“It’s simply not good enough.” That’s how South Australian treasurer Stephen Mullighan reacted in parliament on Wednesday when he was asked about a cyber security breach involving government superannuation provider Super SA. Information linked to more than 14,000 members was accessed by hackers about two months ago. But Mr Mullighan said he only found out about the incident less […]
A newly discovered campaign dubbed “Stayin’ Alive” has been targeting government organizations and telecommunication service providers across Asia since 2021, using a wide variety of “disposable” malware to evade detection. Most of the campaign’s targets seen by cybersecurity firm Check Point are based in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Vietnam, while the campaign is still underway.
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Elastic has announced its second Elastic Global Threat Report, issued by Elastic Security Labs. Based on observations from more than 1 billion data points over the last 12 months, the report reveals ransomware is expanding and diversifying; more than half of all observed malware infections were on Linux systems; and credential access techniques have become
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One in five CIOs believe cybersecurity ops are not an immediate priority, according to new research. In April 2023, Acora conducted a survey that revealed insights into the changing responsibilities of Chief Information Officers (CIOs), focusing on mid-market companies. The research included 126 decision-makers from financial services companies and aimed to identify the difficulties and
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If you’re an IT pro or a serious PC hobbyist, computers are as logical as Mr. Spock. If you’re a human being without a technical background, the average Windows error message might as well be written in Klingon. For that latter audience, computer security often devolves into magical thinking. That’s unfortunate because the reality is
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Three Chinese nationals living in Australia who used stolen personal information to make fraudulent transactions will be released from prison in a month, while a third will walk free immediately. Key points: Renzhong Chen, 31, Sheng Li, 25, and Xiaoxin Zheng, 20, were arrested in November after using details from a phishing scam, which is believed
A Queensland photographer says it feels like his business burned down after scammers wiped seven years of images and customer orders from his social media page. Key points: Caloundra man Doug Bazley said the cyber attack took over his Facebook business page using a tactic experts say is becoming more common. Mr Bazley said the page was lost
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I’m not one to mince words or make you wait for the payoff, so I’ll get right to the point. If you’ve purchased a T95 (or similar knockoff) streaming box that runs Android, chances are that your unit was shipped with pre-installed malware. But this isn’t your ordinary piece of malware. Instead, we’re looking at
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Human Security has exposed a significant monetization method employed by a sophisticated cyber-criminal operation. This operation involved the sale of backdoored off-brand mobile and CTV (Connected TV) Android devices through major retailers, which had originated from repackaging factories in China. The scheme, known as BADBOX, deploys the Triada malware as a “backdoor” on various devices
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