IT companies bear brunt of new SolarWinds hacker attacks
IT companies have been targeted amid new activity by the group behind last year’s SolarWinds supply-chain attack, with at least one victim coming from Microsoft’s customer support ranks.
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Accellion hack: timeline clarifies when and how customers were notified
The maker of an application at the centre of data breaches at Singtel, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Transport for New South Wales and others has released a detailed report into the hack.
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ASIC hit by Accellion FTA hack
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is working with Accellion after it was hit by a cyber attack exploiting a vulnerability in the vendor’s file sharing software.
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Malwarebytes hacked by SolarWinds attackers
Anti-malware software vendor Malwarebytes has become the latest technology company swept up in last year's attack on SolarWinds.
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Chinese military hackers charged over Equifax breach
The United States has charged four Chinese military hackers in the 2017 breach of the Equifax credit reporting agency that affected nearly 150 million people.
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ANU details findings of data breach
A cyber attack that saw an unauthorised actor gain access to Australia National University (ANU)'s network for six weeks has shocked the country's most experienced security experts, new findings reveal.
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Treasury claims hacking attempts preceded Budget leak
New Zealand's Treasury is claiming it was the target of a hacking attack ahead of the leak of confidential budget details on Monday.
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A/NZ guests in the dark as Marriott recovers from hefty security breach
Marriott International is yet to provide the same level of assistance to customers in Australia and New Zealand as those impacted in the US, UK and Canada.
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Dell reveals potential website security breach
Dell has announced it detected an unauthorised attempt to extract customer information from Dell.com.
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Fake email scams cost Australian businesses $2.8M in 2018
Australian businesses have lost more than $2.8 million dollars to fraudsters intercepting their internal email networks.
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Seven Australian universities targeted in global hacking campaign
At least seven Australian universities have been attacked by cyber criminals in a global action targeting researchers.
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Altaba fined $35M over 2014 Yahoo email hack
Regulators have fined Altaba, formerly known as Yahoo!, US$35 million to settle charges that kept its massive 2014 cyber security breach a secret.
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150M Under Armour MyFitnessPal accounts breached
The stolen data includes account user names, email addresses and scrambled passwords for the popular MyFitnessPal mobile app and website.
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Queensland Transport: No information leaked in December hack
The Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads had its network breached by overseas hackers in December 2017.
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How AI poses risks of misuse by hackers
Rapid advances in artificial intelligence are raising risks that malicious users will soon exploit the technology for automated attacks, according to a new report.
