Australia’s Cyber Security Bill should be urgently passed, says parliamentary committee
Minister for Cyber Security Tony Burke proposed Australia’s first standalone cyber security legislation, which would introduce mandatory reporting for those who paid threat actors ransom, minimum cyber security standards for smart devices.
Scammers are using social media to target Aussie kids
Social media platforms are the primary means of targeting children with scams, with more than $100,000 lost to date this year. This year alone, children and teens have lost more than $129,700 to scammers, with 198 incidents of children being scammed reported to Scamwatch in 2024.
Hackers are targeting private schools for blackmail
ASD has singled out private schools as one sector gaining the attention of hackers. They are being attracted by schools holding records of students that might reveal mental health issues, which they can use to extort money from their wealthy parents.
Australia critical infrastructure faces cyber threats, report says
Australia is concerned that one in ten cybersecurity incidents last year involved critical infrastructure, with state-sponsored actors targeting the country's government, infrastructure and businesses using evolving tradecraft.
Australia ranks among worst in the world on government cyber security
Australia's government cyber security capacity has fallen in a global ranking and now sits among the worst in the world.
Bunnings breached privacy laws by using facial recognition on customers, Commissioner finds
Bunnings has interfered with the privacy of hundreds of thousands of customers by using facial recognition technology without gaining proper consent, the Privacy Commissioner has ruled.
The retail giant says the technology was used to protect staff and customers from "increasing exposure to violent and organised crime".
‘Heightened threat level’ blamed for Ticketek Australia site takedown
icketek Australia took its website down for more than 24 hours on Monday, 18 November, initially blaming the outage on an update taking longer than expected.
However, a day later, the event company admitted it was taken down due to “a heightened threat level”.
The site was replaced Monday with a simple placeholder text warning customers of the disruption.
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