Security News

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...

Australian Child-Tracking Smartwatch Vulnerable to Hackers
2019-04-15 08:48

Report: Hacker Could Spoof Child's Location, View Personal InformationAn Australian company that markets a smartwatch designed to let parents monitor their child has taken its service offline...

Tech Industry Pushes for Australian Encryption Law Changes
2019-02-26 13:18

Senate Committee Reviewing Law With an Eye to AmendTechnology organizations say Australia's anti-encryption law passed in December is already undermining trust in their local operations. The...

Big trouble Down Under as Australian MPs told to reset their passwords amid hack attack fears
2019-02-08 21:05

'No evidence that any data has been accessed time' say Australian officials as fingers pointed at foreign spies The Australian Parliament has reset all passwords on the parliamentary computing...

Hack Attack Breaches Australian Parliament Network
2019-02-08 13:33

No Signs of Data Theft; Password Resets OrderedHackers have breached the Australian Parliament's network, although investigators say they have found no evidence that attackers stole any data. But...

Australian Parliament Computer Network Breached
2019-02-08 01:09

Australia's parliament revealed Friday that its computer network had been compromised by an unspecified "security incident" and said an investigation was under way. read more

Why Do Data Brokers Access the Australian Electoral Roll?
2019-01-25 10:03

Restricted Data Access Required by Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism LawsMassive data brokers - Equifax, Experian, Illion and others - are leveraging Australia's electoral roll, which is a...