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Four new zero-day attacks were discovered when hackers employed them against fake systems set up by researchers studying hacking attempts on industrial systems. Industrial control systems (ICS) are used to manage a vast range of critical devices, anything from chemical processing through to power generation or even building automation – like fire-suppression systems. More on […] More
Singapore, Japan, and the US are amongst six nations reportedly targeted in a COVID-19 themed phishing campaign that is scheduled to take place June 21. North Korean state hacker group Lazarus are said to be behind the massive attack that will see more than 5 million businesses and individuals receiving phishing email messages from spoofed […] More
Australian researchers have published findings that poke further holes into the federal government’s coronavirus contact tracing app COVIDSafe. Coronavirus Jim Mussared from George Robotics and Alwen Tiu from the Australian National University have highlighted a “silent pairing issue” in Bluetooth-based contact tracing apps, this time on Android. “This vulnerability allows an attacker to bond silently […] More
Following Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday morning saying Australian organisations are currently being targeted by a sophisticated state-based cyber actor, local beverage giant Lion provided an update on its own cyber battle. “Lion and our expert cyber team continue to investigate the ransomware attack that caused a partial IT outage last week,” it said on […] More
Image: iStock “Senior sources” in federal government agencies have reportedly confirmed that China is believed to be behind recent cyber attacks targeting all levels of government in Australia, as well as the private sector. Prime Minister Scott Morrison had avoided blaming China at his press conference on Friday morning. “I’d simply say this, and that […] More
Prime Minister Scott Morrison called a press conference on Friday morning to “raise awareness” of the state-based cyber attacks Australia is currently facing across all levels of government, as well as the private sector. “Based on advice provided to me by our cyber experts, Australian organisations are currently being targeted by a sophisticated state-based cyber […] More
Image: Mozilla Mozilla has announced today that its highly anticipated VPN (virtual private network) service will launch later this summer, ‘in the next few weeks.’ The product has also been renamed from its original name of Firefox Private Network to its new brand of the “Mozilla VPN.” The name change came after Mozilla expanded the […] More
Social media network Facebook has filed two lawsuits this week against the operators of two websites that abused its platforms to sell Instagram likes and harvest passwords and information on Facebook users, respectively. The lawsuits, announced in a blog post today, are just the latest in a long series of litigations the company has filed […] More
