Cyber attack forces cancellation of wool sales across Australia

Sat, 29 Feb 2020 11:35:25 GMT Wool sales across Australia have been cancelled for the rest of the week after the IT system underpinning auctions and exports was hit by a cyber …

Read More Incident: Car auction house Manheim suffers significant malware attack – Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 19:56:47 GMT



Australian Malware Attack February 2020: Car auction house Manheim suffers significant malware attack One of Australia’s largest car auction companies …

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New Zealand: Cyber attacks could cost insurers US$24m a year

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 01:52:52 GMT

In addition, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) bulletin says that the indicative average cost of cyber incidents is NZ$104m a year for the …

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Email highlighted as a key risk for data breaches

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 06:48:59 GMT

Malicious or criminal attacks including cyber incidents remain the leading cause of data breaches involving personal information in Australia, with …

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Incident: Australian wool sales stopped by ransomware attack | iTnews – Australian Information Security Awareness and Advisory

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 19:04:19 GMT

Australian Cyber Attack February 2020: Australian wool sales stopped by ransomware attack “Wool sales across Australia have been halted after Talman, …

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Australia Warns Finance Sector of DDoS Threats

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 18:17:12 GMT

‘Silence Hacking Crew’ Demands Monero Ransom Jeremy Kirk (jeremy_kirk)  February 26, 2020 Australia’s financial sector should brace for the potential …

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Pyne under fire for comments about cyber attack on Parliament

Thu, 06 Feb 2020 08:04:48 GMT

Mr Smith told Parliament on Thursday he and Senate President Scott Ryan received detailed briefings from the Australian Signals Directorate and the …

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Labor to call for naming and shaming of cyber attackers

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 02:42:31 GMT

Mr Watts will suggest the practice of not publicly naming culprits behind serious cyber attacks is reinforcing bad behaviour and doing nothing to …

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China likely ‘amounts to 80 per cent’ of foreign security risks | Sky News Australia

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 03:36:05 GMT

China likely ‘amounts to 80 per cent’ of foreign security risks | Sky News Australia ASPI executive director Peter Jennings says China is “by far the …

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Malicious attacks continue to account for 64% of data breaches: OAIC | ZDNet

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 06:42:40 GMT

It’s the first report since OAIC announced it would shift the NDB reporting scheme from a quarterly report scheme to a six-month one. The Office of …

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Victorian Electoral Commission overhauls cyber following “damning” audit

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 02:37:32 GMT

In January 2018 the Victorian Electoral Commission received a “damning” audit of its cyber security operations that highlighted 19 areas of concern …

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Toll reintegrates with customers’ IT systems after ransomware attack

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 00:13:23 GMT

Toll Holdings says it is in the “final stages” of reactivating its IT systems and reintegrating them with major customers almost one month after …

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Corruption watchdog calls for mandatory data breach laws in Qld

Wed, 26 Feb 2020 02:42:39 GMT

Queensland’s corruption watchdog has called for state government agencies to be subjected to a mandatory data breach notification scheme after …

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Data retention scheme is being abused exactly as critics predicted

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 23:30:21 GMT

A review of the mass surveillance scheme established by the Abbott government six years ago has revealed how it is being widely abused in ways voters …

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