Microsoft says state-backed Russian hackers accessed emails of senior leadership team members

Microsoft says state-backed Russian hackers accessed emails of senior leadership team members

The hackers broke into the corporate email system and accessed the accounts of members of the company’s leadership team,as well as those of employees on its cybersecurity and legal teams.

  • byFrank Bajak

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‘Star Blizzard’:Britain blames Russian hackers for meddling in 2019 election

‘Star Blizzard’:Britain blames Russian hackers for meddling in 2019 election

Russia’s FSB is accused of hacking hundreds of MPs and civil servants in orchestrated campaign that started in 2015 and lasted years. Universities and charities were also targeted.

  • byRob Harris
The invisible factor impacting war in Ukraine besides weather and terrain

The invisible factor impacting war in Ukraine besides weather and terrain

A new “battle of the beams” is under way and for once,Russian doesn’t always have the advantage.

  • byPaul Mozur andAaron Krolik
Hackers’ honeypot:customer data storage laws set to be wound back

Hackers’ honeypot:customer data storage laws set to be wound back

Businesses will be forced to report hacks to the government as part of a sweeping $600 million cybersecurity plan.

  • byMatthew Knott
‘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
Ports to remain closed as AFP investigates cybersecurity breach

Ports to remain closed as AFP investigates cybersecurity breach

The government has invoked the national crisis management framework used during COVID-19 after DP World,which manages terminals in Sydney,Melbourne,Brisbane and Fremantle,said it detected the cybersecurity incident.

  • byAmber Schultz andRebecca Peppiatt
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‘Attack everything’:Russia-linked hackers claim they knocked OpenAI offline this week

‘Attack everything’:Russia-linked hackers claim they knocked OpenAI offline this week

Anonymous Sudan presents itself as a “hacktivist” gang that is waging attacks out of Africa,but cybersecurity researchers say its targets consistently match the Kremlin’s geopolitical priorities.

  • byRyan Gallagher
Watchdog takes aim at company directors over cybersecurity

Watchdog takes aim at company directors over cybersecurity

The corporate regulator will target the directors of Australia’s largest companies if they fail to do enough to protect customers from a cyberattack.

  • byColin Kruger
The coming $6 billion bill that is sapping our productivity growth

The coming $6 billion bill that is sapping our productivity growth

Banks once used a sticker to ward off robbers. But as security threats have grown,so have the ways to protect ourselves. And the cost of that is rising fast.

  • byShane Wright
Hostile actors hack Britain’s electoral commission

Hostile actors hack Britain’s electoral commission

Electoral security has emerged as a key issue in many countries since US officials found Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to boost Donald Trump’s White House campaign.

  • bySachin Ravikumar
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