Australia

EY Australia acquires Melbourne MSP SecureWorx

Based in Melbourne, SecureWorx specializes in multi-cloud services, managed security operations, and security advisory services for customers dealing with sensitive… Read More

3 years ago

Australia: Tech giants say government cyber assistance would simply cause more problems

The Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020 would allow government to provide "assistance" to entities in response to significant… Read More

3 years ago

Hacking Outfit Linked to Russia Is Behind JBS Cyberattack

REvil, a notorious Russia-linked hacking group is behind the cyberattack against JBS SA, according to four people familiar with the… Read More

3 years ago

Suspected Ransomware Attack Leads to Downtime at JBS Meat Processing

The world's largest meat processing company, JBS Foods, has fallen victim to cyber attacks that have shut down production around… Read More

3 years ago

Services Australia has reported five data breaches since July 2019

Since the start of the 2019 financial year, Services Australia has reported a total of five eligible data breaches to… Read More

3 years ago

Australia: 328 weaknesses found by WA Auditor-General in 50 local government systems

The computer systems of 50 Western Australian local government entities were probed and the result was the finding of 328… Read More

3 years ago

Australia investigates reported hacks aimed at parliament, media

Australian officials are investigating two apparent security issues that have resulted in downtime for a parliamentary email system, and technical… Read More

3 years ago

ACSC running scans to find vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers in Australia

Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Abigail Bradshaw has told senators "10s of organizations" have so far reached… Read More

3 years ago

Australia: Eastern Health cyber 'incident' cancels some surgeries across Melbourne

Some surgeries were canceled at Eastern Health facilities in Victoria, following a "cyber incident" late Tuesday. Eastern Health said it… Read More

3 years ago

Update: Oxfam Australia confirms 'supporter' data accessed in cyber attack

In an update on Monday, Oxfam Australia said it had found “supporter’s information on one of its databases was unlawfully… Read More

3 years ago

Australia passes law forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news content

Australia passed a new media law to make tech giants Google and Facebook pay publishers for news content. According to… Read More

3 years ago

Attorney-General of Australia asked to update 'personal information' definition in Privacy Act

The Attorney-General's Department is currently in the midst of reviewing the Australia Privacy Act 1988. Since October, it has been… Read More

3 years ago

Cybercriminals Claim to Sell 1.7 Million Donor Records Stolen from Oxfam Australia

Oxfam Australia told BleepingComputer they are investigating the breach and reported it to the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and… Read More

3 years ago

Australia's Securities Regulator Suffers Security Breach Affecting File Transfer Server

The incident occurred with the file sharing software provided by California-based Accellion. The same software was also used by New… Read More

3 years ago

Indian businesses hit by more ransomware attacks than Australia, Japan and Singapore reveals new survey – ET CISO

India has been the worst strike by ransomware in the Asia Pacific (APAC) location, with 74 % of companies obtaining… Read More

3 years ago

Australia Proposes Security Law to Protect Critical Infrastructure

The proposed rules will grant federal companies power to “take direct action” towards cyberattacks and get hold of info from… Read More

4 years ago