ACU systems compromised and details stolen after cyber breach
The Australian Catholic University has been hit by a cyber attack resulting in a number of systems being compromised and the theft of some staffs’ personal data.
The Australian Catholic University has been hit by a cyber attack resulting in a number of systems being compromised and the theft of some staffs’ personal data.
A major cyberattack on Singapore's government health database stole the personal information of about 1.5 million people, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the government said on Friday.
Hackers have attacked networks in a number of countries including data centers in Iran where they left the image of a U.S. flag on screens along with a warning: "Don't mess with our elections", the Iranian IT ministry said on Saturday.
Orbitz, a subsidiary of online travel agency Expedia said on Tuesday that hackers may have accessed personal information from about 880,000 payment cards.
Cyber security inertia has gripped Australian organisations with 46 per cent of IT security professionals admitting they rarely change their security strategy, even in the wake of a cyber attack.
The United States on Thursday publicly blamed Russia for carrying out the so-called NotPetya cyber attack last year that crippled government and business computers in Ukraine before spreading around the world.
Cyber scammers have figured out that the Australian real estate industry is a potential gold mine for social engineering attacks, according to Alex Tilley, a senior security researcher at SecureWorks.
The NSW government said on Monday that it will offer subsidised training in cyber security for the first time to address a critical shortage in skills in this area.
CISOs across the Asia-Pacific region say careless or unaware employees are their primary vulnerability to cyber attacks, according to a new report.
The Australian Information and Privacy Commissioner has said businesses have a responsibility to make privacy more straightforward for individuals.
The global ransomware attack known as WannaCry has so far claimed 12 victims in Australia, the government said this morning.
High profile cyber attacks over the past 12 months – Census and the Bureau of Meteorology are two examples – have company directors scrambling to tighten up their IT security strategies.
Leading Australian media, banks, airline, insurance, retail and hotel websites suffer following triple attack.
Network analysis tools bolster Security Everywhere initiative
Guy Betar examines some of the causes for concern with the growing number and size of data breaches.