Gov commits $18.2m for SME cyber security boost – Security
The federal government has announced two initiatives aimed at boosting support to small and medium businesses (SMEs) to fortify their cyber security skills. The government…
Month: November 2023
Tor Project removes relays because of for-profit, risky activity
The Tor Project has explained its recent decision to remove multiple network relays that represented a threat to the safety and security of all Tor network…
UK cyber agency signs its first IETF RFC – Security
England’s National Cyber Security Centre has taken an unusual step out of the spotlight, authoring an Internet Engineering Task Force Request for Comment (IETF RFC)…
Scattered Spider ransomware gang falls under government agency scrutiny
As you may have read in our November Ransomware Review, Scattered Spider is a relatively new, albeit dangerous, ransomware gang who made headlines in September…
Gamaredon’s LittleDrifter USB malware spreads beyond Ukraine
A recently discovered worm that researchers call LittleDrifter has been spreading over USB drives infecting systems in multiple countries as part of a campaign from…
Canadian government impacted by data breaches of its contractors
Canadian government impacted by data breaches of two of its contractors Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2023 The Canadian government discloses a data breach after threat…
Microsoft fixes ‘Something Went Wrong’ Office sign-in errors
Microsoft is rolling out fixes for known Microsoft 365 issues causing ‘Something Went Wrong [1001]’ sign-in errors and rendering desktop applications unusable for many customers.…
OpenAI Coup Theory, SEC vs. SolarWinds Analysis, Deepfake D&D Summaries
Unsupervised Learning is a Security, AI, and Meaning-focused podcast that looks at how best to thrive as humans in a post-AI world. It combines original…
Answers sought after Triple Zero call failures during Optus outage – Telco/ISP
The federal opposition has ramped up calls for an investigation into why 228 calls made to Triple Zero during the Optus outage earlier this month…
VX-Underground malware collective framed by Phobos ransomware
A new Phobos ransomware variant frames the popular VX-Underground malware-sharing collective, indicating the group is behind attacks using the encryptor. Phobos launched in 2018 in…
OpenAI appoints new boss as Sam Altman joins Microsoft – Software
OpenAI named ex-Twitch boss Emmett Shear as interim CEO, while outgoing chief Sam Altman moved to backer Microsoft, in a surprise turn of events that…
Australian Red Cross looks to GenAI for integration work – Software
Australian Red Cross said generative AI will be a “godsend” and could lead to less need for technical integration specialists and improved distribution of organisational…