Tag: Cybersecurity

ASD publishes open-source malware analysis tool

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Australia’s top cyber spy agency has released a new digital tool it hopes will shave days if not months off the time needed to analyse large-scale malware and engineer...

OpenClaw and the security risks of AI frenzy

Posted on   |  by Dr Hassan Asghar
It feels like only yesterday that ChatGPT took the world by storm. Its ability to reason and give human-like responses made everyone believe that artificial intelligence is set to...

Agencies keeping ASD in the dark on cyber incidents

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Chronic underreporting of cybersecurity incidents has taken hold across the federal government, with most agencies failing to report the majority of incidents to Australia’s top cyber spy in each...

NSW cyber strategy to shore up defences as threats escalate

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The NSW government has unveiled the first major revision to its cybersecurity strategy since 2021, setting out a two-year plan to boost cyber resilience through improved governance and incident...

Victoria’s privacy watchdog probes mass school data breach

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Victoria’s privacy watchdog has launched a formal investigation into a major data breach potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of current and former public school students. The Office of the...

Damning cybersecurity audit of NSW Health revealed

Posted on   |  by David Allen
Public hospitals in NSW have been operating below both state and federal cybersecurity minimum standards and would be unprepared to deal with a cyber-attack, a damning audit has revealed....

Why visibility is essential to public sector modernisation 

Posted on   |  by Suzanne Prescott
Public sector agencies are working to uplift critical systems at a time when their IT environments have never been more complex. Legacy platforms sit alongside new cloud services, data...

Thales launches defence-grade cyber hub for government

Posted on   |  by David Allen
French defence giant Thales has launched a new Canberra-based cybersecurity hub for federal government agencies and critical infrastructure operators, promising to isolate data breaches within minutes. The company opened...