Cybersecurity News

Medibank suffered a data breach that compromised 9.7 million current and former customers.

Cybercriminals believed to be working for a criminal or state-sponsored operation breached Optus' internal network, compromising personal information impacting up to 9.8 million customers.

OpenWRT, an open source firmware solution for home routers, was breached exposing the email addresses of many of its forum users.

Domain, one of Australia’s leading property market platforms, has fallen victim to a cyber attack

Volatile Cedar, a cybercriminal group affiliated with the Hezbollah Cyber Unit, has resurfaced after disappearing for almost 6 years.

The Northern Territory Government's third-party IT system supply has fallen victim to a ransomware attack.

A dangerous vulnerability in a nursery monitoring system gave cyber criminals an opportunity to seamlessly access any live camera feed in any location.

Saudi Arabian oil giant, Aramco, is currently battling a cyber-extorsion campaign involving a $50 million ransom and 1 terabyte of leaked company data.

The two largest threats to cybersecurity are supply chain attacks and ransomware attacks, but a combination of the two creates a new sinister breed of cyber threat.

NitroRansomware is encrypting personal files and charging only $9.99 to reverse the damage.

The UK Labour Party has been impacted by a data breach for the second time in a year. 

Nine Network Australia has fallen victim to the largest media company cyberattack in the nation’s history.

Spotify has suffered its third data breach in the space of a few weeks.

SITA, an IT systems vendor for 90% of the global aviation industry, has been used as an instrument for a sophisticated international supply chain attack.

The records of every Tasmanian that has requested an ambulance since November 2020 has been published online.

Nobelium, the Russian hacking group believed to be responsible for the Solarwinds supply chain attack, has launched new attacks targeting Microsoft customers.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles has been breached, potentially exposing millions of driver registration records.

US retailer Kmart has fallen victim to an Egregor ransomware attack.

Cochise Eye & Laser, an Arizona-based optometrist, has suffered a ransomware attack.

Acer has suffered a $50 million ransomware attack

Swiss helicopter company Kopter has suffered a data breach by the ransomware group LockBit.

Colonial Pipeline has fallen victim to a ransomware attack, forcing its 5,500-mile pipeline to shutdown.

The Colonial Pipeline story has taken an unexpected plot twist after Darkside announced the cessation of their criminal operations.

Twitch has fallen victim to an anonymous hacker who breached 125GB of data, including the service’s entire source code.

Cyberattackers are continuing to sharpen their tactics against essential services, this time targeting the green energy sector.

US trading platform Robinhood is at the center of data breach affecting up to 7 million of the popular investing app’s users, after falling victim to a social engineering attack carried out on 3rd November 2021.

An anonymous hacker has allegedly leaked the entirety of Argentina’s National Registry of Persons, offering select information for sale on a dark web forum.

Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest television network conglomerates in the U.S fell victim to a ransomware attack causing mass disruptions throughout its entire network.

Acer has confirmed a 60GB data breach resulting from a cyber attack on its Indian offices - the second major breach to affect the global hardware and electronics company this year. 

The cybersecurity spotlight hasn’t shifted from Microsoft for most of 2021. The latest in a string of critical security issues is a vulnerability in Microsoft Azure’s flagship Cosmos DB Database.

Line, a popular Japanese messaging app with over 84 million monthly users, was breached resulting in the compromise of over 100 accounts belonging to Taiwanese political figures.

Guess has issued a breach notification to customers that were impacted by a ransomware attack that occurred in February.

CNA Financial customers are feeling the ripple effects of a ransomware attack that occurred earlier this year.

Gaming publishing giant Electronic Art (EA games) has lost 780 GB of sensitive gaming data in a recent data breach.

The Australian Security and Investments Commission has been impacted by Accellion's data breach

Canada Post has suffered a data breach impacting 44 of its business clients which lead to 950,000 receiving customers being compromised.

Colorado University suffers the biggest data breach in the institution's history,

On November 22, Law in Order fell victim to a NetWalker ransomware attack. The attackers threaten to publish the breached data if the ransom isn't paid.

US Fertility has had its sensitive patient data breached in a ransomware attack.

There's a disturbing upward trend of cybercriminals targeting the Australian health sector.

A ransomware attack has locked 115,000+ students outside of virtual classrooms.

Randstad has fallen victim to a cyber attack by Egregor.

FireEye, a global cyber threat defense agency, has fallen victim to the most machiavellian cyberattack of 2020.

U.S Treasury emails have been breached by suspected Russian hackers.

BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine data has been breached while in possession by the European Medicines Agency.

The cyber attack against the US government is the largest data breach in the nation's history.

Symrise has fallen victim to a Clop Ransomware attack.

A third-party file secure sharing supplier for the Reserve Bank of New Zealand was breached in a cyberattack.

Malwarebytes, a US cyber-security firm, has announced that it was hacked by the same threat actors responsible for the SolarWinds breach.

Email security firm Mimecast has had its digital certificate compromised giving threat actors access to private customer communications.

2.28 million users of the MeetMindful dating app have had their details published on a hacker forum

Nitro, a PDF creation and editing solution has had 77 million of its records breached and published onto a hacker forum.

Nissan North America has suffered a data breach exposing the source codes of its mobile apps and internal software solutions.

An attacker breached a water treatment facility, adding a lethal injection of Sodium Hydroxide.

Singtel has been impacted by a third-party attack against its vendor Accellion.

Wilmington Surgical Associates is facing a lawsuit for its cybersecurity negligence that resulted in a data breach.

Kroger is the latest addition to a growing list of victims impacted by the cyber attack against the file transfer solution, Accellion.

Clubhouse, the audio-only social networking app, has suffered a data leak

Gab, the social media alternative attracting far-right users has been hacked.

Covenant Healthcare suffered a data breach incident after the email accounts of two employees were compromised in May 2020. 

Oxfam Australia has suffered a data leak impacting 1.8 million donors.