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Vodafone Linked To Massive West Australian Data Breach

Computer Daily News July 22, 2020 No Comments

PERTH: The medical details of scores of West Australians have been hacked and posted online in one of the State’s biggest privacy breaches. Thousands of State Government communications were published…

Advisory Team Calls For Massive Boost to Oz Cybersecurity

Computer Daily News July 22, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: An Industry Advisory Panel established by the Federal Government to provide strategic advice on Australia’s 2020 cyber security strategy, has made no fewer than 60 recommendations, designed to bolster…

Oz Gov Impersonation Scams On The Rise, Over $1.3M Lost

Elise Reid July 21, 2020 No Comments

Scamwatch is urging Australians to watch out for government impersonation scams, with more than $1.26 million lost from some 7,100 reports made to Scamwatch so far this year. In reality,…

US Top Sufferer From Serious Cyberattacks; Australia Sixth

Computer Daily News July 14, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY/STOCKHOLM: Specops Software, a Swedish provider of password management and authentication products, has analysed data from US-based think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), to determine that…

‘Significant Cyber Incident’ Cost Pegged At $30bn’, Says AustCyber

Computer Daily News July 14, 2020 No Comments

SYDNEY: AustCyber has estimated a four-week digital disruption resulting from a significant cyber incident could cost the Australian economy $30 billion, 1.5pc of GDP – and an estimated direct loss of 163,000 jobs.…

PayPal Account Details Sold On The Dark Web For As Little As $200

Elise Reid July 6, 2020 No Comments

Cybersecurity research firm Privacy Affairs have discovered that for less than US$1,500, cybercriminals on the dark web can obtain genuine information and forged documents that would allow them to all…

WFH Drives 9.7% Growth In Cybersecurity Market

Elise Reid June 24, 2020 No Comments

The worldwide cybersecurity market increased by 9.7% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2020, driven by companies investing more in cybersecurity as employees across the globe moved to working remotely…

Australians Lose Over $634 Million To Scams

Elise Reid June 22, 2020 No Comments

According to the ACCC’s latest ‘Targeting Scams’ report, Australians collectively lost more than $634 million to scams in 2019. Business email compromise scams accounted for most of the money lost,…

Google Chrome Security Breach: 33 Million Downloads Of Spyware

Elise Reid June 19, 2020 No Comments

Researchers at Awake Security have uncovered a mass spyware effort that attacked users through some 32.96 million downloads of Google’s Chrome web browsers to date, potentially exposing sensitive information. Awake…

Oz Sites Being Sold On The Dark Web

Elise Reid June 17, 2020 No Comments

There are as many as 43,000 hacked servers available for sale on MagBo, a portal on the dark web where hackers can sell and buy hacked websites. This number includes…