Tag: Troy Hunt

Ransomware rise a concern: Privacy Commissioner

Posted on   |  by Ben Grubb
Data breaches arising from ransomware incidents increased by 24 per cent in the first half of the year, prompting Australia’s Privacy Commissioner to warn that such attacks “are a...

Govt asks Have I Been Pwned?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The Australian Government has signed up to the Have I Been Pwned service to monitor its email addresses for breaches and be notified in real-time if one occurs. The...

Security ratings for IoT devices?

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has asked industry leaders to develop a mandatory cyber security rating system for Internet of Things devices, but experts say such a scheme would be “enormously...