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…
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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…
Analysis of Poland electricity sector attack
Dragos has released a detailed threat intelligence report providing the first in-depth operational technology (OT) security analysis of the 29 December cyberattack on Poland’s electric…
Rapid7 Appoints New APJ GM
Rapid7 has appointed Simon Ractliffe (pictured) as General Manager for its Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) business, strengthening regional leadership as the company accelerates growth…
Cythera Appoints new Australian Managing Director
Cythera has appointed cybersecurity industry veteran Jason Whyte (pictured) as Managing Director for Australia, signalling a major step in the company’s national expansion and operational…
Latest email threats – from QR code deception to callback phishing
Over the last month, Barracuda threat analysts have investigated the following email threats targeting organisations and their employees: Tycoon phishing kit using QR codes built out of…
Call for Comments on NIST SP 800-82, Guide to Operational Technology (OT) Security
NIST has initiated the process of revising Special Publication (SP) 800-82, Guide to Operational Technology (OT) Security, to incorporate lessons learned, align with relevant NIST guidance…
Cost of High-Impact IT Outages for Financial Services Companies
New Relic has released its Observability Forecast for Financial Services, revealing that high-impact IT outages cost financial services organisations an average of US$1.8 million per hour,…
Automated decision-making and public reporting under the Freedom of Information Act
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has released a new report examining how transparently Australian Government agencies disclose their use of automated decision-making…
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…
New WhatsApp Scam Hijacks Accounts Without Stealing Passwords
Security researchers at Avast have uncovered a new WhatsApp takeover scam that does not rely on stolen passwords, broken encryption or SIM-swapping. Instead, it tricks…
The Vibe Coding Security Gap
Security researchers are warning that the rapid mainstream adoption of AI-assisted “vibe coding” is introducing new risks into software development pipelines, with insecure code now…