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Posted by Steven Kirby | Jul 8, 2021 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2021, Availability, Education and Training, iTnews, New South Wales, State Government | 0 |
Incident: Major Australian port operator shuts down amid cyber security incident, impacting goods in and out of the country | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Nov 11, 2023 | 12.06 Technical vulnerability management, ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Availability, Confidentiality, Critical Infrastructure, Data Breach, Transport and Logistics | 0 |
Australian Ports Cyber Attack, 11 November 2023: Major Australian port operator DP World Australia shuts down amid cyber security incident, impacting goods in and out of the country. Operator failed to fix a critical IT vulnerability; the patch had been released over a month earlier.
Read MoreIncident: SA Health patients caught up in data breach of third-party platform Personify Care | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Oct 28, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Availability, Integrity, Medical and Health Care, South Australia, Third-Party Risk | 0 |
Australian Patient Data, 28 October 2023: SA Health patients caught up in data breach of third-party platform Personify Care. Health information of 121 patients and the names and phone numbers of about 12,000 others was deleted by an “unauthorised third party.
Read MoreIncident: Parks Victoria data breach | 7News
by Steven Kirby | Jul 5, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Availability, In the Press, State Government, Travel and Accommodation, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Privacy Breach, 05 July 2023: There’s been a privacy breach on the state government’s new campsite booking system. Personal details of other campers shown to other campers
Read MoreAudit: Australian Senate Estimates reveals 435 Chinese-made surveillance devices found at defence sites
by Steven Kirby | May 31, 2023 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australia, Australian Audit Report 2023, Availability, Confidentiality, Defence and Military, Federal Government, Integrity, Internal Audit, YouTube | 0 |
Defence Internal Audit Finding 31 May 2023: Australian Senate questioning reveals 435 Chinese-made surveillance devices found at defence sites. Defence initially claimed there was only one device.
Read MoreIncident: Isaacs Regional Council Cyber Attack Highlights Risks Local Governments Face | australiancybersecuritymagazine
by Steven Kirby | Apr 4, 2023 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Availability, Confidentiality, In the Press, Integrity, Local Government, Queensland | 0 |
Australian Local Government Ransomware Attack, 04 April 2023: Isaacs Regional Council Ransomware Attack Highlights Risks Local Governments Face. It is unknown at this stage what information has been accessed.
Read MoreAudit: Western Australia Auditor General’s Local Government Information Security Audit 2021-22 reports 324 control weaknesses
by Steven Kirby | Mar 29, 2023 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2023, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Local Government, State Government, Western Australia | 0 |
West Australian Councils Audit Report 29 March 2023: Western Australia Auditor General’s Local Government Information Security Audit 2021-22 reports 324 control weaknesses. Cyber security concerns as council’s network rack found in staff toilet.
Read MoreAudit: Western Australia Auditor General’s State Government Information Systems Audit 2021-22
by Steven Kirby | Mar 22, 2023 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2023, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, State Government, Western Australia | 0 |
West Australian State Government Audit Report March 2023: Auditor General’s State Government Information Systems Audit 2021-22 566 control weaknesses 34 significant. Cases: malicious insiders no MFA, outage from an unauthorised device, former employee accessing finance system one month after termination.
Read MoreAudit: Queensland Audit Office’s State Entities 2022 reports deficiencies in information systems
by Steven Kirby | Mar 16, 2023 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2023, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, Queensland, State Government | 0 |
Queensland Audit Report 16 March 2023: Queensland Audit Office’s State Entities 2022 reports deficiencies in information systems. Only 33 per cent of departments have an effective system managing information security risks.
Read MoreAudit: Victoria audit warns of weak IT controls in council systems | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Feb 27, 2023 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2023, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, iTnews, Local Government, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
Victorian Local Government Audit Report 27 February 2023: Victoria audit reports a significant rise in IT control weaknesses in council systems. Calls for Essential Eight adoption.
Read MoreIncident: Black and White Cabs booking service offline after cyber attack | ABC News (Australia)
by Steven Kirby | Feb 2, 2023 | ABC News (Australia), Australia, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2023, Availability, Retail, Transport and Logistics | 0 |
Australian Cyber Attack February 2023: Black and White Cabs booking service offline after cyber attack. Passengers and drivers have been left waiting as the booking system remains locked days after the breach.
