Cyber Australian Security Magazine

A recent filing by the United States Department of Justice has exposed a serious breach of allied cyber-intelligence safeguards: a former Australian citizen and U.S. resident, identified as Peter Williams, has pleaded guilty to charges of stealing and selling trade secrets to a Russian buyer, underscoring the escalating risks of technology leakage within the cyber-defence […]

Australian Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind has found that Kmart Australia Limited breached Australians’ privacy by collecting their personal and sensitive information through a facial recognition technology (FRT) system designed to tackle refund fraud. Between June 2020 and July 2022, Kmart deployed FRT to capture the faces of every person who entered 28 of its retail […]

The consequences of a changing world order, AI-driven threats, cyber warfare, increasing critical infrastructure risks, and the importance of the human factor are reshaping Australia’s security landscape. With the theme “Security at a Crossroads”, the 39th Annual ASIAL Security Conference (27-28 August, ICC Sydney) will bring together industry leaders, policymakers and security experts to discuss the […]

By Michael Fisher*, Managing Director, Boon Edam Australia When the head of ASIO issues an unprecedented public warning about rising threats of espionage, sabotage, and terrorism, it is certainly time for the owners and operators of our critical infrastructure to sit up and take notice. We in the design and building industry – architects, constructors, […]

Kroll, an independent provider of global financial and risk advisory solutions, has released its 2025 Global Business Sentiment Survey, revealing that Australian businesses are the least prepared in Asia-Pacific to navigate the escalating challenges of the second half of 2025, with cyber security, artificial intelligence and economic uncertainty dominating the landscape. Only 28% of Australian […]

New criminal underpayment laws came into force on January 1, 2025, following the registration of the Voluntary Small Business Wage Compliance Code. The Code provides small business employers with a clear pathway to avoid criminal prosecution for the new wage theft offence. The Code and its explanatory statement can be viewed online at the Federal […]

A new report has found that a critical shortage of seafarers threatens Australia’s energy security, national defence and supply chain resilience, requiring an urgent overhaul of maritime skills and training. Released this week, the Maritime Workforce Position Paper was commissioned by energy exploration and production company INPEX and supported by the Australian Resources & Energy […]

A new Charles Darwin University (CDU) study examining the language of some of the world’s most notorious individuals has found that they use victim-blaming, denial, and reversal to justify their actions and influence audience perceptions of harm and agency. The study, Discursive pragmatics of justification in terrorist threat texts: Victim-blaming, denying, discrediting, legitimating, manipulating, and retaliation, […]

Cybercrime researchers at the University of Adelaide and San Jose State University have enlisted Oracle Autonomous Database to host the world’s first Biometric Analyser and Network Extractor (BANE) platform. Created to better combat transnational organised crime and child exploitation, the BANE platform leverages the scalability and security of Oracle Autonomous Database running on Oracle Cloud […]

Adyen has published its Adyen Index Australia: Retail 2024, exposing the impact of fraud on the Australian retail sector. Working alongside the Centre for Economic Business and Research (Cebr), Adyen found that Australian retail businesses lost an average of $2.2m to fraud in 2023. In total, nearly half of Australian retailers (43%) fell victim to […]

Visa has announced that Visa Advanced Authorisation (VAA), its AI-based real-time payment fraud monitoring solution, has prevented $714 million[1] in fraud from disrupting Australian businesses in a year[2]. Joe Cunningham, Head of Risk for Visa Asia Pacific, said: “Preventing more than $700 million in fraud is an incredible testament to Visa’s AI-powered security capabilities, yet is […]

Cyber incidents such as ransomware attacks, data breaches, and IT disruptions are the biggest worry for companies globally in 2024, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer. The closely interlinked peril of Business interruption ranks second. Natural catastrophes (up from #6 to #3 year-on-year), Fire, explosion (up from #9 to #6), and Political risks and violence […]

Motorola Solutions has announced it will be ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. The company is also announcing its new brand narrative, ‘Solving for safer,’ which highlights its sharpened focus on solving for safer communities, safer schools and safer businesses. “From our storied history, today we bridge to an even stronger […]

Recognised by the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Motorola Solutions has established a cyber threat Information Sharing and Analysis Organisation (ISAO) to provide public safety agencies the capabilities they need to defend against attacks. Since January 2022, Motorola Solutions’ Public Safety Threat Alliance observed 350+ cyber attacks impacting public safety organisations worldwide, often […]

The Tech Council of Australia says it supports key measures in Privacy Review and urges government to consult with industry on proposed legislation. This comes following the release of the Privacy Review which commits to 38 out of 116 proposals in the Privacy Act Review Report and agreeing in principle to 68 measures. Tech Council […]