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