Questions deepen over St Vincent’s,Victorian courts hacks

Questions deepen over St Vincent’s,Victorian courts hacks

Australian executives are being urged to be more transparent about data breaches happening under their watch,amid growing unrest over the recent spate of cyberattacks.

  • byDavid Swan

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Cyberthreats top CEO list of concerns for 2024

Cyberthreats top CEO list of concerns for 2024

Corporate bosses say cybersecurity is their biggest worry over the next few years,in a major survey of Australian business leaders.

  • byColin Kruger
How to manage kids’ screen time with parental controls - and the one thing you need to know

How to manage kids’ screen time with parental controls - and the one thing you need to know

With properly configured parental controls,keeping track of device usage doesn’t have to be all or nothing.

  • byTim Biggs
‘Stop hackers in their tracks’:Corporate giants muscle up against cyber threats
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‘Stop hackers in their tracks’:Corporate giants muscle up against cyber threats

A new National Cyber Intel Partnership will see major telcos,banks and other companies working together to proactively block online scams and malware aimed at defrauding Australians.

  • byLisa Visentin
Meet hackers’ favourite new tool:WormGPT

Meet hackers’ favourite new tool:WormGPT

WormGPT is being described as similar to ChatGPT,but with no ethical boundaries or limitations,and Australian businesses are in the firing line.

  • byDavid Swan
Fed up in your job? Foreign spies target resentful workers in essential industries

Fed up in your job? Foreign spies target resentful workers in essential industries

Foreign actors have been using advertisements on the dark web to target disgruntled workers who could disrupt critical Australian infrastructure.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
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Big Trucker is watching you

A measured approach on the motorway.

So your child takes their phone into their room? Stop it,say ‘sextortion’ experts
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So your child takes their phone into their room? Stop it,say ‘sextortion’ experts

‘Sextortion’ is becoming disturbingly common:online scammers posing as attractive teens to lure young people into sending money or nude images – then blackmailing them.

  • byMadonna King
Online scams are about to get more sophisticated than Nigerian princes
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Online scams are about to get more sophisticated than Nigerian princes

ChatGPT’s “evil cousin” WormGPT will allow bad actors to more accurately mimic the real deal in attempts to swindle and deceive people.

  • bySuranga Seneviratne
More sensitive Optus data leaked in major cyberattack on law firm
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More sensitive Optus data leaked in major cyberattack on law firm

Dozens of government departments and agencies are scrambling to find out how much data has been breached in an attack by Russian hackers on an Australian law firm.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Medibank hit with $250m extra capital requirement for data breach

Medibank hit with $250m extra capital requirement for data breach

The banking regulator requires the health insurer to hold additional capital,and flagged potential repercussions to executive pay after a review of its massive data breach last year.

  • byMillie Muroi