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More Than 54,000 Scanned NSW Driver Licences Exposed On Cloud

Computer Daily News August 31, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: Tens of thousands of scanned NSW driver’s licences and completed tolling notices have been exposed on open Amazon Web Services storage. The open AWS S3 bucket was discovered by…

NZ Exchange Invaded For Fourth Day – Foreign Sources Blamed

Computer Daily News August 31, 2020 No Comments

WELLINGTON, NZ: They don’t call it the Shaky Isles for nothing, people were saying after the New Zealand Stock Exchange crashed for the fourth consecutive day on Friday – but…

Norton Cybercrime Podcast Promotes New Dark Web Monitoring

Jake Nelson August 25, 2020 No Comments

NortonLifeLock is launching a new cybercrime-focused true crime podcast in conjunction with its Dark Web Monitoring service for Norton 360. Available to Norton 360 Premium and Deluxe customers, Dark Web…

Aus Govts Need Unified Cybersecurity Standards: Report

Jake Nelson August 24, 2020 No Comments

A new report has urged government to prioritise cybersecurity as a mandatory procurement requirement, and to create an industry-wide standard. Commissioned by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, the Working smarter,…

ASIC Takes IOOF To Court

Computer Daily News August 24, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has launched a court action against a subsidiary of IOOF for failing to provide adequate cyber security systems. The case, now in…

Scam ‘NBN’ Calls Blossoming

Computer Daily News August 21, 2020 No Comments

MELBOURNE: NBN Co is warning about scam calls purporting to be from the company, with more than $320,000 lost from January to June this year. The wholesaler seeks to educate…

AAPT, Optus, Vodafone TPG & Telstra, Face New Product Bans

David Richards August 18, 2020 No Comments

Optus AAPT, Telstra and Vodafone TPG are facing new problems after the US Commerce Department announced additional restrictions overnight that will affect the thousands of Chinese routers and switches that…

Ransomware Breaches Up 150pc

Computer Daily News August 11, 2020 No Comments

CANBERRA: Reports of ransomware demands across Australia grew 150 percent in the first half of 2020, according to the latest report from the Australian Information Commissioner. The comissioner says that…

US Teen Named As Mastermind Behind Mass Twitter Hack

Elise Reid August 3, 2020 No Comments

A 17-year-old from Florida has been named as the mastermind behind the mid-July Twitter hack that saw several high-profile accounts – including those of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Apple, and…

Aussie Outfits To Spend More On Biz Transformation: Telsyte

Computer Daily News July 30, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: Despite the ongoing pandemic, Australian organisations are looking to business transformation to improve employee systems, according to a new Telsyte report. Indeed Telsyte reckons that, despite Covid-19 – or…