Tag: Australia
Night Blood: A Global Ransomware Campaign Run by APT Group TA505
The TA505, a Russian-speaking APT group, created a buzz early last year with a devastating ransomware attack on the Maastricht University (UM) in the...
NSW Government Proposes Mandatory Notification of Data Breach Scheme
The organizations in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, would mandatorily need to report data breaches to the law enforcement authorities. The NSW government recently...
Telstra Service Provider Hit with a Cyberattack; Tens of Thousands of Sim Cards Breached
Keeping a close eye on the rising number of phishing attacks on Australians amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, in September 2020, Telstra launched a pilot...
Chinese State-sponsored Cybercriminals Got an “Evil Eye” on Uyghur Community
Threat intelligence analysts from Facebook disrupted cyber espionage campaigns by Chinese state-sponsored cybercriminal groups. Tracked as “Earth Empusa” or “Evil Eye,” the criminal group is allegedly...
How Australia Plans to Thwart Ransomware Attacks in the Country
Ever since ransomware attacks in the country increased, the Australian government stepped up its cybersecurity standards to thwart cyberattacks. Committed to the same, the...
Oxfam Australia Confirms Data Breached During Cyberattack
Oxfam Australia, a non-profit charity working towards the eradication of poverty around the globe through humanitarian services, recently reported it was investigating a “data...