Category: Email

NZ Incident: NZ financial strategies provider hit by Windows NetWalker ransomware | iTWire

by Steven Kirby | Dec 10, 2020 | Availability, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, 🥝 New Zealand, 🥝 NZ Incidents, Email, iTWire, Privacy, Privacy Breach, Ransomware, Regulator and Authority | 0 |

New Zealand Ransomware Attack December 2020. NZ financial strategies provider Staircase hit by Windows NetWalker ransomware. The attackers have listed a number of data files on their site on the dark web

Incident: BTC Markets exposes customer names, emails in botched blast send | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Dec 2, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, iTnews, Privacy, Privacy Breach | 0 |

Australian Email Privacy Breach December 2020. BTC Markets exposes customer names, emails in botched blast send. Australia’s largest cryptocurrency exchange apologises for error.

Incident: Levitas Capital closing after fake Zoom invite sinks $16m super fund investment | news.com.au

by Steven Kirby | Nov 23, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Availability, Banking and Finance, Confidentiality, Email Spear Phing and Business Email Compromise (BEC), Integrity, New South Wales, news.com.au, Privacy, Privacy Breach | 0 |

Australian Zoom Compromise November 2020: Levitas Capital closing after fake Zoom invite sinks $16m super fund investment. A fake Zoom invite has forced a Sydney hedge fund to close up shop after cybercriminals found a way into their emails in September

Incident: DFAT Stranded Aussies’ identities exposed again | The Canberra Times

by Steven Kirby | Oct 28, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Government Agency, Privacy, The Canberra Times, User Error | 0 |

Australian Government Privacy Breach Again October 2020: DFAT Stranded Aussies’ identities exposed again. The identities of Australians stranded overseas have been accidentally exposed for the third time in as many months.

Incident: DFAT admits email addresses of almost 3,000 Australians stranded overseas released in breach | The Guardian

by Steven Kirby | Sep 30, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Government Agency, Privacy, The Guardian, User Error | 0 |

Australian Government Privacy Breach September 2020: DFAT admits email addresses of almost 3,000 Australians stranded overseas released in breach. Addressees were mistakenly listed in the ‘to’ field, rather than ‘bcc’, making them visible to other recipients.

NZ Incident: RC plane and drone users’ details leaked by CAA New Zealand | xjet

by Steven Kirby | Sep 30, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, 🥝 New Zealand, 🥝 NZ Incidents, Email, Federal Government, Government Agency, Privacy, Regulator and Authority | 0 |

New Zealand Privacy Breach September 2020: RC plane and drone users’ details leaked by CAA New Zealand. CAA New Zealand violation of privacy involving people from around the world who filed complaints with them.

Incident: Scouts Victoria data breach potentially nets 900 people’s personal details | iTnews

by Steven Kirby | Sep 25, 2020 | Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Charities and Not For Profit, Confidentiality, Email Phishing, iTnews, Privacy, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Detailed Privacy Breach September 2020: Scouts Victoria data breach potentially nets 900 people’s personal details including bank details, birth certificates and court orders.

Incident: Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron to be questioned by Office of Australian Information Commissioner after data breach | The Courier Mail

by Steven Kirby | Sep 11, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Email, Queensland, Sporting and Recreation, The Courier | 0 |

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: Sydney Tools sues competitor Total Tools over alleged email hacking | SmartCompany

by Steven Kirby | Aug 21, 2020 | Access Control, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Confidentiality, Email, Insider Threat, New South Wales, Retail, SmartCompany, Unauthorised Access | 0 |

Australian Offboarding Fail August 2020: Sydney Tools sues competitor Total Tools over alleged email hacking. Confirmed it is suing competitor Total Tools over an alleged email hacking.

Incident: NSW police to investigate after leaking emails of people who complained about pepper spray at Black Lives Matter rally | The Guardian

by Steven Kirby | Aug 19, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Email, New South Wales, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, State Government, The Guardian | 0 |

Australian Email Privacy Breach August 2020: NSW police to investigate after leaking emails of people who complained about pepper spray at Black Lives Matter rally. Police say they launched an internal investigation after more than 150 people had email addresses leaked, but victims of leaks say they are yet to be contacted.

