Australian web hosting providers compromised by Gh0st RAT, ACSC reveals
The Australian Cyber Security Centre today revealed details of its investigation into the compromise of at least eight local web hosting providers.
The Australian Cyber Security Centre today revealed details of its investigation into the compromise of at least eight local web hosting providers.
Rackspace’s Dedicated Hosting Environment (DHE) has been certified for use with government data, the Australian Cyber Security Centre has announced.
Foreign affairs minister Marise Payne and home affairs minister Peter Dutton have issued a statement “expressing serious concern” over intellectual property theft by the hacking group dubbed APT10, which the Australian government has charged has been acting on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of State Security.
Google Cloud Platform has been added to the Certified Cloud Services List (CCSL) maintained by the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC).
Web browsers on Australian government workstations should, by default, be configured to block online ads, Adobe Flash and Java.
The Australian Cyber Security Centre has worked with its equivalents in Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the United States to produce a report highlighting countermeasures for some of the most common threats faced by enterprises and governments.
The head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), Alastair MacGibbon, has warned people to be wary of possible phishing attacks in the wake of a Facebook security breach.
The Australian government has blamed Russian state-sponsored hackers for a spate of attacks last year targeting Cisco networking gear.
Nation states need faster and more effective ‘consequences’ for those launching cyber attacks against them, former US State Department lead cyber diplomat Chris Painter, said today.
Australia’s cyber security minister Dan Tehan will today reveal details of an attack on an Australian company that has contracting links to national security projects.
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has warned businesses to lock down their networking gear after a number of organisations were targeted by attackers seeking to access the configuration files of Internet-facing routers in the hope of obtaining device admin credentials.
The government has said it will up its cyber security efforts, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announcing a plan to give the Australian Cyber Security Centre “24/7 capability to respond to serious cyber incidents”.
At least three local organisations have been hit by WannaCrypt/WannaCry, according to the Australian government.
A survey conducted by the Australian Cyber Security Centre among organisations that are currently partners of the ACSC and its member agencies has revealed that the majority suffered security breaches in 2015-16.
The Australian Cyber Security Centre has issued a warning to Australian enterprises that they may be exposed to security threats through their relationships with managed service providers.