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…
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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…
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…
A fake romance turns into an Android spyware infection
ESET researchers have identified an Android spyware campaign that uses romance scam tactics to target individuals in Pakistan. The operation relies on a malicious app…
Initial access hackers switch to Tsundere Bot for ransomware attacks
A prolific initial access broker tracked as TA584 has been observed using the Tsundere Bot alongside XWorm remote access trojan to gain network access that could lead…