iTnews Security.
- Australian gov, media networks reached by Israeli firm’s spy ads
on October 16, 2026 at 7:34 amAds tied to mercenary spyware turned up on ANSTO and critical infrastructure networks.
- Shopify tells Australian store to stay shut after hijacked extensions divert shopperson October 16, 2026 at 7:17 am
Malicious Javascript in add-ons sent shoppers to fake checkouts.
- ASIC’s security and data chiefs to leave in Decemberon October 15, 2026 at 8:58 pm
Corporate watchdog now wants a CISO, CDAO and “contract CTO”.
- In Pictures: Governing the agents of chaos Saviynt Melbourne roundtableon October 15, 2026 at 1:39 pm
A selection of photos from a recent iTnews roundtable lunch at Woodside – Pan Pacific in Melbourne.
- ASD’s Essential Eight replacement moves away from maturity ladderon October 14, 2026 at 8:28 pm
Organisations will report security area by area.
- Microsoft floats “risk cohorts” as patch load hits record sizeon October 14, 2026 at 6:44 am
Tsunami of monthly fixes tops 1400 in October.
- US raids 40 laptop farms for North Korean IT workerson October 14, 2026 at 6:42 am
But researchers expect disruption of “Famous Chollima” to be short-lived.
- Attackers chain three Ivanti VPN zero-days for root accesson October 13, 2026 at 8:46 pm
One of the flaws awaits fix.
- Investigators hunt French supermarket fridge hackerson October 13, 2026 at 8:32 pm
No claim of responsibility.
- Defence quiet on Australia’s role in Five Eyes AI program Arcadiaon October 12, 2026 at 8:52 pm
As New Zealand puts six-year build on Arcadia participation.
- Hackers exploit firmware flaw to heat supermarket fridgeson October 12, 2026 at 8:24 pm
Sparking fires and spoiling food.
- Anthropic discloses fake tip to police among new rogue AI incidentson October 11, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Attributed to an automated test process.
- Canadian ransomware negotiator arrestedon October 11, 2026 at 3:56 pm
Amid FBI hacker crackdown.
- ASD joins seven-nation alert as US seizes Chinese hacking firm’s toolson October 11, 2026 at 2:32 pm
Chinese govt-linked ‘Flax Typhoon’ hackers ran portal for stolen email access.
- NetScaler builds that fixed zero-days carry critical flaw, tooon October 11, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Separate SAML flaw rated as 9.5 out of 10.0.
- CrowdStrike says China-based suspect used AI tools in South Korean bank hackson October 8, 2026 at 6:00 am
Clues found through analysis of AI coding-tool sessions.
- Attackers hijack ccTLDs to fake certs for Googleon October 8, 2026 at 5:58 am
Reported by Google Security.
- CSIRO finds permanent CISOon October 7, 2026 at 8:57 pm
To replace Jamie Rossato, who left earlier this year.
- ClingSTUN botnet hijacks devices with years-old flawson October 7, 2026 at 8:45 am
Linux malware exploits Ivanti gateway bugs ASD alerted on in 2024.
- Unpatched server behind Vic student data breachon October 7, 2026 at 8:25 am
Departmental oversight and systems also criticised.
