Reconmap: Open-source vulnerability assessment, pentesting management platform
Reconmap is an open source tool for vulnerability assessments and penetration testing. It helps security teams plan, carry out, and report on security tests from…
Month: June 2025
TAFE NSW, NESA land tech funding in state budget
TAFE NSW and the NSW Education Standards Authority join NSW Police as big winners of technology-related funding in this year’s state budget. The state government…
Qld tables $1 billion for major whole-of-government tech overhaul
The Queensland Government is to spend $1 billion to overhaul its technology delivery, aiming to unify IT investments and systems across 19 departments. The program will…
China-linked Salt Typhoon Exploits Critical Cisco Vulnerability to Target Canadian Telecom
Jun 24, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Chinese Hackers The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued an…
TAFE Queensland Partners With OneAdvanced to Improve Digital Literacy
With the revised standards for registered training organisations (RTOs) set to take effect from 1 July 2025, sector-focused SaaS software company OneAdvanced has expanded its…
Notepad++ Vulnerability Let Attacker Gains Complete System Control
A severe privilege escalation vulnerability has been discovered in Notepad++ version 8.8.1, potentially exposing millions of users worldwide to complete system compromise. The flaw, designated…
Notepad++ Vulnerability Let Attacker Gains Complete System Control
A severe privilege escalation vulnerability has been discovered in Notepad++ version 8.8.1, potentially exposing millions of users worldwide to complete system compromise. The flaw, designated…
NAB brings Pete Steel into new digital, data and AI exec role
NAB has named Pete Steel as its group executive for digital, data and artificial intelligence, which includes oversight of the digital-only ubank. Pete Steel (Image…
WhatsApp banned on US House of Representatives devices
Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp messaging service has been banned from all US House of Representatives devices, according to a memo sent to all House staff. The…
APT28 hackers use Signal chats to launch new malware attacks on Ukraine
The Russian state-sponsored threat group APT28 is using Signal chats to target government targets in Ukraine with two previously undocumented malware families named BeardShell and SlimAgent.…
RapperBot Targets DVRs to Hijack Surveillance Cameras and Record Video
When the NICT CSRI analysis team presented their three-year investigation into the RapperBot virus at Botconf 1, an international conference on botnets and malware hosted…
Salt Typhoon Targets Telecoms via Router Flaws, Warn FBI and Canada
A newly released advisory from the FBI and Canada’s Cyber Centre warns of an ongoing cyber espionage campaign by a China-linked group that is targeting…