Carding attack hits Central Coast Council in NSW – Finance
Central Coast Council in NSW appears to have been caught up in a carding attack, with cybercriminals using council’s payment system to validate card numbers.…
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ASIC asks for specific laws around AI misuse – Software
Australia’s financial watchdog is using existing laws to rein in alleged AI misuse, but says reforms are needed to better regulate emerging technologies. Australian Securities…
With cyber security skills scarce, businesses can no longer cut it alone – Partner Content
The increasing expectation that even small and medium businesses (SMBs), mid-market and not-for-profits (NFPs) be able to demonstrate compliance with security best practice is driving…
Internet Association readies Tasmanian exchange – Telco/ISP
Tasmania is to get a presence on the Internet Association’s (IA) national network of internet exchanges, with TAS-IX members to get 12 months’ worth of…
Ivanti security patches start to ship – Security
Ivanti is shipping patches for vulnerabilities in its Connect Secure gateway that were first revealed on January 10. But while working on its patches, Ivanti…
US disrupts hacking campaign targeting critical infrastructure – Security
US officials said they disrupted a sweeping Chinese cyber-spying operation that targeted critical American infrastructure entities and could be used against the United States in…
Home Affairs elevates CIO to group manager – Training & Development
Home Affairs’ long-time CIO Radi Kovacevic has been elevated to lead the technology and major capability group on an acting basis. Kovacevic’s move means the…
Seek stands up a security data lake – Cloud – Security
Seek has stood up a cloud-based security data lake, initially to improve its incident response but with a view to use it for more proactive…
Qld councils criticised for unresolved vulnerabilities – Security
Two-thirds of Queensland’s 77 councils have weaknesses in the security of their information systems. A review [pdf] of the sectors’ sustainability, risk management and controls…
ACSC presses enterprises to patch Jenkins – Security – Software
The Australian Cyber Security Centre is warning Australian enterprises to immediately patch vulnerabilities in the Jenkins continuous integration/continuous deployment software that were first disclosed last…
Tower could be cantilevered over Telstra exchange – Telco/ISP
The site of Telstra’s St Leonards exchange on Sydney’s lower north shore could be re-zoned to allow a $200 million-plus tower. The exchange, which houses…
German police seizes US$2.17 billion in bitcoin – Finance
German police have confiscated 50,000 bitcoin worth US$2.17 billion ($3.28 billion) in the country’s ‘most extensive’ cryptocurrency seizure ever, it said in a statement. “This…