Read MoreIncident: Fire Rescue Victoria investigating security incident | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Dec 16, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, iTnews, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
UPDATE Australian Cyber Incident December 2022: Fire Rescue Victoria confirms cyber attack from ‘external third party’ as outage continues. Outage could last “three or four days.”
Read MoreIncident: Technology group providing services to Victorian government departments hit by cyber attack | ABC News Australia
by Steven Kirby | Nov 5, 2022 | ABC News (Australia), Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, Managed Services Provider, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Cyber Attack November 2022: Technology group providing services to Victorian government departments hit by a cyber attack. The company says hackers have revealed a sample “of what is believed to be stolen data”
Read MoreIncident: APA, Viterra caught up in Frontier ransomware attack | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Nov 2, 2022 | Agriculture and Farming, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Building and Construction, Confidentiality, Human Resources, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, iTnews, SaaS - Software as a Service | 0 |
Australian Ransomware November 2022: Infrastructure operator APA Group, and agribusiness Viterra caught up in Frontier ransomware attack. Other previously unreported incidents, Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation and Workskil Australia.
Read MoreIncident: Australian strata company SSKB breached | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Oct 28, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, iTnews, Privacy Breach, Queensland, Ransomware, Real Estate and Property Management | 0 |
Australian Ransomware Attack, 28 October 2022: Gold Coast Australian: Strata management firm SSKB is the latest company to fall victim to a ransomware attack. Attackers’ posted a ransom demand and claimed to have stolen 200GB of data.
Read MoreIncident: Singtel-owned IT services provider Dialog hit by Windows ransomware | iTWire
by Steven Kirby | Oct 10, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Confidentiality, Integrity, ISO27k 8.7 Protection against malware, IT Industry, iTWire, Privacy Breach, Queensland, Ransomware | 0 |
Australian Ransomware Attack October 2022: Singtel-owned Australian-based IT services provider Dialog hit by Windows ransomware. The attack on Dialog was carried out using the Agenda ransomware that runs only on Windows systems
Read MoreAudit: Western Australia Auditor General’s Local Government Financial Audit 2020-21 reports 358 information system control weaknesses
by Steven Kirby | Aug 17, 2022 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2022, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, State Government, Western Australia | 0 |
West Australian Audit Report August 2022: Auditor General’s Local Government Financial Audit 2020-21 reports 358 information system control weaknesses. 12 of the 45 entities did not met expectations across all six control categories and 68% of the audit results were below the minimum benchmark.
Read MoreAudit: WA Auditor General tables the 2021 Financial Audit Results for Universities and TAFEs
by Steven Kirby | Jul 24, 2022 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2022, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, State Government, Western Australia | 0 |
West Australian Audit Report July 2022: Western Australia Auditor General tables the 2021 Financial Audit Results for Universities and TAFEs. OAG identified 124 information systems control weaknesses, a 20% increase 2020, 67% of the weaknesses as rated as moderate.
Read MoreAudit: Vic privacy watchdog uncovers third-party infosec risks at four agencies | iTnews
by Steven Kirby | Jul 22, 2022 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2022, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, iTnews, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Audit Report July 2022: Victorian privacy watchdog uncovers third-party infosec risks at four agencies. Agencies only partially effective at ensuring that third parties are securing public sector information.
Read MoreIncident: Melbourne’s Port Phillip Prison jail targeted by anonymous hackers in cyber attack | MSN
by Steven Kirby | Jul 7, 2022 | Australian InfoSec Incidents 2022, Availability, Confidentiality, Hacked, Integrity, iTnews, MSN Australia, Police and Law Enforcement, Privacy Breach, State Government, Victoria | 0 |
Australian Jail Cyber Attack July 2022: Melbourne’s Port Phillip Prison jail targeted by anonymous hackers in cyber attack. Hackers take control of the G4S operated jail’s online network.
Read MoreAudit: West Australian Local Government Information Systems Audit Report “a significant area of concern”
by Steven Kirby | Jun 22, 2022 | A05.35 Independent review of information security, Australian Audit Report 2022, Availability, Compliance, Confidentiality, Integrity, kirbyIDau News, Local Government, Western Australia | 0 |
Australian Audit Report June 2022: West Australian Local Government Information Systems Audit Report “a significant area of concern”. None of the 12 entities where we performed capability maturity assessments met benchmark.
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