Security News

Australian Shipping Giant Toll Hit by Ransomware
2020-02-04 09:48

Australian transportation and logistics giant Toll Group was forced to shut down some of its online services in response to a ransomware attack and customers are not happy with the way the company has handled the incident. A notice posted on the Toll website to inform customers about the incident promised regular updates, but many were displeased with the fact that the first update came only several days later.

Card Skimmer Hits Australian Bushfire Donation Site
2020-01-14 20:39

Concerned global citizens making donations to help fight the massive Australia bushfires have been caught up in a Magecart attack, after one of the groups implanted a payment-card skimmer on the check-out page of a legitimate online donation site. Researchers ran across the Magecart script, named "ATMZOW" after one of the strings in the code, stealing form data from the checkout page of the site.

Australian Universities Adopt Foreign Interference Guidelines
2019-11-14 12:13

Australia announced measures to combat foreign interference at its universities Thursday, setting new guidelines around the key areas of research collaboration, cybersecurity, and international...

Australian Medical Facilities Hit by Ransomware
2019-10-02 12:18

Official Hints That Backups May Aid in RecoveryMedical facilities and hospitals across the state of Victoria in Australia were infected by file-encrypting ransomware on Monday, causing the...

Australian not-for-profit's encryption solution to privacy breaches
2019-09-17 14:04

An Australian open source foundation is introducing a new approach to encryption called splintering, TechRepublic's Karen Roby talks with the Tide Foundation's co-founder.

Travel Card Data Release Risked Australians' Privacy
2019-08-16 13:18

Transport Agency Criticized for Violating Privacy LawBig data analysis relies on big data being available. But a recent incident in Australia put the privacy of millions of public transport...

Australian National University: 19 Years of Data Copied
2019-06-04 13:18

Hackers Stole 'Significant Amounts' of Student, Staff DataAustralian National University has detected a data breach that resulted in the copying of "significant amounts" of staff and student data...

Top Australian University Reports Vast, 'Sophisticated' Hack
2019-06-04 04:40

A top Australian university with close ties to the country's government and security services on Tuesday said it had been the victim of a vast hack by a "sophisticated operator" who gained access...

Audit Identifies Australian Health Sector Security Weaknesses
2019-05-31 18:18

Many of the Problems Are Also Common in the U.S.Similar to security deficiencies often found in the U.S. healthcare sector, weak security controls and practices are putting Australian patient data...

Go on, Skippy, spill yer guts: 10.5 million+ Australians' data was breached in past 3 months
2019-05-13 09:29

Out of 25 million? Cripes The Office of the Australian Data Information Commissioner's quarterly report has revealed that more than 10.5 million Ozzies – about 40 per cent of the lot of them – had...