Security News

Australian Bank Lost Data For 19.8 Million Accounts
2018-05-03 10:18

Commonwealth Bank Says Risks From Loss Of Two Magnetic Tapes Are LowCommonwealth Bank has confirmed that two magnetic tapes containing transaction information for 19.8 million accounts went...

Australian Feds cuff woman who used BTC to buy drugs on dark web
2018-04-16 00:07

'We can see you everywhere and so can our friends in the UK', says Border Force Australia’s Border Force (ABF) has warned that “people shouldn’t assume the dark web is invisible to Australian...

Breach Alert Service: UK, Australian Governments Plug In
2018-03-05 10:33

Both Governments' Domains Now Centrally Monitored via 'Have I Been Pwned'The U.K.'s National Cyber Security Center and Australian Cyber Security Center are using the "Have I Been Pwned"...

Australian InfoSec Analysts Hit With Restraining Orders
2017-11-15 19:33

Did Disagreements on Social Media Go Too Far?What started as robust debates over social media among computer security professionals has turned into a drawn-out, bitter battle that has found its...

Australian Government Contractor Exposed 50,000 Records
2017-11-03 11:18

Misconfigured, Unprotected Amazon S3 Bucket Blamed for Data ExposureNearly 50,000 personal records relating to Australian government employees as well as the employees of two banks and a utility...

Hackers go after Australian ICT, managed services providers
2017-10-11 12:00

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), which integrates the national security cyber capabilities and serves as a hub for collaboration and information sharing with the private sector and...

Scammers Hosted Files on Equifax's Australian Website
2017-10-03 10:33

Security Error Could Have Been Exploited to Phish Data, Distribute MalwareCredit-reporting agency Equifax's Australian website played host to scammers promoting pirated videos, live streams and...