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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...
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 Scam Prevention Framework aims to protect consumers by holding tech, banking, and telecom sectors accountable, with fines up to $50 million.
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.…
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...
New mandatory guardrails will apply to AI models in high-risk settings, with businesses encouraged to adopt new safety standards starting now.
Australian banks and government agencies are not rushing to adopt passkey authentication methods, despite the added security benefits.
Australia is rapidly embracing renewable energy. But for the nation to successfully leverage renewable energy, it is imperative to establish strong IT foundations.
Explore how low media literacy can have lingering repercussions on Australia’s tech industry.
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.