Internet Association of Australia readies Tasmanian exchange – Telco/ISP
Tasmania is to get a presence on the Internet Association of Australia’s (IAA) national network of internet exchanges, with TAS-IX members to get 12 months’…
Month: February 2024
3.5M exposed in COVID-19 e-passport leak
3.5M exposed in COVID-19 e-passport leak Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2024 Passports, mobile numbers, and email addresses of Indian travelers who requested COVID e-pass have…
More Android apps riddled with malware spotted on Google Play
An Android remote access trojan (RAT) known as VajraSpy was found in 12 malicious applications, six of which were available on Google Play from April…
Anonymous Sudan Claims DDOS Attacks on UAE’s Flydubai Airline
Anonymous Sudan claims responsibility for the cyber attack, citing their belief that the UAE is providing support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan…
“You have blood on your hands.” Senate Committee calls for action by social media giants to protect children online
In an unusually emotional and unified setting, the Senate Judiciary Committee found common ground for the need to protect children online yesterday. On January 31,…
Peninsula Health embarks on $1.6 million upgrade – Strategy – Networking
Major Victorian health provider Peninsula Health has signed Telstra to implement a $1.6 million technology and connectivity upgrade. Peninsula Health serves Frankston and the Mornington…
Man sentenced to six years in prison for stealing millions in cryptocurrency via SIM swapping
Man sentenced to six years in prison for stealing millions in cryptocurrency via SIM swapping Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2024 A US man has been…
FTC orders Blackbaud to boost security after massive data breach
Blackbaud has settled with the Federal Trade Commission after being charged with poor security and reckless data retention practices, leading to a May 2020 ransomware…
The Mystery of the $400 Million FTX Heist May Have Been Solved
When more than $400 million worth of crypto was mysteriously pulled out of the coffers of what was once the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, FTX,…
Containers inherit breakout bugs in Linux tools – Security
A number of container environments are vulnerable to container escape, due to bugs in two Linux-based container tools, runc and BuildKit. Runc is a command…
Cloudflare hacked using auth tokens stolen in Okta attack
Cloudflare disclosed today that its internal Atlassian server was breached by a suspected ‘nation state attacker’ who accessed its Confluence wiki, Jira bug database, and…
Best Practices for Implementing Threat Intelligence in Industrial Control Systems
It has become clear industrial control systems (ICS) lack essential defenses. In the face of an ever-evolving threat landscape, cyber threat intelligence (CTI) is one of…