QR codes are getting colorful, fancy, and dangerous
QR codes have become a routine part of daily life, showing up on emails, posters, menus, invoices, and login screens. Security-savvy users have learned to…
Month: January 2026
Google plans to make Chrome for Android an agentic browser with Gemini
Google appears to be testing a new feature that integrates Gemini into Chrome for Android, allowing you to use agentic browser capabilities on your mobile…
Cybersecurity spending keeps rising, so why is business impact still hard to explain?
Cybersecurity budgets keep climbing, but many security leaders still struggle to explain what that spending delivers to the business. A new study by Expel examines…
ChatGPT’s upcoming cross-platform feature is codenamed “Agora”
OpenAI is internally testing a new feature called “Agora,” and it could be related to some sort of cross-platform feature that works in real time…
Palo Alto Networks Firewall Vulnerability Allows Unauthenticated Attackers to Trigger Denial of Service
Palo Alto Networks has patched a critical denial-of-service vulnerability in its PAN-OS firewall software, tracked as CVE-2026-0227, which lets unauthenticated attackers disrupt GlobalProtect gateways and…
ctrl:cyber strengthens sovereign cyber capability with elevenM acquisition
ctrl:cyber has acquired elevenM, strengthening its end-to-end sovereign capability and national footprint. The acquisition brings together two organisations with closely aligned values and deep expertise,…
Microsoft SQL Server Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Elevate Privileges over a Network
Microsoft released security updates on January 13, 2026, addressing a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability in SQL Server that enables authorized attackers to bypass authentication…
Local Technology Infrastructure Is Key to Australia’s Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Future
Australian organisations have spent the past decade embracing cloud and software as a service (SaaS), yet many chief information officers (CIOs) still find themselves constrained…
Hexnode Expands into ANZ – Australian Cyber Security Magazine
Hexnode has expanded into Australia and New Zealand with the launch of Hexnode XDR, positioning the platform as a response to growing cyber-alert fatigue facing…
Researchers unsure of purpose of new VoidLink Linux malware
Check Point Software researchers have discovered what they say is a cloud-first malware framework aimed at Linux-based operating systems, with an unusually broad set of…
OpenAI’s hidden ChatGPT Translate tool takes on Google Translate
OpenAI has quietly rolled out a new ChatGPT feature called ChatGPT Translate, and it looks very similar to Google Translate on the web. OpenAI has…
Open-Source Misconfiguration Detection for Salesforce Aura
Mandiant has released AuraInspector, an open-source command-line tool designed to help security teams identify and audit access control misconfigurations within the Salesforce Aura framework that…