Security News

New GootLoader Campaign Targets Users Searching for Bengal Cat Laws in Australia
2024-11-11 11:55

In an unusually specific campaign, users searching about the legality of Bengal Cats in Australia are being targeted with the GootLoader malware. "In this case, we found the GootLoader actors...

Cybercrooks are targeting Bengal cat lovers in Australia for some reason
2024-11-06 21:47

In case today’s news cycle wasn’t shocking enough, here’s a gem from Sophos Fresh from a series of serious reports detailing its five-year battle with Chinese cyberattackers, Sophos has dropped a...

Australia’s New Scam Prevention Laws: What You Need to Know
2024-10-21 13:42

Australia's Scam Prevention Framework aims to protect consumers by holding tech, banking, and telecom sectors accountable, with fines up to $50 million.

Australia’s government spent the week boxing Big Tech
2024-09-13 04:47

With social media age limits, anti-scam laws, privacy tweaks, and misinformation rules Elon Musk labelled 'fascist' Australia's government has spent the week reining in Big Tech.…

Australia Threatens to Force Companies to Break Encryption
2024-09-09 11:03

In 2018, Australia passed the Assistance and Access Act, which—among other things—gave the government the power to force companies to break their own encryption. The Assistance and Access Act...

Australia Proposes Mandatory Guardrails for AI
2024-09-05 15:27

New mandatory guardrails will apply to AI models in high-risk settings, with businesses encouraged to adopt new safety standards starting now.

Passkey Adoption Is Accelerating in APAC — Except for Australia
2024-09-02 12:00

Australian banks and government agencies are not rushing to adopt passkey authentication methods, despite the added security benefits.

Cyber Security and IT Leadership: A Growing Threat to Australia’s Renewable Energy Efforts
2024-08-22 18:14

Australia is rapidly embracing renewable energy. But for the nation to successfully leverage renewable energy, it is imperative to establish strong IT foundations.

Low Media Literacy: A Risk to Australia’s Cybersecurity Landscape
2024-08-22 12:54

Explore how low media literacy can have lingering repercussions on Australia’s tech industry.

SOCI Act 2024: Thales Report Reveals Critical Infrastructure Breaches in Australia
2024-08-19 21:20

The Critical Infrastructure Edition of the 2024 Data Threat Report, by technology organisation Thales, found that ransomware incidents at critical infrastructure organisations are on the rise globally - even as these organisations explore the applications and data risks of AI. In a conversation with TechRepublic, Thales' ANZ Director of Data Security Erick Reyes said ransomware attackers are most likely to target critical infrastructure organisations that hold critical data. Critical infrastructure organisations juggling ransomware and AI. Thales' report found that 42% of critical infrastructure organisations in all global markets surveyed were breached at some point in the past - 7% lower than all industries.