Australian Red Cross clients potentially caught up in international cyber attackBy Ry Crozier on Jan 31, 2022 Australian Red Cross is contacting clients and reviewing its local systems and services in the wake of a “major” cyber attack on a large database. |
Home Affairs says online account takeover powers now in useBy Justin Hendry on Jan 31, 2022 Controversial new powers allowing federal police and organised crime investigators to take control of online accounts and “disrupt” data are now in … |
Home Affairs says online account takeover powers now in useBy Justin Hendry on Jan 31, 2022 Controversial new powers allowing federal police and organised crime investigators to take control of online accounts and “disrupt” data are now in … |
Govt’s anti-trolling bill should be scrapped: Law CouncilBy Denham Sadler National Affairs Editor on Jan 30, 2022 Legislation aimed at preventing online trolling is unlikely to be effective, may lead to increased censorship by tech giants, and leave victims with … |
Authorities begin using ‘extraordinary’ new hacking powersBy Denham Sadler National Affairs Editor on Jan 30, 2022 Australian authorities have begun using their controversial “extraordinary” new hacking warrants, allowing them to “disrupt” the data of suspected … |
Qld integrity commissioner’s laptop wipedBy Anonymous on Jan 29, 2022 The Queensland premier is being urged to explain why the integrity commissioner’s laptop was allegedly seized and wiped without permission. Dr Nikola … |
Serious warning for 15 million Commonwealth Bank customersBy Eliza Bavin on Jan 29, 2022 Commonwealth Bank (CBA) customers have been warned to be wary if they receive an email claiming that their account has been ‘locked’. The email warns … |
BYOD registration abused in large-scale phishing campaignBy Juha Saarinen on Jan 27, 2022 Microsoft is urging users to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) to prevent phishing attempts using stolen credentials by attackers who register … |
National facial recognition database to transition to new providerBy Justin Hendry on Jan 29, 2022 The Department of Home Affairs has moved to replace the managed services arrangement behind its three major identity matching services, including the … |
Australian PM Scott Morrison loses control of WeChat Chinese accountBy Kirsty Needham and Eduardo Baptista on Jan 27, 2022 A little-known Chinese technology company that took over a WeChat social media account set up for Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said it … |
Telcos wary as gov presses on with consumer data right expansionBy Ry Crozier on Jan 27, 2022 The government is hoping that Australian internet and phone customers will be able to lower their bills by understanding their usage patterns better, … |
WeChat hits back at claims of Morrison’s ‘hacking’By Georgie Moore on Jan 26, 2022 An ownership dispute, and not “hacking or third-party intrusion”, is behind the rebranding of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s WeChat account, the … |
China accused of foreign interference after hijack of Scott Morrison’s WeChat account | The WorldBy ABC News (Australia) on Jan 25, 2022 China has been accused of foreign interference after Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s WeChat account was hijacked and re-named. The account on the widely-used Chinese social media platform was changed to “Australian-Chinese new life”, supposedly providing information for the Chinese community living here. China correspondent Bill Birtles says it’s still not entirely clear what’s happened. |
Home Affairs boss says big tech is bigger surveillance threat than governmentBy Ry Crozier on Jan 21, 2022 “Everyday Australians” have more to fear from surveillance carried out by ‘big tech’ and private companies than from government and intelligence … |
Returning travellers made to hand over phones and passcodes to Australian Border ForceBy Josh Taylor on Jan 21, 2022 A man who was forced to hand over his phone and passcode to Australian Border Force after returning to Sydney from holiday has labelled the tactic “an absolute gross violation of privacy”, as tech advocates call for transparency and stronger privacy protections for people’s devices as they enter … |
Australia, UK to jointly target state-based actors and ransomware groupsBy Justin Hendry on Jan 21, 2022 Australia and the United Kingdom have signed a pact to crack down on state-based actors, ransomware groups and other “malign actors” that use cyber … |