Incident (Updated): Citizen data compromised as Service NSW falls victim to phishing attack | ZDNet

by Steven Kirby | May 14, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Email Phishing, New South Wales, State Government, ZDNet | 0 |

Updated September 2, 2020 | Australian Phishing Attack April 2020: Citizen data compromised as Service NSW falls victim to phishing attack. The attack involved the illegal accessing of 47 Service NSW staff members’ email accounts.

Incident: Hackers target West Australia’s major daily newspaper, putting data of subscribers at risk | WAtoday

by Steven Kirby | May 13, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Email Phishing, News Film and Media, Privacy, WAtoday, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Phishing Attack May 2020: Hackers target The West Australian, WA’s major daily newspaper, putting data of subscribers at risk, impersonating the administrator sending out phishing emails and accessed historic conversations.

Incident: Confidential details of entire WA Police Force accessed in ‘startling’ audit breach, CCC finds | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Apr 24, 2020 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Handling, Email, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, State Government, Western Australia | 0 |

Australian Privacy Breach April 2020: Confidential details of entire Western Australian Police Force accessed in ‘startling’ audit breach, CCC finds. An investigation has revealed a CCC staff member accessed and downloaded highly confidential information about all of the state’s 8,800 police officers.

Incident: Email bungle at Australian Traffic Network seeking jobkeeper payments exposes staff’s personal details | The Guardian

by Steven Kirby | Apr 23, 2020 | Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Handling, Email, News Film and Media, Privacy Breach, The Guardian, Transport and Logistics | 0 |

Australian Privacy Breach April 2020: Email bungle at Australian Traffic Network seeking jobkeeper payments exposes staff’s personal details. Names, addresses and birth dates of more than 100 people shared in privacy breach

Incident: Yarra Trams data breach: Commuters’ email addresses exposed | Brisbane Times

by Steven Kirby | Feb 3, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Brisbane Times, Data Handling, Email, Privacy, Privacy Breach, Transport and Logistics, Victoria | 0 |

Australian Privacy Breach February 2020: Yarra Trams data breach, 91 commuters’ email addresses exposed by careless email

Incident: Perth Mint visitor data stolen after feedback survey company hacked | WAtoday

by Steven Kirby | Jan 31, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Banking and Finance, Breach Notification, Data Breach, Email Phishing, Hacked, Privacy Breach, WAtoday, Western Australia | 0 |

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.

Incident: Redland City councillor Tracey Huges ‘deeply sorry’ over mistake in attaching spreadsheet to New Year’s Eve invitation | Redland City Bulletin

by Steven Kirby | Jan 3, 2020 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2020, Data Handling, Email, In the Press, Local Government, Privacy Breach, Queensland | 0 |

Australian Privacy Breach January 2020: Redland City councillor Tracey Huges ‘deeply sorry’ over mistake in attaching spreadsheet to New Year’s Eve invitation, with the personal details of 297 residents, and their details of correspondence with council

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: Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office accidentally leaks talking points for MPs to journalists | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Oct 7, 2019 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Insider Threat, Politician and Politics | 0 |

Australian Email Incident 07 October 2019: Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office accidentally leaks talking points for MPs to journalists

Incident: Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation investigating privacy breach after financial documents sent to ABC producer | ABC News (Australia)

by Steven Kirby | Oct 2, 2019 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2019, Banking and Finance, Data Handling, Email, Federal Government, Insider Threat | 0 |

Australian Unintended Disclosure Incident 02 October 2019: Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation investigating privacy breach after financial documents sent to ABC producer.

