Incident: Victorian man arrested over multiple DDoS attacks | iTnews
Australian DDoS Attack Arrest October 2019: Victorian man arrested over multiple DDoS attacks against a telecommunications business and a large shopping complex.
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Incident: 7-Eleven fuel app data breach exposes users’ personal details | The Guardian
Australian App Privacy Breach October 2019: 7-Eleven fuel app data breach exposes users’ personal details, users were able to see other customers’ data, including names, dates of birth and mobile numbers.
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Incident: Brisbane based loss assessor Australian Accident Management Commercial (AAMC) hit by cyber breach | insuranceNEWS.com.au
Australian Email Incident 07 October 2019: Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s office accidentally leaks talking points for MPs to journalists
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Incident: Medical records exposed by flaw in Telstra Health’s Argus software | SMH
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: March 22 2018 A flaw in medical software used...
Read MoreAustralian companies face an increasing threat from domestic DDoS instigators | CSO
Australian organisations are being hit by over 450 distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks every day and fully a quarter of them are coming from domestic sources, analysts have warned as figures show DDoS attacks making a...
Read MoreAustralian military drone supplier warns of ‘likely’ Chinese cyber backdoor in DJI quadcopters | SBS News
The Australian Defence Force has resumed its use of Chinese-made DJI drones after a 2-week suspension, but defence minister Marise Payne suggested they may now be relegated to ‘unclassified’ missions. Source:...
Read MoreThousands of Australians could have pacemakers being recalled in US over hacking risk | ABC News (Australia)
In Australia the Therapeutic Goods Administration said it was aware of the recall and was reviewing information “to determine what, if any, action is required in Australia and will take into account the conclusions from...
Read MoreMacGibbon warns of ‘Jenga tower’ of federal legacy cyber risk | The Mandarin
Old software that needs patching is keeping Australia’s cybertsar Alastair MacGibbon awake at night. He wants agencies to start moving to more resilient platforms before the next Wannacry floors critical infrastructure....
Read MoreCheap CCTV cameras broadcasting Australians’ private lives online | 9 News
Video: Cheap and poorly installed CCTV systems are broadcasting Australians’ private lives online. Source: Cheap CCTV cameras broadcasting Australians’ private lives online
Read MoreAussie businesses targeted in spate of router attacks | iTnews
Disable SNMP read/write and Cisco smart install. Attackers are targeting Australian organisations with routers and switches exposed to the internet to steal configuration files and infiltrate their networks, the Australian Cyber...
Read MoreAussie researchers find easy way to steal sensitive data via USB | iTnews
Australian researchers are warning that USB interfaces can be easily used to silently capture sensitive user data such as keystrokes from computers by monitoring electric crosstalk leakage. Be careful what you plug into your...
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Incident: The Medicare machine: patient details of ‘any Australian’ for sale on darknet | The Guardian
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: July 4 2017 A darknet trader is illegally...
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Incident: Redland City councillor Tracey Huges ‘deeply sorry’ over mistake in attaching spreadsheet to New Year’s Eve invitation | Redland City Bulletin
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: Sydney strata management firm Strata Plus hit by Maze ransomware | iTWire
Australian Ransomware Attack July 2020: Sydney strata management firm Strata Plus hit by Maze ransomware.The Australian strata management company Strata Plus appears to have been hit by a gang using the Maze ransomware that can wreak havoc on Windows systems.
Audit: ACT govt urged to improve data security after shocker audit | iTnews
Australian Audit Report June 2020: ACT Government agencies don't understand data security and put privacy at risk, auditor-general says. Agencies lacking understanding, awareness.
Incident: Gang uses REvil to attack Melbourne contract formulation firm Chem Pack | iTWire
Australian Malware Attack June 2020: Windows ransomware has now hit much closer to home, with cyber criminals using the REvil ransomware to attack the Melbourne-based contract formulation and packing company Chem Pack
Incident: Hobart man pleads guilty to stalking and controlling ex-girlfriend’s car with his computer | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Cyber Stalking November 2019: Hobart man pleads guilty to stalking and controlling ex-girlfriend's car with his computer. He downloaded and set up an online application that gave him control over the stop and start function of his ex-lover's car and allowed him to track her movements.
