Security
Australian universities investigate online exam tool data breach
After details of 444,000 users allegedly stolen.
Aug 6 2020 4:18PM
AFP used anti-encryption laws three times in 2019-20
But all were cooperative requests.
Aug 6 2020 3:50PM
Govt finally unveils Australia's new cyber security strategy
Places focus on critical infrastructure.
Aug 6 2020 1:22PM
Trump seeks to clear out China from networks worldwide
'Clean Networks' targets include Huawei, ZTE, Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent.
Aug 6 2020 11:25AM
US offers bounties on election-interfering nation state hackers
Rewards of up to US$10 million on the table.
Aug 6 2020 9:01AM
Levandowski gets 18 months in prison for stealing Google files
Related to self-driving cars.
Aug 6 2020 6:47AM
Netwalker ransomware raiders rake in the money
Businesses paying up.
Aug 5 2020 11:50AM
Hackers stole contents of ex-UK trade minister's personal email account
Contained official documents like trade negotiations.
Aug 5 2020 6:02AM
NSW govt digital projects to face new privacy test
Digital restart funding now subject to privacy watchdog advice by law.
Aug 4 2020 7:00AM
Ministers push to keep digital ID systems uniform
Agree to create national roadmap.
Aug 3 2020 12:27PM
Trump to act on Chinese software companies in coming days
Accused of feeding data directly to the Beijing government.
Aug 3 2020 11:47AM
Regis Healthcare loses data in Maze ransomware infection
Prompts ACSC warning on broader campaign targeting aged care.
Aug 3 2020 11:25AM
'Massive messaging storm' takes out Telstra's DNS infrastructure
Walks back on earlier claims of denial-of-service attack.
Aug 2 2020 12:40PM
Florida teen accused of masterminding Twitter hack
Allegedly used accounts of major political and business figures to solicit bitcoin.
Aug 1 2020 9:22AM
Travel giant CWT pays $6.3m ransom to cyber criminals
After 2TB of sensitive files were exfiltrated.
Aug 1 2020 9:16AM
OAIC records highest ever number of monthly data breaches
Since notification scheme began.
Jul 31 2020 1:19PM
Zoom private meeting passwords were easily crackable
Did not rate limit low-complexity password guesses.
Jul 31 2020 9:44AM
Morgan Stanley customer data left on decommissioned servers
Offers two years' worth of credit reporting and fraud detection.
Jul 31 2020 9:35AM
Cenitex poaches V/Line IT security chief
CISO moves to Victoria's peak IT agency.
Jul 31 2020 7:00AM
University of Queensland rolls out MFA to staff and research students
Part of layered zero trust approach
Jul 31 2020 6:55AM
