At least three Australian businesses hit by WannaCrypt
At least three local organisations have been hit by WannaCrypt/WannaCry, according to the Australian government.
At least three local organisations have been hit by WannaCrypt/WannaCry, according to the Australian government.
Internet security technology company, Menlo Security, says its global web survey has shown that almost half of the 1 million most popular web site, as rated by Alexa, present some security risk either directly or via some 25 million background sites used for ad serving and other purposes.
There’s a new weapon in the never-ending battle against cyber crime: Machine learning. It’s generating a great deal of interest, getting substantial backing from venture capitalists and even being billed as a must-have addition to the cyber-security arsenal.
A new Android malware has managed to steal access to more than 1 million Google accounts, and it continues to infect new devices, according to security firm Checkpoint.
A new open-source tool called MBRFilter can protect the master boot record of Windows computers from modification by ransomware and other malicious attacks.
Victoria Police have issued a warning about USB flash drives reportedly being left in letterboxes in the Melbourne suburb of Pakenham.
A flood of ransomware, demanding ransom usually in bitcoin to unlock files encrypted by malicious software, will be an early priority for Victorian Liberal MP Dan Tehan in his new role as Australia’s ‘cyber minister’.
A newly discovered fake Pokemon Go game will actually lock your phone and then secretly run in the background, clicking on porn ads.
It’s prime time for scams warns the Australian Taxation Office, as it notes an annual spike in the number of email and phone scams reported around tax time.
Antivirus vendor Avast Software has agreed to buy rival AVG Technologies for US$1.3 billion in cash.
Hackers are stealing credit card information in Europe with malware that can spoof the user interfaces of Uber, WhatsApp and Google Play.
Common apps spoofed to trick users into downloading malware.
Researchers from Kaspersky Lab have developed a method of decrypting files affected with the latest version of CryptXXX, a malware program that combines ransomware and information stealing capabilities.
The Petya ransomware now bundles a second file-encrypting program for cases where it cannot replace a computer's master boot record to encrypt its file table.
Two vulnerabilities recently patched in 7-Zip could put many software products and devices who bundle the open-source file archiving library at risk of compromise.