NSW shelves iVote system until ‘extensive reconfiguration’ can occurBy Justin Hendry on Jan 19, 2022 NSW’s iVote online voting system will be shelved until further notice after a technical glitch prevented voters from casting votes at local … |
South Australian gov issues breach notice to hacked payroll providerBy Justin Hendry on Jan 18, 2022 Payroll software provider Frontier Systems has been issued with a breach of contract notice over a ransomware attack that saw the personal details of … |
ABC to go ahead with compulsory iview logins despite privacy concernsBy Sam Varghese on Jan 17, 2022 The ABC will introduce compulsory logins for its iview service in a staged manner this year, despite the fact that there have been privacy warnings … |
Australia ‘more exposed’ to cyber attacks due to AUKUSBy Sky News Australia on Jan 16, 2022 The Institute of Public Affairs’ Evan Mulholland says he believes Australia is more exposed to cyber-attacks due to the AUKUS alliance. This comes as Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews has commented on the nation’s security, saying she believes Australia is more vulnerable to such attacks because of the partnership. “We are more exposed,” … |
Little oversight over Notifiable Data Breach schemeBy By David Braue on Jan 16, 2022 EXCLUSIVE: Australian organisations have reported over 3,000 data breaches since the Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme began in early 2018, but … |
Cyber criminals stopped from stealing tens of millions of dollars as AFP unleashes new cyber punchBy Anonymous on Jan 16, 2022 The AFP has stopped cyber criminals from stealing $24 million from the superannuation accounts of hard-working Australians and launched several … |
Australia faces down another global bugBy Marion Rae on Jan 16, 2022 The COVID-19 virus is affecting every aspect of our lives, and now a second bug is on the loose. Hospitals and businesses with people working on the … |
TfNSW finds more customers, employees impacted by Accellion breachBy Justin Hendry on Jan 14, 2022 Transport for NSW has found a greater number of customers and employees had their data compromised in the Accellion data breach last year than … |
Gov holds off extending encryption powers to anti-corruption bodiesBy Justin Hendry on Jan 11, 2022 The federal government appears to have abandoned its plan to extend controversial encryption-busting powers to federal, state and territory … |
Incident: Australian Bunnings Customers Appear To Be Caught Up in FlexBooker Breach | CrikeyBy Anonymous on Jan 11, 2022 Australian Privacy Breach, 10 January 2022 Bunnings private customer data exposed in data breach Names, phone numbers and email addresses have been … |
NSWEC finds iVote system failure may have impacted three local election outcomesBy Campbell Kwan on Jan 07, 2022 Some people in NSW were unable to cast their local election vote due to the iVote system not issuing them with the necessary security credential … |
Parliamentary security committee review backs the operation of controversial TOLA ActBy Campbell Kwan on Jan 07, 2022 PJCIS chair James Paterson said law enforcement agencies have made the case that encryption busting powers are necessary for fighting national … |
Services Australia brushes off vulnerability concerns in COVID-19 digital certificatesBy Campbell Kwan on Jan 07, 2022 There are no vulnerability disclosure programs in place nor any future plans to implement such a thing for Australia’s COVID-19 digital … |
‘You can’t not have it’: Companies turn to cyber insurance as hackers riseBy Charlotte Grieve on Jan 07, 2022 Conveyancer Natalie Fisher still feels violated when she thinks about the criminals who watched her for weeks or months, taking note of her digital … |
Vodafone billing bungle reveals customer names, numbers and addresses – NZ HeraldBy Andrea Fox on Jan 06, 2022 A Vodafone customer was shocked to open their latest bill from the telco to find invoices for 18 other customers, complete with their names, phone … |
NBN Co claims progress in fortnight-long Sky Muster internet outageBy Ry Crozier on Jan 05, 2022 NBN technicians are said to have made “significant progress” resolving issues that have left hundreds of Sky Muster customers with no internet … |
Incident: Charges over Victoria Police data breach | 7NewsBy Anonymous on Jan 01, 2022 Australian Insider Threat, 21 December 2021 Charges over Victoria Police data breach Accessing police information, disclosing police information, and … |
