Incident: Melbourne IT services firm Geidi hit by REvil ransomware | iTWire
Australian Ransomware Attack March 2020: Melbourne government-accredited IT services provider Geidi hit by REvil ransomware
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Quote: Bobbie Garrett “Make ‘business continuity’ ‘business as usual’ and embed it into your management routines as decisions are made, instead of an afterthought check off the box exercise later”
Cyber Quote: Bobbie Garrett “Make ‘business continuity’ ‘business as usual’ and embed it into your management routines as decisions are made, instead of an afterthought check off the box exercise later.”
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Incident: Freight forwarding firm Henning Harders hit by Windows ransomware | iTWire
Australian Ransomware Attack March 2020: Australian freight forwarding and logistics firm Henning Harders has been hit by Windows ransomware, with the company saying that customer data may have been accessed
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Incident: Melbourne TAFE data breach exposes 55k student, staff files | iTnews
Australian Education Privacy Breach March 2020: Melbourne Polytechnic TAFE data breach exposes 55000 student, staff files. Sensitive financial, health data accessed.
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Incident: Updated Citrix Bug – Fears private details of Australian Defence Force members compromised in database hack | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Cyber Attack March 2020: A highly sensitive military database containing the personal details of tens of thousands of Australian Defence Force (ADF) members was shut down for 10 days due to fears it had been hacked.
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Quote: Ginni Rometty “Cyber crime is the greatest threat to every company in the world”
Cyber Quote: Ginni Rometty “Cyber crime is the greatest threat to every company in the world”
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DIGEST 01 FEBRUARY 2020 | Australian Information and Cyber Security News
February 2020 Australian Information and Cyber Security News
Security Incidents, Privacy Breaches, Malware/Ransomware Attacks, Data Breaches, Audit Findings and more….
Incident: Australian wool sales stopped by ransomware attack | iTnews
Australian Cyber Attack February 2020: Australian wool sales stopped by ransomware attack, major wool exchange supplier hit by a ransomware attack that encrypted its production databases.
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Incident: Car auction house Manheim suffers significant malware attack
Australian Malware Attack February 2020: Car auction house Manheim suffers significant malware attack. Manheim has been forced to temporarily halt its operations after the major security breach.
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Incident: Yarra Trams data breach: Commuters’ email addresses exposed | Brisbane Times
Australian Privacy Breach February 2020: Yarra Trams data breach, 91 commuters’ email addresses exposed by careless email
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Incident: Toll Group shuts IT systems after ‘cyber security incident’ | iTnews
Australian Transport Malware Attack February 2020: Toll Group shuts IT systems after ‘cyber security incident’. Ransomware is believed to have infected as many as 1000 servers, including Active Directory
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Incident: Perth Mint visitor data stolen after feedback survey company hacked | WAtoday
Australian Survey Hacked January 2020: Perth Mint visitor feedback survey data stolen after West Australian market insights company Metrix Consulting was hacked via a Phishing scam.
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Australian InfoSec and Cyber News
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- Aussie council body argues access to metadata would help thwart illegal activity | ZDNet March 26, 2020Arguing access to metadata would help in prosecuting those illegally dumping garbage or removing trees. The Australian Local Government Association …
- Over 1,000 private entities are using Australia's document verification service | ZDNet March 25, 2020The verification service matches submitted identity documentation with that provided to the federal government by state and territory governments. The …
- ANZ tries to preserve corporate VPN bandwidth for frontline use March 25, 2020ANZ Banking Group CEO Shayne Elliott has advised some of its internal users to “not use certain systems” including its corporate remote access VPN to …
- Incident: Melbourne IT services firm Geidi hit by REvil ransomware | iTWire - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory March 24, 2020Australian Ransomware Attack March 2020: Melbourne IT services firm Geidi hit by REvil ransomware The group behind the REvil Windows ransomware has …
- AusPost touts 'business-led cybersecurity risk culture' ahead of committee probe | ZDNet March 23, 2020Despite claims otherwise from the National Audit Office, the postal service said it already has clear oversight of its critical asset infrastructures …
- Government guilty of incompetence over MyGov website: Albanese | Sky News Australia March 23, 2020Government guilty of incompetence over MyGov website: Albanese | Sky News Australia The MyGov website didn’t crash due to a cyber-attack, it crashed …
- The people of Australia are a DDoS machine that the government cannot handle | ZDNet March 23, 2020How many times do government systems need to fall over before Canberra realises it needs more resources Congratulations Australia, even in the most …
- Coronavirus online scams are on the rise. Here's how to avoid them March 22, 2020Australians are now working from home offices and kitchen tables as social distancing measures to slow the spread of coronavirus ramp up. But this …
- Australia's TIA Act telecom data privacy implementation under fire March 22, 2020Despite earlier promises, a federal senator alleges agencies aren’t tracking or protecting access to sensitive telecommunications metadata. The …