Incident: MyBudget blames ransomware hack for system outage affecting thousands of customers | ABC News (Australia)
Australian Ransomware Attack April 2020: MyBudget blames ransomware hack for system outage affecting thousands of customers, was likely compromised as it quickly moved its employees onto work-from-home arrangements amid coronavirus.
Incident: ‘Unforgivable’: The privacy breach that exposed sensitive details of WA’s virus fight | WAtoday
Australian Medical Privacy Breach July 2020: 'Unforgivable': Privacy breach exposed sensitive details of WA's virus fight on a public website. The breach also impacted St John Ambulance, the Department of Fire and Emergency Services and the Department of Justice. The leak was traced back to Vodafone pager service.
Audit: Northern Territory School children’s data exposed to cyber security threats due to education department oversight | ABC Australia
August 17 2019 Audit Finding: The confidential records of children and teachers have been left vulnerable to cyber security attacks and data mismanagement due to education departmental oversight in the Northern Territory Government, a report from the auditor general’s office has revealed.
Australian InfoSec and Cyber News
- Morrison pursues tougher powers in fight against cyber attacks and criminals' activity August 5, 2020Scott Morrison will unveil on Thursday a cyber security package to give greater protection to critical Australian infrastructure and bolster the …
- Ministers push to keep digital ID systems uniform August 4, 2020Agree to create national roadmap.
- NSW govt digital projects to face new privacy test August 4, 2020Digital restart funding now subject to privacy watchdog advice by law.
- Incident: 'Massive messaging storm' takes out Telstra's DNS infrastructure | iTnews - Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory August 2, 2020Incident Reported: August 02 2020 Australian Telco Outage August 2020: ‘Massive messaging storm’ takes out Telstra’s DNS infrastructure Walks back on …
- Storage failure downs New Zealand Defence websites August 2, 2020The New Zealand Defence Force websites have been out of action for a whole working week since Monday, with no estimated time of service restoration …
- Cenitex poaches V/Line IT security chief August 2, 2020CISO moves to Victoria's peak IT agency.
- REA Group repatriates 500TB of data to Google's Sydney cloud region August 2, 2020Having originally hosted it in Europe.
- OAIC records highest ever number of monthly data breaches August 2, 2020Since notification scheme began.
- University of Queensland rolls out MFA to staff and research students August 2, 2020Part of layered zero trust approach
- Privacy concerns after COVID-19 safety form used to make prank call August 2, 2020There are calls for the Queensland Government to provide clearer guidelines for business on how to protect people's privacy while sticking to their …
- 2020-013 Ransomware Targeting Australian Aged Care and Healthcare Sectors | Cyber.gov.au August 2, 2020The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is aware of recent ransomware campaigns targeting the aged care and healthcare sectors. Cyber criminals …
- 'Massive messaging storm' takes out Telstra's DNS infrastructure August 2, 2020A "massive messaging storm" overwhelmed a portion of Telstra's domain name server infrastructure for several hours on Sunday, causing widespread …
- China’s cyber espionage surge in Australia: opportunism not punishment | The Strategist July 31, 2020One of the theories floated about China’s recent cyber espionage campaign against Australia is that it’s being used to punish us for banning Huawei …
- iTWire - Australia among countries most targeted by ‘significant’ cyber attacks, as cyber crime costs global economy US$6 trillion July 29, 2020The prevalence and severity of cyber attacks are increasing at an alarming rate every year, so much so, that statistics estimate that cybercrime will …
- iTWire - Australian firms hit by rising cyber attacks and breaches in last 12 months July 29, 2020A survey of 250 Australian chief information officers, chief technology officers and chief information security officers has found that both cyber …
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