Incident: Data breach hits Tasmanian luxury hotels Saffire, Henry Jones, after email scam | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: November 2 2018 Guests of two of...
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Incident: OAIC investigating Flight Centre customer data leak | iTnews
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Incident: Australian Hyatt hotels hacked, guest credit card details stolen | Australian Business Traveller
January 15, 2016. Hyatt Hotels is the latest hotel chain to fall victim to hackers stealing sensitive credit card information from guests around the world, including flagship properties in Australia.
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Australian Privacy Breach, November 23 2020 Bugged lawyers’ conversations available to Victorian police thanks to ‘IT error’ The massive breach of the … Read more » - APRA targets cyber hygiene and board oversight with new security strategy
APRA has unveiled a new cyber security strategy and flagged it will step up its review of current cyber compliance, holding boards accountable for … Read more » - Audit: WA registry system flaws force auditor to delay findings by 18 months | iTnews - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory
The Department did not know if inappropriate or unauthorised changes were made to information stored in the System The security of electronic records … Read more » - DDoS campaigns, BEC scams Emotet: CERT NZ reports top security threats
It has been yet another tumultuous quarter for New Zealanders and their wallets, with almost $6.4 million in reported financial losses due to … Read more » - NCSC prevents $70m harm against NZ's nationally significant organisations
New Zealand’s nationally significant organisations have faced at least 352 cyber incidents in the 2019/2020 year, but the dangers are far from … Read more » - Donaldson gets permanent appointment as INSLM | ZDNet
Former Solicitor-General for Western Australia has been acting in an oversight role since July. Australian Attorney-General Christian Porter announced … Read more » - University of Queensland is hacking through perceptions that cybersecurity is a 'man's game'Australia's cybersecurity experts are aiming to tackle an issue plaguing the industry worldwide — the perception that what they do is a "boy … Read more »
- Australia Hasn’t Really Investigated Whether TikTok Is A National Security Risk As Far As We KnowIt seems like a life time ago, but there was a period during 2020 when many people were worried TikTok was a national security risk to Australia. To … Read more »
- Audit: Major NSW govt agencies still without disaster recovery plans for all systems | iTnews - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory
Australian Audit Report November 25 2020 Major NSW govt agencies still without disaster recovery plans for all systems Auditor finds at least seven … Read more » - Incident: Law In Order hit by ransomware attack | iTnews - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory
Australian Ransomware Attack, November 24 2020 Law In Order hit by Netwalker ransomware attack Service provider to the legal sector may have lost some … Read more » - iTWire - Mastercard completes second digital identity pilot with Deakin, AusPostA statement from Mastercard said the service had been extended this month to verify credentials for students who were taking exams online. Secure … Read more »
- Australia's head of cyber warfare exits
The head of the Australian Defence Force’s information warfare division has called it quits after more than three years in the role. Major General … Read more » - Privacy concerns over new COVID-19 tracing tech in South AustraliaQR codes are coming to a COVID-era South Australia, but legal experts are wary of the potential consequences. The codes are used to register entry at … Read more »
- iTWire - Financial software firm cites security, control as reasons for moving from email to SlackHe pointed to security incidents involving companies, including those in financial services, as justification for the decision, saying the rise of … Read more »
- iTWire - Six Australian spy agencies collected COVIDSafe data: watchdogThe six agencies are the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, the Australian Signals … Read more »
- The cyber wake-up call Australians must heed - InnovationAus
Australian executives really don’t know what risks they’re facing, and their companies could be taken out by cyber-attackers they underestimate, says … Read more » - iTWire - Online shoppers warned to be on alert as scams increase, losses climb to $7 millionThe warning from the consumer watchdog ACCC’s Scamwatch service reports that it has received over 12,000 reports of online shopping scams so far this … Read more »
- COVIDSafe data 'incidentally' collected by intelligence agencies in first six months
One or more of Australia’s key intelligence and security agencies “incidentally” collected data relating to the COVIDSafe contact tracing app in its … Read more » - An email from Simon to Jane took 14 hours to arrive. It cost them $51,000
As Jane Fleming lit the candles on her son's birthday cake, she was preoccupied with a substantial sum of missing money — $51,000 to be precise. Key … Read more » - auDA says new .au namespace rules to take effect in April 2021
The au Domain Administration, the organisation that administers the Australian domain namespace, says rules for the com.au, net.au, org.au and asn.au … Read more »
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