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UNSW restarts search for new CISO
UNSW has returned to the jobs market to find a chief information security officer after delaying the recruitment process last year due to the … Read more »
Published: January 19, 2021 - 7:41 am
Incident: New Zealand Reserve Bank urgently responding to 'illegal data breach' | SMH - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory
New Zealand Data Breach, January 10 2021 New Zealand Reserve Bank urgently responding to ‘illegal data breach’ The bank issued a statement shortly … Read more »
Published: January 13, 2021 - 6:06 pm
Accellion hack behind Reserve Bank of NZ data breach
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand, which yesterday disclosed it had suffered a data breach, now says it was caught up in a hack of enterprise data … Read more »
Published: January 13, 2021 - 4:51 pm
Scam statistics
This data is based on reports provided to the ACCC by web form and over the phone. The data is published on a monthly basis. Our quality assurance … Read more »
Published: January 13, 2021 - 4:47 pm
Remote access scams
Remote access scams try to convince you that you have a computer or internet problem and that you need to buy new software to fix the problem. How … Read more »
Published: January 13, 2021 - 4:44 pm
How do you look after your cyber security when your toaster is connected to the WiFi?
How do you look after your cyber security when your toaster is connected to the WiFi? Technology experts predicts there will be more than 41 billion connected IoT devices. IDCARE’s Head of Identity Security Operations, Moises Sanabria chats to ABC Queensland’s Ross Kay about what has been happening in this space. Read more »
Published: January 13, 2021 - 4:40 pm
Are Australians at a 'turning point' on cybersecurity or still unprepared?
Australians are on high alert about the threat of cyber attacks following Prime Minister Scott Morrison's warning in June that Australia was targeted … Read more »
Published: January 11, 2021 - 6:03 am
Canberra’s new data sharing bill involves our personal details
Pitched as necessary for our own safety, Scott Morrison’s Data Availability and Transparency Bill has experts reeling over the sheer lack of … Read more »
Published: January 9, 2021 - 9:44 pm
Woolworths still 'reluctant' to list all companies than handle its data
Woolworths says there are security risks - and no benefits to be had - from disclosing the names of all technology and data partners and suppliers … Read more »
Published: January 8, 2021 - 8:26 am
ADHA sees 'inconsequential' My Health Record data breach notices eroding trust
The Australian Digital Health Agency, overseer of the My Health Record, has expressed concern at the number and type of "potential" data breaches it … Read more »
Published: January 8, 2021 - 8:26 am
Service NSW app hit by two-hour outage
Service NSW experienced an “unexpected” two-hour outage of its app on Thursday afternoon that left people unable to log their visits to hospitality … Read more »
Published: January 7, 2021 - 6:35 pm
RAT scammers pose as the Australian Cyber Security Centre
A social engineering campaign featuring phishing emails and scam calls that impersonate the Australian Cyber Security Centre is underway at the … Read more »
Published: January 7, 2021 - 5:59 am
AWS secures former ASD cloud certifier as its national security head
Amazon Web Services has landed former longtime Australian Signals Directorate official and public cloud certifier Melissa Osborne as its new head of … Read more »
Published: January 7, 2021 - 5:52 am
Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM) | Cyber.gov.au
The Australian Cyber Security Centre within the Australian Signals Directorate produces the Australian Government Information Security Manual (ISM). … Read more »
Published: January 6, 2021 - 12:35 am
ANU uses new security capabilities to help other Unis fend off attacks
The Australian National University says it has been able to help other unnamed universities "fend off attacks" using new capabilities it set up in … Read more »
Published: January 5, 2021 - 1:26 pm
Foreign hackers’ all-out war on Qld universities
QUT alone has been hit by 600 incidents in the past 12 months, including an attack from Iran’s cyber warfare group known by the online alias Charming … Read more »
Published: January 5, 2021 - 8:44 am
Potential SolarWinds Orion compromise | Cyber.gov.au
On 14 December 2020, the ACSC issued an alert relating to the SolarWinds Orion supply chain compromise. This was in response to an announcement by … Read more »
Published: January 5, 2021 - 8:33 am
Auditor urges rethink of WhatsApp for ministers, staff and bureaucrats
The Auditor-General has suggested ministers, their staff and bureaucrats should be banned from using encrypted communications platforms like WhatsApp … Read more »
Published: December 30, 2020 - 9:23 am
A cybercrime is reported every 10 minutes, federal police say
On Christmas Eve 2003, one of the nation’s largest bank heists occurred when $150 million was stolen without the robbers ever setting a foot in the … Read more »
Published: December 30, 2020 - 9:13 am
Incident: Australian Ransomware Breach December 2020 | ABC News (Australia) - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory
Australian Malware Breach, December 24 2020 NSW Health, Rio Tinto, Serco named as victims of massive global SolarWinds hack attack NSW Health appears … Read more »
Published: December 29, 2020 - 6:24 am

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