MPS SecBlog: Week in Review - 14 February 2025
- Montane PS Staff
- Feb 14
- 2 min read
Australian parliament passes Scams Prevention Framework
The Australian government has passed the Scams Prevention Framework into legislation, a set of laws aimed at protecting Australians from costly scams and the cyber-criminals behind them.
Australia suffered a cyber attack every second in 2024, 47m data breaches
Australia has secured the number 11 spot in the race of nations most affected by cyber attacks, after it suffered 47 million data breaches in 2024.
Undermining unity: Disinformation as a threat to the Quad
State-linked disinformation campaigns are misrepresenting Quad initiative and exploiting internal differences among members, eroding public trust in the Quad and heightening geopolitical tensions.
Fears over terror link as missing ADF rocket launchers offered in underworld trade
Several high-powered military grade rocket launchers, stolen from a military base, have never been recovered and have remained at large for decades, A legal source telling the ABC the weapons are in the possession of organised crime networks with links to convicted terrorists.
Further cyber sanctions in response to Medibank Private cyberattack
The Government has imposed additional cyber sanctions in response to the 2022 Medibank attack, making it a criminal offence to provide assets to ZServers or the five sanctioned individuals, or to use or deal with their assets, with penalties of up to 10 years’ imprisonment.
DeepSeek's rise: Navigating the AI data and security challenge in Australia
DeepSeek's rise has raised data privacy and cybersecurity concerns, prompting Australian officials to urge caution as businesses navigate AI regulations and adopt human-centric cybersecurity to balance innovation with strict data protection and user awareness.
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