The cyber security industry in Australia may be on the brink of a mass exodus, with workers considering leaving their jobs as the current cyber environment causes workloads to skyrocket. This comes at a time when Australia has become a lucrative target for cyber criminals, with major attacks on … [Read more...]
Heritage Ranks No. 1 for Policy Impact, Best Use of Internet
For the third year in a row, The Heritage Foundation is ranked as the No. 1 think tank in the world for “Significant Impact on Public Policy,” according to the latest edition of the University of Pennsylvania’s annual report on think tanks. Heritage also ranked first again in the “Best Use of the … [Read more...]
TikTok Time Is Running Out
by Peter Schweizer November 14, 2022 at 5:00 am The Biden administration rolled back its predecessor's efforts to ban TikTok and is currently in negotiations with the company through the government's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). According to published … [Read more...]
Medibank hacker threatens to publish data, insurer faces class action
Medibank is set to face a class action over the data breach that exposed the private health data of almost 10 million people, after the hacker announced the personal records would be leaked. Personal information of 9.7 million past and present Medibank private customers have been compromised in … [Read more...]
Suspected Medibank hackers begin to leak customer data sample
The suspected Medibank hackers have released a sample of the data stolen from the cyber attack on the private health insurance giant. After Medibank stated they have not and will never pay a ransom, the alleged hackers posted some details, including phone numbers and Medicare numbers, to a dark … [Read more...]
Experts urge cyber security to be taught to 5-year-olds
In light of Australia becoming a global target for cyber attacks, cyber security experts are urging for changes to the education curriculum, which would see children as young as five taught good security practices. While a new Australian curriculum has laid out an increased emphasis on practising … [Read more...]
Will Russia Shoot Down U.S. Satellites? Putin might take his war against Ukraine into outer space.
James Jay Carafano Nov 4 So what are the odds Putin’s war against Ukraine could become Star Wars? Last week Russian officials raised the possibility that Moscow may target commercial satellites providing support to Ukraine as legitimate targets for a retaliatory … [Read more...]
Leading Aussie real estate firm suffers cyber attack
According to a statement from real estate company Harcourts, a franchisee became aware that its rental property database had been accessed by an unknown third party without authorisation on 24 October. Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Cyber Security Connect’s sister brand Real … [Read more...]
Hackers target Defence social media platform
Defence e-communications platform ForceNet, which is run by external information and communications technology (ICT) provider Dialog Information Technology, was the target of the new attack. The company has since told the Department of Defence (DoD) that there was no need to worry, as no data of … [Read more...]
New Threat Perspective Outlines Risks to Australian Electric Organisations
Dragos has released a new report that provides a snapshot of the cyber activities threatening electric organisations in Australia. A few key elements are currently influencing the Australian industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) threat landscape and its elevated levels … [Read more...]