Open-source malware zeroes in on developer environments
Open source malware activity during 2025 concentrated on a single objective: executing code inside developer environments, according to Sonatype. The focus reflected a broader shift…
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Acting CISA Chief Flagged for Uploading Sensitive Government Files Into ChatGPT
The acting head of the federal government’s top cyber defense agency triggered an internal cybersecurity warning last summer after uploading sensitive government documents into a public version…
New Semantic Chaining Jailbreak Attack Bypasses Grok 4 and Gemini Nano Security Filters
Following the recent Echo Chamber Multi-Turn Jailbreak, NeuralTrust researchers have disclosed Semantic Chaining, a potent vulnerability in the safety mechanisms of multimodal AI models like…
Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: January 2026
This month’s roundup features exceptional open-source cybersecurity tools that are gaining attention for strengthening security across various environments. OpenAEV: Open-source adversarial exposure validation platform OpenAEV…
What motivates hackers and what makes them walk away
Most hackers spend more time learning, testing, and comparing notes than breaking into systems. The work often happens alone or in small groups, shaped by…
Network Attacks Outpace Malware in Australia
Australian businesses are now facing significantly more network-based attacks than traditional malware, according to WatchGuard Technologies’ Q4 2025 Threat Landscape Report, highlighting a marked shift…
Quantum batteries could supercharge the future of quantum computing
Researchers have unveiled a new approach to powering quantum computers using quantum batteries, a development that could significantly improve the performance, efficiency and scalability of…
Services Australia to document 40 years of business rules in core ISIS system
Services Australia has agreed to document the business rules used by its 40-year-old mainframe-based core system to calculate aged pension entitlements after a series of…
Privacy Teams Are Shrinking, Increasingly Stressed: New ISACA study
ISACA’s newly released State of Privacy 2026 survey warns that privacy teams across Oceania are under increasing pressure as resources shrink and risk continues to grow, turning…
Woolworths to fill digital gap on its board
Woolworths Group has moved to fill an impending gap in its board’s technology leadership credentials, created by the departure of former Microsoft Australia chief executive…
Command injection in Apache bRPC heap profiler
The CyberArk Labs team have identified Apache bRPC users are exposed to a critical command injection flaw in the /pprof/heap endpoint (CVE‑2025‑60021, CVSS 9.8) that…
CISA Chief Uploaded Sensitive Documents into Public ChatGPT
The acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) uploaded sensitive contracting documents marked “for official use only” into the public version of…