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Cyber crime a key focus of upcoming AFP and Fiji Police crime summit
20+ hour, 46+ min ago (392+ words) The Australian Federal Police has announced a Pacific-focused Organised Crime Summit, co-hosted with the Fijian Police Force, with cyber crime as a key point of interest. AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett said the conference will have a key focus on "illicit…...
Industry predictions for 2026: The year is set to ring in a raft of transformations, but which ones matter the most?
21+ hour, 42+ min ago (544+ words) Part 3: As the light dawns on a new year, business in Australia and abroad will need to adapt to an array of changing and emerging technologies and trends. Lee CaswellSenior Vice President, Product and Solutions Marketing at Nutanix David HirstGroup…...
Industry predictions for 2026: What cyber criminal trends are we expecting?
23+ hour, 10+ min ago (623+ words) Part 2: Here's what industry experts believe the bad guys are going to be doing to make network defenders' lives harder in the new year " buckle in! Pedram AminiChief Scientist at OPSWAT The drumbeat of threat evolution will continue, with nation-states…...
The boardroom breakthrough: How CISOs are rewriting the language of risk
23+ hour, 10+ min ago (487+ words) CISOs are learning to frame cyber risk as a business problem, not an IT one " and getting attention from the boardroom by doing so. For years, cyber security has struggled to hold the board's attention. Briefings were technical, the metrics…...
Op-Ed: Hiding in the dark – the risk of shadow AI on businesses
3+ week, 3+ day ago (297+ words) AI may be an exciting revolution, but its rapid uptake by individual workers brings with it a fundamental risk. AI has quickly become a core driver of organisational productivity across Australia, revolutionising how businesses operate, automate, and complete tasks. While…...
Act now! Aussie cyber agency issues urgent warning over critical React vulnerability
3+ week, 4+ day ago (383+ words) CVE-2025-55182, a critical RCE vulnerability in React Server Components, is ringing alarm bells among cyber experts. The Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC) has issued an "act now" critical alert regarding a vulnerability in a popular open…...
Everest ransomware claims breach of consumer tech giant ASUS
3+ week, 5+ day ago (533+ words) Hackers claim to have a database of more than a terabyte of data alongside product source code. The Everest ransomware gang has claimed a successful hack of Taiwanese technology company ASUS. The hackers made the allegation in a 2 December post…...
Zero chill: Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters’ next target could be Zendesk customers
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (497+ words) Security researchers believe Qantas and Salesforce hackers could be in the middle of a campaign targeting users of the popular help desk platform. Whether you think they're one of the most dire cyber threats around today, or just a bunch…...
Cyber Wardens, Eftsure urge Aussie businesses to stay alert for scams during sales season
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (404+ words) Black Friday and Cyber Monday may be a great way to snag a bargain, but they're also prime time for scammers. The Council of Small Business Organisations Australia's (COSBOA) Cyber Wardens program and payment protection provider Eftsure have partnered up…...
CISA adds 2 vulnerabilities to its KEV catalogue
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (351+ words) The US cyber agency says hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox products and CentOS Web Panel. The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. CVE…...