Australia
Cyber Attacks a growing concern for Australian Elections
As some adversaries fare increasingly targeting the election infrastructure of Western nations, Australian government officials are considering to amend some of their cyber policies to enable critical utilities to fend off cyberattacks in a better way. Australian intelligence agencies have discovered that nations like China, Russia, and Iran along with North Korea are engaging in […]
Australia cites Cyber Threats from Drones
With an aim to figure out a ‘Comprehensive national policy’, the Australian government has released a consultation on how Drones are being used in their region and what bad can be expected from the flying devices. On an additional note, the 68-pages reference book also shared some interesting insights that are discouraging. Like the Australian […]
Australia Critical Infrastructure has Backdoor Malware
A mass cyber attack is due to be launched on the critical infrastructure of Australia, as most of the critical networks across the nation have sleeper cyber malware installed on them and can be triggered at any point of time. “Power grids, water utilities, transit stations and airports are all being targeted by adversaries as […]
More than 50k Australian Driving Licenses leaked online
In what is supposed to be a massive data breach in the history of New South Wales(NSW), Australia, driving licenses of over 50,000 populace were leaked online after hackers got access to the information stored on Amazon Cloud Storage services. Bob Diachenko, the security consultant from Ukraine, got hold of the data after it was […]
IBM launches SkillsBuild Cybersecurity program for 9k military veterans of Australia
As a part of ‘Veterans Employment Program’, the Australian Government is launching a SkillsBuild program for former defense personnel and their families that will offer learning opportunity to participants to gain skills in areas related to cloud administration, Cybersecurity, data management and web development. IBM will offer the SkillsBuild Initiative in advocacy with ‘Soldier On’ […]
Companies will pay the penalty if their infrastructure comes under cyber attack
After rolling out the hack-back powers to the government & corporate officials over cyber attacks, the Australian Prime Ministerial Administration is planning to penalize companies that come under cyber attacks since they cannot take preventive measures beforehand. As of now the new strategy is being discussed by the Department of Home Affairs and after a […]
Australia gives Cyber Tools to Police to break the ‘Dark Web’
The Australian government has given exceptional cyber tools to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) department/s to break into the dark web to track down online Pedophiles, hackers and Terrorists operating anonymously till date. An $88 million financial boost has been given to the Australian Federal Police to break into the computer network of criminals as […]
Cyber Attack news trending on Google
The first news that’s related to cyber attack and trending on Google is about a company named REGIS that has become a target to a sophisticated cyber attack on a recent note. The firm is into the service of elderly people says that some hackers are threatening to release a portion of sensitive data that […]
Australia to name and shame countries launching Cyber Attacks
At last the Australian government has announced that it will name and shame countries launching cyber attacks on its infra- indirectly hinting to nations like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea that they need to think twice before launching cyber attacks on adversaries in near future. Early this year, the New South Wales (NSW) government […]
Android and Apple are secretly downloading COVID 19 Software onto mobiles
Users across the US and UK are left puzzled as a coronavirus tracking software has landed on their phones without their knowledge or any kind of prior notification. And the fact is that its been noticed on phones which do not have any government recommended COVID 19 Tracking software loaded on to them. All […]
