SecurityState-sponsored actor targets Mideast, North Africa using DNS hijacking
Written by Sam Varghese
A new cyber threat campaign that is claimed to be targeting public and private entities, including national security organisations in the Middle East and North… ‘Credential abuse’ attacks pose a major security threat from within for Australia
Written by Peter Dinham
Ninety percent of the Australia’s credential abuse attacks are delivered from within Australia via local ISP networks, according to a new study which also found… Businesses under-prepared to secure against cyber risks: report
Written by Peter Dinham
Almost half of all Australian small and medium business are under-prepared and potentially exposed to significant financial loss and crippling reputational damage, according to a… New ServHelper malware variant looks to persist on Windows machines
Written by Sam Varghese
The security firm Deep Instinct claims to have found a third variant of the ServHelper Windows malware that is being distributed by the threat actor… ASD says 'sophisticated, state actor' behind Parliament attack
Written by Sam Varghese
The Australian Signals Directorate has ascertained that hackers who breached the networks of the Australian Parliament and those of three main political parties — Liberal,… Aussies choosing convenience over cyber safety, losing money and time each year to criminals
Written by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The results from the 2018 Norton LifeLock Cyber Safety have revealed some startlingly sober stats that Australians shouldn't ignore, given the money lost and time… Attackers using Mono to run Windows malware on macOS: claim
Written by Sam Varghese
The Mono framework, a free system that lets users run Windows applications on other operating systems, including macOS, is allowing malicious attackers to infect Apple… 
A sophisticated nation-state framework that was discovered by Kaspersky Lab in the western autumn of 2018 has only one known victim to date — a… FireEye says investigating second attack by Triton ICS malware
Written by Sam Varghese
Security company FireEye says it has been responding to a second attack by the group behind the Triton malware which was used to attack the… Stuxnet creators were in partnership longer than thought: claim
Written by Sam Varghese
The US-Israel nation-state hacking partnership that created Stuxnet, the malware used to cripple Iran's nuclear program, lasted much longer than was known earlier, researchers from… 
