Governance Risk and Compliance

Researchers from cybersecurity company Proofpoint have released new insights uncovering a significant escalation in China-aligned cyber espionage operations targeting Taiwan’s critical semiconductor industry. The findings reveal a concerted and expanding effort by multiple […]

 Following a Qantas contact centre being hit by a ‘significant’ cyber breach, with stolen data including customers’ names, emails, phone numbers, dates of birth and Frequent Flyer numbers, Qantas has obtained […]

OpenText has released its intermedium report, Retiring Legacy Applications and Databases: Proven Strategies for Government Agencies. The report provides clear guidance and practical strategies to help government agencies transition from […]

CyberArk has released its 2025 Identity Security Landscape, a global study revealing how organisations are inadvertently creating a new identity-centric attack surface through the growing use of AI and cloud. […]

A coalition of international government cyber security agencies have released a technical analysis and mitigations against spyware variants known as BADBAZAAR and MOONSHINE. Full advisory here – BADBAZAAR and MOONSHINE: Technical […]

On January 7, 2025, SonicWall notified customers and partners about multiple vulnerabilities in SonicWall firewalls that needed to be patched in order mitigate. Since that time, a number of security […]

The Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) has reported three security bypasses in Ubuntu’s unprivileged user namespace restrictions. Qualys confirmed it responsibly disclosed these vulnerabilities to the Ubuntu Security Team in […]

An international team of researchers is calling for urgent improvements in deepfake detection technologies after uncovering critical flaws in widely used detection tools. A study by CSIRO, Australia’s national science […]

Australian IT leaders want more government intervention and information sharing to help them manage cybersecurity, according to new research from KnowBe4. As cyber-attacks and data breaches continue to rise, IT […]

A new Australian digital risk management advisory firm has just launched. Sydney-based Novera will specialise in cyber security, privacy, and artificial intelligence risk management. The Novera suite of advisory and […]

Australia’s Department of Home Affairs has issued a directive banning the use of Kaspersky products on federal government devices. Kaspersky is a Russian cyber security firm. “After considering threat and […]

Apple has released emergency security updates to patch a zero-day vulnerability that may disable USB restricted mode on locked iPads and iPhones. “Apple is aware of a report that this […]

Australia’s Department of Home Affairs has issued a directive banning the use or installation of DeepSeek products, applications and web services on all government devices. The directive, PSPF Direction 001-2025, […]

CI-ISAC Australia has been selected as the recipient of an Australian Government AUD6.4 million grant to create a health-specific, information-sharing and analysis centre for Australia’s healthcare industry. With the Australian […]

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has directed telco Netsip Pty Ltd  (NetSIP) to comply with Australia’s phone scam rules after an ACMA investigation found it breached monitoring, information-sharing and reporting […]

Authorised push payment (APP) scam losses are on the rise, with losses in Australia predicted to hit AUD1.76 billion by 2028, according to the latest Scamscope report from ACI Worldwide and GlobalData. The report says […]

Women are more likely than men to view AI as being unethical, with around 40% of Australians feeling uncertain about its benefits according to a new report. The findings have been […]

Australia’s top officials for children and young people hold concerns about the rushed process and lack of clarity surrounding the federal government’s social media legislation, which will place significant restrictions […]

In early November, Rapid7 Labs identified a new, highly evasive malware installer, CleverSoar, targeting Chinese and Vietnamese-speaking victims. CleverSoar is designed to deploy and protect multiple malicious components within a […]

Australia is under constant cyberattack, with an increasingly sophisticated and persistent threat environment, according to a new report into cyber incidents and financial losses over the past year that was […]