Security News

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Austal Says Material Is Neither Sensitive Nor ClassifiedAustralia's largest defense exporter says it hasn't responded to an extortion attempt after ship design schematics were stolen by a hacker....

AU$450,000 of Ripple Lost After Email, Cryptocurrency Account TakeoversAustralian police have charged a woman in the theft of AU$450,000 (US$318,000) worth of the virtual currency XRP, also known...

Defense Attorney Says His Young Client Dreamed of Working for iPhone GiantAn Australian teenager was such a fan of Apple that he hacked into the technology giant's mainframe, according to media...

The Australian government wants to force companies to help it get at suspected criminals’ data. If they can’t, it would jail people for up to a decade if they refuse to unlock their phones.

OAIC releases data breach notification report Take a bow, Australians: we may have had 242 breaches sent to the information commissioner this quarter, but almost nobody fell victim to ransomware attacks.…

SME Security announces the launch of its Cybersecurity Resilience Accelerator (CRA) for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) within Australia and New Zealand. The CRA has been designed to...

Aviation ID Australia Says Website Accessed By Unauthorized EntityAn Australian company that issues identity cards for access to airports has been notifying applicants and cardholders their...

Casual View of Privacy in Australia Is Changing, Says Symantec's Brian FletcherThe European Union's new data protection enforcement is prompting a rethink about data handling in Australia, which...

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...