The healthcare sector has a disproportionate number of data thefts, and the acuteness of these thefts – both in terms of average financial cost per record and the social effect of stolen health records – far ou...
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is aware of recent ransomware campaigns targeting the aged care and healthcare sectors. Cybercriminals view the aged care and healthcare sectors as lucrative targets ...
The federal government has finally unveiled its delayed cyber security strategy but left much of the detail to forthcoming legislation that is yet to be put before parliament. The 52-page strategy [pdf], releas...
COVIDSafe was sold as Australia’s ticket out of lockdown. But almost three months since launch in late April, its impact is hard to measure. Victoria has accessed data from the coronavirus app almost 400 ...
Well-known maker of avionics equipment and activity trackers Garmin is believed to be the latest victim of a large-scale ransomware attack that has seen the Taiwanese company’s IT and communications syste...
The Government claims to have “comprehensively disrupted” scammers pretending to be from the Australian Taxation Office through a technology trial run in collaboration with telcos. Communications Minister Paul ...
What’s happened? Previously, we had seen cybercriminals were scamming through text messages by impersonating Australia Post. This time the scammers are using emails which falsely claim a package hasn’t been del...
Microsoft warns to stay alert from human-operated ransomware campaigns During the pandemic crisis, the cybercriminals are still looking for victims. The Microsoft’s Threat Protection Intelligence Team has...
Cybercriminals have acquired a look-a-like 1800 telephone support number for Microsoft in Australia. It registered the line for themselves. CSPRO have been scamming on all inbound victims. Who thought they were...