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Incident: Two Sydney women charged over $500,000 BEC scam | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Nov 12, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, CyberCrime, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), iTnews, Law & Legal, New South Wales | 0 |

Australian Cyber Crime November 2019: Two Sydney women have been charged over their alleged involvement in a $500,000 business email compromise scam.

Incident: Cyber criminals hack Perth Anaesthetic Group hospital and steal patients’ personal information in terrifying security breach | Daily Mail Australia

by Steven Kirby | Nov 2, 2019 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, CyberCrime, Daily Mail Australia, Data Breach, Hacked, Medical and Health Care, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian DataBreach CyberCrime November 2019: Cyber criminals hack Perth Anaesthetic Group hospital and steal patients’ personal information in terrifying security breach. Several patients were sent fake invoices from the hackers demanding payments.

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: Govt IT contractor charged over cryptocurrency mining – Security | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | May 21, 2019 | Acceptable Use Policy, Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Cryptocurrency - Bitcoin, CyberCrime, Federal Government, Insider Threat, iTnews, New South Wales, Policing and Law Enforcement | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: May 21 2019 A Sydney man has been charged by...

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: Portal flaw leads to some NDIS users losing money | iTWire

by Steven Kirby | Sep 11, 2018 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, CyberCrime, Federal Government, iTWire, Medical and Health Care | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: September 11 2018 A vulnerability in the...

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...

Incident: Ticketmaster admits customer details may have been stolen in hack | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Jun 29, 2018 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2018, CyberCrime, Data Breach, Entertainment and Events, Privacy | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: June 29 2018 Ticketmaster Australia has started...

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...

Australia Post Christmas parcel scam: What to look out for | news.com.au

by Steven Kirby | Dec 13, 2017 | Australia, Awareness, CyberCrime, Cybersecurity, Email Phishing, news.com.au, Scam | 0 |

WHILE most people consider Christmas to be a time of celebration and giving, there are people out there looking to exploit the holiday. Sadly, we’re not just talking about your boss forcing you to come into work the day after...

Incident: Fraser Coast Mayor Chris Loft charged with misconduct and computer hacking | ABC News (Australian)

by Steven Kirby | Nov 30, 2017 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, CyberCrime, Local Government, Queensland | 0 |

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: November 30 2017 Chris Loft was arrested this...

Telstra, CommBank targeted by email scammers | iTWire

by Steven Kirby | Nov 26, 2017 | Australia, Banking and Finance, CyberCrime, Email Phishing, iTWire, Phishing, Scam, Telcommunications and Internet Service Provider | 0 |

Two major Australian brands, Telstra and Commonwealth Bank, have been targeted by scammers in a bid to dupe users into downloading malware to their computers or giving up credit card details. Source: Telstra, CommBank targeted...

Cyber criminals target Australia through fake Microsoft Office 365 site | ARN

by Steven Kirby | Nov 15, 2017 | ARN from IDG, Australia, CyberCrime, Email Phishing, Scam | 0 |

A new phishing scam impersonating Microsoft Office 365 started hitting Aussie inboxes this week. Source: Cyber criminals target Australia through fake Microsoft Office 365 site

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...

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Commentary on Australia's National Cyber Security Strategy
by Craig Nielsen, vice president Asia Pacific, GitLab on September 28, 2023
GUEST OPINION: Australia’s new Cyber Security Strategy to begin building six cyber shields around the nation comes at a time when it’s more important …
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by Richard Chirgwin on September 28, 2023
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by Paul Sakkal on September 27, 2023
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by Luke Dawson on September 26, 2023
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APVMA added to HWL Ebsworth breach list
by Richard Chirgwin on September 25, 2023
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has confirmed that it was one of the federal government agencies impacted by the …
Australian Federal Police claw back $45m lost to BEC scammers
by Ry Crozier on September 25, 2023
The Australian Federal Police has claimed some success in thwarting in-progress business email compromise (BEC) scams, in cases where the incident is …
AFP saves mum and dad business from cyber criminals | Australian Federal Police
by Australian Federal Police on September 25, 2023
The AFP has returned $45 million to Australian businesses targeted by cyber criminals in the past three years. As the AFP today challenges the …
Aussies Warned Over Cyber-Security Risks After Large-Scale Hack
by The Project on September 24, 2023
Sixty-five government departments and agencies have been caught up in the country’s latest ‘large scale’ cyber-attack on legal firm HWL Ebsworth, with stark ...
Federal government rolls out plan to protect Aussies from cyber attacks | 9 News Australia
by 9 News Australia on September 24, 2023
One year on since the Optus cyber attack, Home Affairs Minister has revealed part of the Federal government’s plan to protect Australians from future breache...
Troy Hunt scours the dark web for your stolen data — but he's just trying to help
by By Julian Fell on September 22, 2023
He's just "a dude on the web", but Troy Hunt has ended up playing an oddly central role in global cybersecurity. In April, the US Federal Bureau of …

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