Discord Data Breach - 1.5 TB of Data and 2 Million Government ID Photos Extorted
09
Oct
2025

Discord Data Breach – 1.5 TB of Data and 2 Million Government ID Photos Extorted

The popular communication platform Discord is facing an extortion attempt following a significant data breach at one of its third-party…

Boost in cyber budgets this year – AI tops the agenda
09
Oct
2025

Boost in cyber budgets this year – AI tops the agenda

Australian organisations are accelerating AI‑enabled cybersecurity, with three in four planning budget increases over the next 12 months as AI…

CrowdStrike Falcon Windows Sensor Vulnerability Enables Code Execution and File Deletion
09
Oct
2025

CrowdStrike Falcon Windows Sensor Vulnerability Enables Code Execution and File Deletion

CrowdStrike has disclosed and released patches for two medium-severity vulnerabilities in its Falcon sensor for Windows that could allow an…

ACL penalised $5.8m over Medlab Pathology breach
09
Oct
2025

ACL penalised $5.8m over Medlab Pathology breach

Australian Clinical Labs (ACL) will pay penalties of $5.8 million over a 2022 data privacy breach at one of its subsidiaries,…

Australian Clinical Labs ordered to pay penalties in relation to Medlab Pathology data breach
09
Oct
2025

Australian Clinical Labs ordered to pay penalties in relation to Medlab Pathology data breach

The Federal Court yesterday ordered that Australian Clinical Labs (ACL) pay $5.8 million in civil penalties in relation to a…

Discord
09
Oct
2025

Hackers claim Discord breach exposed data of 5.5 million users

Discord says they will not be paying threat actors who claim to have stolen the data of 5.5 million unique…

Crimson Collective Leverages AWS Services to Exfiltrate Sensitive Data
09
Oct
2025

Crimson Collective Leverages AWS Services to Exfiltrate Sensitive Data

A new threat group calling itself Crimson Collective has emerged as a significant cybersecurity concern, targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS)…

FreePBX SQL Injection Vulnerability Exploited to Modify The Database
09
Oct
2025

FreePBX SQL Injection Vulnerability Exploited to Modify The Database

A critical SQL injection vulnerability in FreePBX has emerged as a significant threat to VoIP infrastructure worldwide, enabling attackers to…

Optus used wrong email address to inform gov of Triple Zero outage
09
Oct
2025

Optus used wrong email address to inform gov of Triple Zero outage

Optus sent the first notifications of its Triple Zero outage to a recently-retired and unmonitored government email address, where they…

Asahi halts ordering, shipping, and customer service after cyberattack
09
Oct
2025

Qilin ransomware claimed responsibility for the Asahi attack

Qilin ransomware claimed responsibility for the attack on the beer giant Asahi Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2025 Qilin ransomware claimed…

Hackers Actively Compromising Databases Using Legitimate Commands
09
Oct
2025

Hackers Actively Compromising Databases Using Legitimate Commands

A sophisticated new breed of ransomware attacks is leveraging legitimate database commands to compromise organizations worldwide, bypassing traditional security measures…

Zero trust is the key to effective security in a cloud-ready, firewall-free world
09
Oct
2025

Zero trust is the key to effective security in a cloud-ready, firewall-free world

Twentieth century security approaches are no longer fit for purpose. With applications and data distributed more widely than ever and…