Incident: Yarra Trams data breach: Commuters’ email addresses exposed | Brisbane Times
Australian Privacy Breach February 2020: Yarra Trams data breach, 91 commuters’ email addresses exposed by careless email
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Incident: Thousands of Optus mobile numbers mistakenly published in White Pages | Brisbane Times
Australian Privacy Breach Incident October 2019: Tens of thousands of Australian Optus customers have had their mobile phone numbers and addresses mistakenly published online.
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Incident: Cyber scare shuts down hospital IT systems in rural north-east Victoria | Brisbane Times
Australian Virus/Malware Incident October 2019: Australian Virus/Malware Incident October 2019: A number of rural Victorian health services in the state’s north-east were forced to shut down their IT systems due to a malware virus.
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Incident: ‘Trusted inside access’: Sydney IT contractor arrested over Landmark White data breach | Brisbane Times
October 02 2019 Sydney Insider Charged: Sydney IT contractor arrested over Landmark White data breach containing property valuations, personal details and driver’s licences of a combined 275,000 individuals.
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Incident: Landmark White home loan details of 100,000 customers hacked in major data breach | Brisbane Times
The nation’s biggest banks are scrambling to contact up to 100,000 customers who may have been caught up in a major data breach at property valuation firm, LandMark White.
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Incident: ‘Devastating blow’: Homewares business hit by apparent email scam | Brisbane Times
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: August 13 2018 Sage and Clare owner Phoebe Bell...
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Incident: Chinese hackers breach ANU, putting national security at risk | SMH
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 06 2018 China-based hackers have...
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Incident: Queensland law firms lose millions to hackers in ‘highly-sophisticated’ email scam | Brisbane Times
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 17 2017 At least two Queensland law...
Read More‘Mole’ hunted by company after posting confidential information to Twitter | Brisbane Times
A suspected mole is being hunted by an Australian company after four Twitter accounts began to publish its secret financial information. Source: ‘Mole’ hunted by company after posting confidential information to...
Read MoreMan charged after North Bondi robbery linked to dating app | Brisbane Times
A man has been charged in relation to a robbery in Sydney’s eastern suburbs early on Sunday which is believed to be linked to a dating application. Source: Man charged after North Bondi robbery linked to dating...
Read MoreQueensland police get new spy powers to hack smart-devices, demand encryption keys to tackle terrorism | Brisbane Times
Queensland police have been granted new powers that let them exploit phones and smart-devices for surveillance purposes with the intention of combating terrorism, after a new piece of legislation passed with bipartisan support...
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Australian InfoSec and Cyber News
- Australian health sector does not have 'cybersecurity problem', says insurer April 7, 2020Australia’s healthcare sector does not have a “broader cybersecurity problem” despite consistently reporting higher numbers of data breaches than …
- ASD says it’s mounted offensive operations against cybercrime infrastructure April 7, 2020The Australian Signals Directorate has put its offensive capability boot into a substantial escalation of cyber scams proliferating off the back of …
- Scammers targeting superannuation in COVID-19 crisis April 5, 2020Scammers are now trying to exploit Australians financially impacted by the COVID-19 crisis with new superannuation scams being reported to Scamwatch …
- ASD issues warning over cheap and nasty video conferencing April 2, 2020But carefully doesn't mention Zoom by name.
- iTWire - Overcoming objections to using multi-factor authentication April 1, 2020GUEST OPINION Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has been an effective security technique for years, yet many small and mid-sized Australian …
- Cyber crime threat advice updated over coronavirus scams March 26, 2020One email purports to be from the Australian government and is titled "INSIGHTS ON CORONAVIRUS", while others have read "Latest corona-virus updates" …
- Aussie council body argues access to metadata would help thwart illegal activity | ZDNet March 26, 2020Arguing access to metadata would help in prosecuting those illegally dumping garbage or removing trees. The Australian Local Government Association …
- Over 1,000 private entities are using Australia's document verification service | ZDNet March 25, 2020The verification service matches submitted identity documentation with that provided to the federal government by state and territory governments. The …
- ANZ tries to preserve corporate VPN bandwidth for frontline use March 25, 2020ANZ Banking Group CEO Shayne Elliott has advised some of its internal users to “not use certain systems” including its corporate remote access VPN to …
- Incident: Melbourne IT services firm Geidi hit by REvil ransomware | iTWire - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory March 24, 2020Australian Ransomware Attack March 2020: Melbourne IT services firm Geidi hit by REvil ransomware The group behind the REvil Windows ransomware has …