Australia
MedFin Australia targeted by Cyber Attack
MedFin, an Australian based firm that offers financial help for medical services has issued a press statement yesterday that it was targeted by a cyberattack, on June 14th, 2020, but no data was compromised in the incident. Paul Freeman, the CEO of the National Australia Bank’s (NAB) business subsidiary, confirmed the news and said […]
Australia invests in Cyber Threat Intelligence platform to shield itself from Cyber Attacks
Almost 10 days ago, Australian Prime Minister Scot Morrison made it formal that the critical infrastructure of his nation was being bombarded by cyber attacks probably launched by hackers funded by Chinese Intelligence. Now, the country has decided to bolster its defense-line against state-funded cyber threats by investing $1.22 million in a firm named […]
Huawei shrugs off Cyber Attack claims by Australia
Chinese company Huawei has shrugged off the claims made by Prime Minister Scott Morrison that Australia’s critical infrastructure was being cyber attacked due to a ban imposed on Huawei from building a 5G network in the continent. Reacting to the interview given by Mr. Morrison for The Australian Financial Review, Huawei stated that the […]
Australia affected by a major State-funded Cyber Attack
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has made it official that all the government websites, public and private companies, and some high-end officials were being targeted by state-funded cyber attacks from the past few months. However, Morrison denied to name any state-funded actor or group in his statement and reiterated that no classified data was leaked […]
Lion Beverages hit by a Ransomware Cyber Attack
Australia based beverage and food company LION which also has active business operations in New Zealand is reported to have suffered a cyber attack early this week causing disruptions to its suppliers and customers. Currently, the company is still investigating the incident deeply, and so is not in a position to confirm whether the […]
Facebook dragged to court by Australia over data privacy
Australian data watchdog has dragged Facebook to court for allegedly sharing personal details of more than 300,000 people with the controversial, now defunct form Cambridge Analytica. Australian Information Commissioner has given the social media a specified time frame to respond to its federal lawsuit and if Mark Zuckerberg’s led company fails to respond, there […]
Mexico and Australian Governments tackling Cyber Attacks
Mexico’s economic ministry has made it official that it is has detected malevolent server activity on its servers on Sunday this week. But assured that no sensitive information was compromised in the incident and all security measures were beefed up to prevent such incidents in the future. Readers of Cybersecurity Insiders have to notify a […]
Major regional hospitals in Victoria hit by a ransomware attack
Health services in Victoria took a major jolt when the IT infrastructures of some of the major regional hospitals operating in the region were hit by a ransomware attack. This includes Gippsland Health Alliance and South West Alliance of Rural Health along with health care service providers in Warrnambool, Colac, Geelong, Warragul, Sale, Bairnsdale, and […]
Google trending news posts related to Cloud Security and Cybersecurity
Cloud Security Oracle has finally decided to make its business hold strong in Cloud Security by announcing new services at the annual Open World Conference held in San Francisco this week. The latest set of service portfolio is intended to cut down the complexity in configuring cloud security by automating most of the security […]
Cyber Attack on Satellites could spell doom to Australia
The Australian Defense Force (ADF) is searching for ways to protect its space assets from cyber-attacks launched by adversaries and that’s because they like any other nation rely heavily on the space stations for weapons guidance, joint command, and control of military artillery and space-based intelligence. Moreover, as nations like China and Russia are emerging […]
