Incident: Australian cyber lead impersonated in remote access scam | iTnews
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: May 09 2019 Scammers impersonating federal...
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Tag: Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)
Incident: Contractor breach exposes 50k Aussie govt, bank staff records | iTnews
Australian Information Security Incident Reported: November 2 2017 The personal details of almost...
Read MoreACSC – Attacks against outsourcers on the rise | iTWire
Attacks against third parties that provide services to a company or an agency have increased in Australia over the 2016-17 period covered by the Australian Cyber Security Centre’s annual threat report. Source: iTWire...
Read MoreAlastair MacGibbon, moving cyber security centre from ASIO building creates opportunity | The Canberra Times
Relocating the federal government’s Australian Cyber Security Centre from the ASIO building to Canberra Airport will drive emergency preparedness and knowledge sharing, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s special...
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...
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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 …