Audit: Queensland government cyber defences fail ethical hack test | iTnews
Audit Failure 2019: Queensland government cyber defences fail ethical hack test, sensitive information accessed with relative ease.
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Audit: Northern Territory School children’s data exposed to cyber security threats due to education department oversight | ABC Australia
August 17 2019 Audit Finding: The confidential records of children and teachers have been left vulnerable to cyber security attacks and data mismanagement due to education departmental oversight in the Northern Territory Government, a report from the auditor general’s office has revealed.
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Audit: Australia Post told to improve cyber security practices | iTnews
July 04 2019: Australia Post told to improve cyber security practices. Auditor says risk aren’t being managed “effectively”.
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Audit: CBA to ‘substantially’ overhaul privacy under OAIC undertaking | iTnews
June 27 2019: The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has accepted a court-enforceable undertaking from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) in the wake of investigations into issues with the bank’s handling of customer data.
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Audit: NSW unis facing significant cyber risks | Technology Decisions
JUNE 12 2019 Universities across NSW are exposed to cyber attacks due to significant deficiencies in IT internal controls, an audit has found.
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Audit: Vic public health ‘highly vulnerable’ to Singapore-like data breach | iTnews
May 29 2019 Victorian public health ‘highly vulnerable’ to Singapore-like data breach. Four health services audited, all four exploited.
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Audit: WA guns database sprayed over integrity issues | iTnews
Western Australia’s firearms database has been roundly criticised by the state’s auditor for containing significant data integrity issues that impede the regulation of guns in the community.
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Incident: Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron to be questioned by Office of Australian Information Commissioner after data breach | The Courier Mail
Australian Email Privacy Breach September 2020: Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron to be questioned by Office of Australian Information Commissioner after an email data breach leaking the personal details of 617 members, including millionaire business owners, doctors and barristers.
Incident: Data breach exposes tens of thousands of NSW driver’s licences online | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Government Privacy Breach September 2020: Data breach exposes tens of thousands of NSW driver’s licences online. The documents feature scans of licences which reveal information such as names and addresses.
Audit: ACT govt urged to improve data security after shocker audit | iTnews
Australian Audit Report June 2020: ACT Government agencies don't understand data security and put privacy at risk, auditor-general says. Agencies lacking understanding, awareness.
Incident: Gang uses REvil to attack Melbourne contract formulation firm Chem Pack | iTWire
Australian Malware Attack June 2020: Windows ransomware has now hit much closer to home, with cyber criminals using the REvil ransomware to attack the Melbourne-based contract formulation and packing company Chem Pack
Incident: Misconfigured UTAS SharePoint site exposed 20,000 students’ details | iTnews
Australian Privacy Exposure September 2020: Misconfigured UTAS SharePoint site exposed 20,000 students' details. Security settings allowed broad access to files.
Incident: MyBudget blames ransomware hack for system outage affecting thousands of customers | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Ransomware Attack April 2020: MyBudget blames ransomware hack for system outage affecting thousands of customers, was likely compromised as it quickly moved its employees onto work-from-home arrangements amid coronavirus.
Incident: ‘Unforgivable’: The privacy breach that exposed sensitive details of WA’s virus fight | WAtoday
Australian Medical Privacy Breach July 2020: 'Unforgivable': Privacy breach exposed sensitive details of WA's virus fight on a public website. The breach also impacted St John Ambulance, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services and the Department of Justice. The leak was traced back to Vodafone pager service.
Incident: Thousands of personal and work email addresses leaked in major myDarwin data breach | NT News
Australian Council Privacy Breach: July 15 2020. The email addresses of thousands of Territorians have been “accidentally” leaked by the City of Darwin ahead of the next round of the MyDarwin voucher scheme.
Australian InfoSec and Cyber News
- Mining at high risk of cyber security threats - Australian Mining September 26, 2020A new survey has found that many Australian mining businesses are unprepared for and are failing to put appropriate measures in place to prevent …
- Two arrested over large-scale SMS phishing scam September 26, 2020Two Sydney men have been arrested over their alleged involvement in a large-scale SMS phishing scam that targeted the personal and financial …
- NAB crowdsources cyber security with bug bounty program September 26, 2020The National Australia Bank on Friday launched a bug bounty program in partnership with crowdsourced cyber security platform Bugcrowd to strengthen …
- Tens of thousands of NSW driver's licences exposed online in major data breach September 25, 2020The source of the breach is yet to be made public with calls for the responsible agency to own up. Source: ABC News | Duration: 1min 38sec
- Draft legislation proposed by Federal Government would allow your personal data to be shared between government agencies September 25, 2020If it sometimes seems like different arms of the government don't talk to each other, it might be because they can't. There are a raft of laws …
- Only 1 in 5 Australians Say They Actually Read Their Privacy Policies September 25, 2020This privacy policy outlines our commitment to provide quality services and our ongoing obligations to you in respect of how we manage your Personal …
- Incident: Misconfigured UTAS SharePoint site exposed 20,000 students' details | iTnews - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory September 23, 2020Australian Privacy Exposure: September 21 2020 Misconfigured UTAS SharePoint site exposed 20,000 students’ details Security settings allowed broad …
- iTWire - Australian IT leaders spend up on security as global weekly tech spend explodes to US15 billion September 23, 2020An extra US15 billion a week has been spent globally on technology by IT leaders to enable safe and secure home working during the first wave of the …
- ACSC details "copy-paste compromise" attacks September 23, 2020The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has provided more details of the cyber attack in June called out by Prime Minister Scott Morisson that …
- Can the Cyber Taskforce achieve its goals? September 23, 2020Basic governance and risk management fundamentals and root causes, beyond the Taskforce’s remit, need to be addressed. The new Cyber Taskforce …
- OAIC publishes PIA guidance for agencies September 23, 2020The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has published guidance detailing when government agencies must complete a privacy impact …
- Why you shouldn't post a picture of a boarding pass on social media September 23, 2020Security experts are repeating warnings to keep pictures of documents with personal information and barcodes — such as boarding passes and tickets — …
- iTWire - How do you securely provide access to your data for the people who ought to access it? September 22, 2020iTWire asked a number of IT security executives for their best thoughts on secure data access in this unusual distributed world we're in. Here's what …
- Anglicare Sydney says 17GB data transmitted to 'remote location' after attack September 21, 2020Anglicare Sydney has revealed 17GB of its data was transmitted “to a remote location” after a ransomware attack but claims “there is no current …
- Researchers show successful myGovID code replay attack September 21, 2020Two security researchers are warning Australians not to use myGovID as they say the login system contains an implementation flaw that could lead to …
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