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Congratulations Australia, even in the most foreboding of times, we have found yet another way to highlight the incompetence of those that seek to rule, and also protect us from the harms of the coronavirus pandemic. The latest setback for the Commonwealth government began on Monday morning, as its myGov portal crashed, and thousands of […] More
The federal government’s myGov portal was down on Monday, after thousands flocked to the website to sign up for income assistance following forced business closures in the wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. Speaking with media about the long queues at Centrelink service centres and the inability to access myGov on Monday afternoon, Minister for […] More
The personal details of more than 538 million users of Chinese social network Weibo are currently available for sale online, according to ads seen by ZDNet and corroborating reports from Chinese media. In ads posted on the dark web and other places, a hacker claims to have breached Weibo in mid-2019 and obtained a dump […] More
Microsoft announced on Friday it was pausing the rollout of Edge v81, citing the ongoing “global circumstances” surrounding the coronavirus outbreak. New Edge releases (or any other kind of software updates) usually entail security reviews and compatibility testing to ensure operating systems and internal web applications don’t break. Due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, most […] More
At least three botnet operators have secretly exploited three zero-day vulnerabilities in LILIN digital video recorders (DVRs) for more than six months before the vendor finally patched the bugs last month, in February 2020. Digital video recorders are devices installed on company networks that aggregate video feeds from local CCTV or IP camera systems and […] More
Image: Adam Nowakowski, Finastra, ZDNet Finastra, a London-based company that provides financial software and adjacent services to the world’s banking sector, has disclosed a security incident today. In a statement posted on its website, the fintech giant said it was infected with ransomware strain. The UK company said it discovered the intrusion into its systems […] More
The coronavirus pandemic has changed many things, and one of those areas is the schooling of our young people. As great as the opportunities that are presented by eLearning, there are also great risks in the form of cyberbullying, predators and inappropriate content. To help bring parents and guardians up to speed on the dangers […] More
Special feature Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now be millions — or even billions — of dollars at risk when information security isn’t handled properly. Read More Russian hacker group Digital Revolution claims to have breached a contractor for the FSB — Russia’s […] More
