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Incident: The Iconic promises refunds after a spate of fraudulent transactions on customer accounts | ABC News Australia

by Steven Kirby | Jan 9, 2024 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2024, Confidentiality, Credential Stuffing, Cyber Fraud, Integrity, Password, Retail | 0 |

Australian Retail Breach, 09 January 2024: Australian retailer The Iconic, promises refunds after a spate of fraudulent transactions on customer accounts. While not directly hacked, the unauthorised third party used a technique known as ‘credential stuffing’.

Incident: Australian National Maritime Museum hit by alleged ‘trusted insider’ attack | iTNews

by Steven Kirby | Mar 6, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Confidentiality, Cyber Fraud, Federal Government, Insider Threat, Integrity, iTnews, New South Wales, State Government | 0 |

Australian Insider Cyber Fraud, 06 March 2023: Australian National Maritime Museum hit by alleged ‘trusted insider’ attack. Contractor allegedly accessed accounting system, changing bank account details stored to his own.

Incident: Monash IVF patients receive bogus emails after ‘malicious cyber attack’ on fertility company | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Nov 6, 2019 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Cyber Attack Incident, Cyber Fraud, Data Breach, Hacked, Medical and Health Care, Privacy Breach | 0 |

Australian Medical Data Breach and Cyber Fraud November 2019: Australian medical group Monash IVF patients receive bogus emails after ‘malicious cyber attack’ on fertility company.

Incident: Online fraud syndicate – Woman arrested and millions allegedly siphoned | 9 News

by Steven Kirby | Sep 17, 2019 | 9 News, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Banking and Finance, Cyber Fraud, CyberCrime, Identity Theft | 0 |

September 18 2019 Australian Cyber Fraud: Millions of dollars have allegedly been siphoned from personal superannuation and share trading accounts as part of a sophisticated online fraud syndicate.

Incident: Australian cyber lead impersonated in remote access scam | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | May 9, 2019 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Banking and Finance, Cyber Fraud, Federal Government, iTnews, Regulator and Authority, Scam | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: May 09 2019 Scammers impersonating federal...

Incident: A Sydney woman who hacked an email account to steal $450,000 in cryptocurrency has been caught after a 9-month investigation | MSN Australia

by Steven Kirby | Oct 26, 2018 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Cryptocurrency - Bitcoin, Cyber Fraud, CyberCrime, Email, MSN Australia, New South Wales, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: October 26 2018 A 23-year-old woman has been...

Incident: NSW Police dismantle online banking fraud ring | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Sep 19, 2018 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Banking and Finance, Credit Card, Cyber Fraud, Identity Theft, iTnews, Law & Legal, New South Wales, Police and Law Enforcement | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: September 19 2018 NSW Police have arrested and...

Incident: ‘Devastating blow’: Homewares business hit by apparent email scam | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Aug 13, 2018 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, Brisbane Times, Cyber Fraud, CyberCrime, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Retail, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: August 13 2018 Sage and Clare owner Phoebe Bell...

Video: National scam warning over festive season | The West Australian

by Steven Kirby | Dec 24, 2017 | Australia, Cyber Fraud, CyberCrime, Scam, Social Media Incident, The West Australian | 0 |

From fake puppies for sale, to holidays that don’t exist. Source: National scam warning over festive season | The West Australian

Incident: Queensland law firms lose millions to hackers in ‘highly-sophisticated’ email scam | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Dec 17, 2017 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Brisbane Times, Cyber Fraud, CyberCrime, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Law & Legal, Queensland, Scam | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 17 2017 At least two Queensland law...

Incident: Email scammers steal almost $1 million from SA property buyers by posing as conveyancers | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Oct 25, 2017 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Cyber Fraud, CyberCrime, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Real Estate and Property Management, South Australia | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: October 25 2017 Property buyers are warned to...

Incident: Queensland business loses $1.9M to cyber scam | ARN

by Steven Kirby | Sep 11, 2017 | ARN from IDG, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Cyber Fraud, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Policing and Law Enforcement, Queensland | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: September 11 2017 The Queensland Police...

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Incident: Ascot Vale Health Group targeted by Global ransomware group | CyberDaily.au

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Incident: RISE Racing confirms Sarcoma ransomware attack | CyberDaily.au

Incident: MKA Accountants confirms Qilin ransomware attack | CyberDaily.au

Incident: NSW court website involved in major data breach, 9,000 documents downloaded | ABC News (Australia)

Incident: Brydens Lawyers suffers alleged 600GB data breach following ransomware attack | cyberdaily.au

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Audit: NSW's local government audit found that 47% of councils did not have a cyber security plan | kirbyidau.com

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Audit: Australian Senate Estimates reveals 435 Chinese-made surveillance devices found at defence sites

Audit: Western Australia Auditor General's Local Government Information Security Audit 2021-22 reports 324 control weaknesses

Audit: Western Australia Auditor General's State Government Information Systems Audit 2021-22

Audit: Queensland Audit Office's State Entities 2022 reports deficiencies in information systems

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Quote: Alex Webling "If we wish to have any hope of beating the bad guys at the cyber game...."

Quote: Denis Waitley "Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare...."

Quote: Willa Cather "No one can build his security upon...."

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Category: Cyber Fraud

Incident: The Iconic promises refunds after a spate of fraudulent transactions on customer accounts | ABC News Australia

Incident: Australian National Maritime Museum hit by alleged ‘trusted insider’ attack | iTNews

Incident: Monash IVF patients receive bogus emails after ‘malicious cyber attack’ on fertility company | ABC News (Australia)

Incident: Online fraud syndicate – Woman arrested and millions allegedly siphoned | 9 News

Incident: Australian cyber lead impersonated in remote access scam | iTnews

Incident: A Sydney woman who hacked an email account to steal $450,000 in cryptocurrency has been caught after a 9-month investigation | MSN Australia

Incident: NSW Police dismantle online banking fraud ring | iTnews

Incident: ‘Devastating blow’: Homewares business hit by apparent email scam | Brisbane Times

Incident: Queensland law firms lose millions to hackers in ‘highly-sophisticated’ email scam | Brisbane Times

Incident: Email scammers steal almost $1 million from SA property buyers by posing as conveyancers | ABC News (Australia)

Incident: Queensland business loses $1.9M to cyber scam | ARN

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