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Australian Superfund Phishing Attack May 2022: 50k customers caught up in Tasmanian Spirit Super phishing attack. Data possibly compromised after attacker overcame MFA on email account.
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Australian Real Estate Cyber Incident May 2021: Domain hit by cyber attack, warns users to be careful with rental inquiries. There is a risk that some of your personal information may have been accessed by an unauthorised third party.
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Australian Education Outage February 2021: Melbourne’s RMIT University suspends classes after suffering IT outage. Reportedly the significant cyber attack was caused by a phishing scam.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Phishers are targeting would-be tenderers to the Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development with an email and fake AusTender landing page.
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: June 01 2018 A new email scam using St George...
Read MoreWHILE 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...
Read MoreTwo 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...
Read MoreA new phishing scam impersonating Microsoft Office 365 started hitting Aussie inboxes this week. Source: Cyber criminals target Australia through fake Microsoft Office 365 site
Read MoreDon’t click “View my bill” if you receive these emails from Telstra or EnergyAustralia. Source: Fake Telstra and EnergyAustralia email bills spread banking trojans – CSO | The Resource for Data Security...
Read MoreAn 83-year-old woman is robbed of more than half a million dollars after email scammers pretend to be her settlement agent and convince her son to transfer cash into a bogus account. Source: WA property scam: Elderly woman loses...
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Australian Information Security Incident Reported: June 1 2017 Sydney-based events and ticketing...
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There's a warning tonight about a rise in fake digital IDs being sold to teenagers. Cyber safety experts say it's putting vulnerable Victorians at risk of having their identities stolen. [...]
The federal government has launched a pilot scheme that will allow Australians to compare the cyber security of smart devices before buying them. • … [...]
Key points ACMA has fined Telstra $277,000 for failing to use required identity authentication processes to prevent SIM swapping fraud. • The fraud … [...]
Modernised Definitions: Casting a Wider Net The Exposure Draft Bill would amend and clarify some of the foundational definitions in the Privacy Act … [...]
Shifting the emphasis from individuals upholding privacy standards to harmful and invasive business practices is the right move. But an existing … [...]
Threat detection and reporting Internal policies and procedures What policies or procedures must organisations have in place to protect data or … [...]
When Telstra engineers embarked on a simple server chassis replacement exercise in 2020, they could barely have contemplated the complex chain of … [...]
Ransomware actor claims hack of government department, but evidence suggests no malicious activity has occurred… But patient data from multiple … [...]
Key points The Northern Territory government plans to offer digital driver's licences built to internationally recognised standards by the end of the … [...]
Key points Draft legislation would give Australian organisations 72 hours to notify the Information Commissioner of an eligible data breach, replacing … [...]
You're not going to believe this, but turns out you can't always take criminals at their word. Actually, I'll walk that back a bit as it may not even … [...]