Inspiring Vacations, a Melbourne-based travel operator, has suffered a huge blow after a significant data breach exposed the personal information of around 112,000 travellers. The hacked data contains sensitive information, such as high-resolution passport photos, travel visa certificates, itineraries, and...
The group known as Star Blizzard, previously identified as SEABORGIUM and also referred to as Callisto Group/TA446/COLDRIVER/TAG-53/BlueCharlie, remains actively engaged in spear-phishing attacks. Their focus extends to targeted entities in the UK and other regions of interest as part of...
The consistent digital transformation in healthcare, fueled by improvements in interconnected medical devices and clinical processes, has increased cybersecurity threats that often overshadow the advantages to patient care. Healthcare organisations face a particular set of security challenges as cybercriminals become...
Adobe ColdFusion is a commercial application server designed for rapid web application development, utilising proprietary markup languages and integrating external components like databases. While ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) is used for development, the application itself is constructed using JAVA. In...
Trust EVERYONE is ready for Christmas holidays! This season is extremely lucrative for companies, and cybercriminals also look to collect a decent Christmas bonus. Since the last couple of years, there has been an exponential rise in cyberattacks during this...
According to research by Infoxchange, poor cyber security procedures in Australia's not-for-profit sector are endangering the data of its donors and communities. One of the largest employers and sources of income in Australia is the not-for-profit industry. In Australia, the...
If the internet and phone services were to go offline, the world would descend into chaos as the suspension of emergency services, online banking, transport, and navigation problems would bring everything to a standstill. On October 8, 2023, millions of...
Public-sector agencies handling credit and debit card transactions are mandated to adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) framework, ensuring PCI DSS compliance. However, a new version of these regulations, PCI DSS v4.0, is slated to...
The casualness with which the SA data hack impacting thousands is taken in the official corridors of power can be judged by the response of South Australian treasurer Stephen Mullighan. He said, “It’s simply not good enough.” In the incident,...
With cybercrime rearing its ugly head again and again, the watchdog ASIC has its job cut out. The chair of the regulator says in no uncertain terms that directors need to ensure their companies have adequate cybersecurity mechanisms to thwart...