Australia

Crikey! Not Another One! Lessons Learned From Australia’s Wave of Breaches
In the last few months, the citizens of Australia have been harshly awoken to the real consequences of cybercrime. It all started in September 2022 when wireless services giant Optus announced it ...

Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944
“… these men came here – British and our allies, and Americans – to storm these beaches for one purpose only, not to gain anything for ourselves, not to fulfill any ambitions ...

Digital Driver’s License Fails Spectacularly — ‘Laughably Easy’ to Forge
Is your state implementing a digital driver’s license? You’d better hope it does better than the Australian state of New South Wales ...
What Is CPS 234 and Who Needs to Comply with It?
In November 2018, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) released the Prudential Standard CPS 234 in direct response to the escalating attack landscape in the financial sector. APRA has understood these threats ...
Australia Leads with Controversial Cyber Laws
The Australian government is looking to pass the Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Bill 2020, an overhaul which is aimed to help Australian businesses fend off cyberattacks. The Bill expands the business ...
New reforms will enhance the security and resilience of Australia’s critical infrastructure
Improving the security of critical infrastructure has become the focus of many governments around the world, including Australia. This is because a failure or disruption in one area of critical infrastructure can ...

Secret Govt. Spy Powers Coming Here—via Australia
The Australian government has given itself an enormous surveillance tool. Five Eyes means that rules in Oz can be used here, too ...

Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944
“… these men came here – British and our Allies, and Americans – to storm these beaches for one purpose only, not to gain anything for ourselves, not to fulfill any ambitions ...

The Week in Breach News: 05/05/21 – 05/11/21
2 medical data breaches, the state of email security & securing systems & data against nation-state cyberattacks like colonial pipeline ...

The Week in Breach News: 04/28/21 – 05/04/21
Huge Codecov breach creates risk shockwave, selling security to budget-minded clients & your customer retention blueprint ...