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Cyber, defence cooperation key plank of new EU–Australia partnership
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (488+ words) Anthony Albanese and Ursula von der Leyen welcome a new Australia'European Union Security and Defence Partnership. While announcing the conclusion of negotiations on the Australia'European Union Free Trade Agreement in Canberra today (24 March), Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and European…...
Mazda discloses cyber incident, employee and partner data possibly impacted
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (561+ words) Japanese car manufacturer Mazda Motor Corporation has disclosed that data belonging to business partners and employees was exposed in a cyber attack from late last year. According to the major Japanese car brand, the incident was detected in December 2025 and…...
Code security platform Trivy compromised by malicious packages
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (385+ words) The open-source supply chain hack represents "meaningful industry-wide risk, according to an industry expert. Unidentified threat actors have successfully compromised the GitHub repository for "all-in-one security scanner Trivy, pushing a malicious update to downstream users that can deploy an infostealer....
Shields up! Australian organisations are bearing the brunt of cyber warfare attacks
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (377+ words) New research reveals growing concern about nation-state cyber attacks on Australian entities, as more than 70 per cent of respondents to a recent survey reported acts of cyber warfare. A recent poll of IT decision-makers has shown rising concern over growing…...
Alert! Vulnerability in popular self-hosted Git service Gogs targeted by hackers
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (307+ words) The US cyber agency has added CVE-2025-8110 to its list of actively exploited vulnerabilities, following ongoing malicious activity for more than six months. The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added a new remote code execution vulnerability impacting…...
Report: Exploitation timelines dropped, vulnerabilities surged in 2025
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (416+ words) Rapid7s 2026 Global Threat Landscape Report shows that the time between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation is continuing to collapse. Hackers are getting faster at exploiting vulnerabilities once theyve been disclosed, according to a new report released today (19 March) by cyber security firm…...
5 years of experience required: OpenAI, Anthropic looking to hire chemical weapons experts
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (604+ words) AI giants OpenAI and Anthropic have begun advertising job openings for experts in chemical weapons. Anthropic, which posted its job ad roughly a week ago on LinkedIn, is looking for someone to fill the position of policy manager for chemical…...
Rapid7 revamps channel partner program
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (290+ words) The 2026 PACT updates introduce new partner tiers, simplified deal structures, and improved economics, as the company deepens channel alignment. Rapid7 has announced a major overhaul of its global PACT Partner Program, with new incentives, engagement models, and tiering designed to boost…...
CBA’s new AI agent duo aim to bolster cyber security
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (918+ words) Australia's largest bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), has continued its AI push, this time in an effort to bolster its cyber security capabilities with the development of two AI agents. As reported by iTnews, CBA general manager of cyber…...
Australia applauds EU sanctions targeting Chinese and Iranian hackers
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (378+ words) Two Chinese companies, a pair of Chinese individuals, and one Iranian entity have been sanctioned for cyber attacks on countries in the European Union. The Australian government has backed a new raft of EU sanctions targeting Chinese and Iranian entities…...