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Team PCP Threat Group Hijacks Bitwarden CLI npm Package In Expanding Supply Chain Attack
7+ hour, 28+ min ago (449+ words) The threat actor group known as Team PCP has compromised the popular npm (Node Package Manager) for the Bitwarden CLI (Command Line Interface), marking the latest escalation in a multi-platform supply chain attack campaign targeting widely used developer tools. The…...
Barracuda Detects 7 Million Device Code Phishing Attacks In Four Weeks
7+ hour, 8+ min ago (531+ words) Cybersecurity firm Barracuda has detected more than 7 million device code phishing attacks over a four-week period, warning that the technique is being industrialised through phishing-as-a-service tools and poses a growing threat to Microsoft 365 and Entra ID environments. The surge in…...
Comm Bank Develops AI Agent That Spots New Fraud And Helps Build Defences
7+ hour, 43+ min ago (475+ words) Commonwealth Bank has deployed an agentic AI system designed to detect emerging fraud and scam patterns in transaction and payments data and automatically generate the rules needed to help intercept them. The system represents a shift from traditional AI-based fraud…...
Microsoft Commits $25 Billion To Australian AI Infrastructure, Cyber Defence And Skills Training
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1051+ words) Microsoft will invest A$25 billion (US$18 billion) in Australian digital infrastructure by the end of 2029, in a deal that spans cloud and AI computing capacity, national cyber defence programs and a commitment to provide three million Australians with AI skills…...
Australia's Network Attacks Show Why Complacency Won't Cut It " SMBtech
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (189+ words) Most malware detected in Australia is still familiar. In August, Watch Guard blocked 5, 383 malware attacks, 93 per cent of which were already known, with only 7 per cent zero-day variants. Phishing and credential theft threats like HTML: Beluga. 5564 (1, 832 detections) and JS: Trojan....
Why Preparedness Is Critical For Australian SMEs Facing Cyber Risk " SMBtech
1+ week, 2+ day ago (607+ words) Australia's most exposed organisations aren't the ones you'd expect. The majority of cyber attack victims are not large enterprises with global footprints " they are small and mid-sized businesses. This is not simply a question of scale " it is a reflection…...
Silverfort And Sentinel One Partner To Tackle AI Identity Risk In Australia " SMBtech
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (909+ words) Identity security company Silverfort and AI security platform Sentinel One (NYSE: S) have formed a strategic partnership aimed at securing human, AI agent and non-human identities as automated systems become embedded across enterprise environments. The partnership brings together Silverfort's runtime identity…...
The Connected Home Is Under Siege: Australia's 29-A-Day Cybersecurity Wake-Up Call " SMBtech
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (556+ words) The data tells a clear and urgent story. Bitdefender analysed threat intelligence from more than 6. 1 million homes globally, including thousands in Australia, and found that many smart devices are running on insecure firmware or remain unpatched for months " sometimes years…...
Beyond Trust Flags Non-Human Identity Risks As Ai Systems Scale " SMBtech
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (390+ words) Beyond Trust has expanded its Identity Security Insights platform to address risks associated with secrets management and non-human identities. The update, called Secrets Insights, is aimed at helping organisations uncover and secure hidden access paths that could be exploited by…...
Brute-Force Authentication Attacks Targeting Network Devices On The Rise, Barracuda SOC Data Shows
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (692+ words) Automated brute-force attacks targeting network security appliances have surged to account for more than half of all confirmed security operations centre (SOC) incidents, according to new threat data from Barracuda Networks. The findings, drawn from the company's Managed XDR platform,…...