 2022 Victorian privacy watchdog uncovers third-party infosec risks at four agencies Agencies only partially effective …
Office of the Information Commissioner Speaker Series No. 1 hosted by Ms Madonna King and featuring Mr Ian Stewart AO APM, former Queensland Police Commissio...
An Australian man who sparked a worldwide investigation into spyware he allegedly created and sold to domestic violence perpetrators and other …
A Frankston man is accused of creating spy software at the age of fifteen and selling it to online predators. Victims had no idea they were being watched and...
...Expanded rules to the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act (the SOCI Act) may catch many businesses unaware. The Act came into effect on 8 April …
Leaders of several Pacific nations met in Fiji last week to strengthen ties and promote unity in the region. The Pacific faces numerous challenges, …
Quotes and Memes: Chinese proverb "When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people."
