David Hollingworth Lawmakers from both the House and Senate, and from both sides of the aisle, recently introduced a bill aimed at protecting Taiwan from growing Chinese cyber attacks, while South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and US President Joe Biden released a joint statement declaring that … [Read more...]

by David Hollingworth As the dust settles over the US shootdown of an alleged Chinese spy balloon, Republicans have turned to another, more familiar Chinese target of opportunity — TikTok, the social media app thought by many to be little more than Chinese spyware. Speaking on Fox News after a … [Read more...]

A new lead has been appointed to spearhead the company’s security operations in the region. Cloud security company Zscaler has appointed Heng Mok as chief information security officer (CISO), Asia-Pacific. Heng Mok, who will be based in Melbourne, will be responsible for leading the digital … [Read more...]

Source: https://www.cybersecurityconnect.com.au/commercial/7537-chainalysis-report-reveals-nft-wash-trading-and-money-laundering-activity-on-the-rise?utm_source=CyberSecurityConnect&utm_campaign=08_02_22&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1&utm_emailID= NFT popularity skyrocketed in … [Read more...]

Iranian hackers pose as female to honeypot defence contractor An Iranian linked hacking group spent years cultivating a Facebook profile to target a defence contractor with malware, cyber security company Proofpoint has found. A multi-year campaign by an Iranian hacking group considered to be … [Read more...]

Cyber attack shuts down Iranian petrol stations, threat actors unknown Source: … [Read more...]

German cyber security watchdog issues ransomware warning Source: https://www.cybersecurityconnect.com.au/policy/7260-german-cyber-security-watchdog-issues-ransomware-warning?utm_source=CyberSecurityConnect&utm_campaign=25_10_21&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1&utm_emailID= The … [Read more...]

Global Facebook outage shows over-reliance on the social network, analysts suggest The recent global Facebook outage has demonstrated that organisations are over-reliant on the social media giant to maintain their business operations, analysts have argued. Some 3.5 billion people saw access to … [Read more...]

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German government accuses Russia of Parliament hack By Reporter07 September 2021 A spokesperson for the German government accused Russia co-ordinating a cyber attack on the country’s Parliament. "The German government has reliable information according to which ghost writer activities … [Read more...]