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Education embarks on $4m cyber probe

The Department of Education, Skills and Employment has handed more than $4 million worth of contracts to local firms to probe its cyber defences this year, as part of...

ASPI ‘soft target’ warning on ransomware

13 July 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Ransomware attacks will only get worse for Australia without strategic domestic efforts to thwart it, according to a new report which warns a “policy vacuum” has made the nation...

US cyber expert backs ransomware notice scheme

12 July 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

A renowned US cybersecurity expert has put weight behind calls for a mandatory ransomware payment notification scheme in Australia and said Australia’s election administration system should be considered critical...

Call for campaign on cyber critical infrastructure

7 July 2021 | by James Riley

The changes to critical national infrastructure regulation in relation to cyber security will need a coordinated, Australia-wide communications campaign that embraces small and medium sized companies in order to...

Former ASIO boss warns on energy sector cyber

21 June 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Energy experts and a former ASIO chief have warned that Australia’s critical energy infrastructure was growing in complexity and vulnerability to cyber-attacks, but a commensurate uplift in resilience has...

Ransomware and phishing drive data breach spike

13 May 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Phishing and ransomware attacks spiked in the last year leading to a growing number of data breaches, according to analysis of more than 29,000 security incidents. Australian governments and...

Expert cyber cohort call out on ransomware

30 April 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Aggressive nationally and internationally coordinated strategies are needed to tackle the growing threat of ransomware, according to an expert taskforce that included the US, UK and Canadian government cyber...

Govt gives IT resellers $7m for SME cyber support

28 April 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

A cohort of “trusted” companies will share in $6.9 million in federal government grants to support SME cyber awareness and resilience, with nearly 40 per cent of the money...

Australia blames Russia for SolarWinds attack

16 April 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

Australia has officially attributed the SolarWinds cyber attack to Russia and has committed to helping the US in holding the nation “to account” for the incident. Overnight US President...

Funding-starved National Archives struggles with cyber resilience

14 April 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

The National Archives of Australia is struggling to maintain cyber resilience as the agency battles budget and staff cuts that are also putting important records at risk and slowing...

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