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OpenAI Agents Probed Websites for Vulnerabilities While Fetching Public Data

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OpenAI Agents Probed Websites for Vulnerabilities While Fetching Public Data 2026-09-24 at 17:43 By Eduard Kovacs Australia disclosed that an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to non-public government information. The post OpenAI Agents Probed Websites for Vulnerabilities While Fetching Public Data appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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OpenAI agent hacking spree widens to Australia, targeting government website

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OpenAI agent hacking spree widens to Australia, targeting government website 2026-09-24 at 15:53 By Zeljka Zorz Before the Hugging Face and RubyGems hacks, autonomous OpenAI agents attempted to hack into three other websites, including an Australian government public health website, independent research lab Transluce revealed on Wednesday. “Notably, the tasks the agents were trying to […]

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Two alleged TeamPCP hackers arrested over global supply chain attacks

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Two alleged TeamPCP hackers arrested over global supply chain attacks 2026-08-27 at 16:59 By Sinisa Markovic Two men from Western Australia have been charged after police allege they were part of TeamPCP, a cybercrime group that planted malicious code in open-source software, then used it to break into organizations around the world. The Australian Federal […]

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Australia Arrests 2 Alleged TeamPCP Hackers

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Australia Arrests 2 Alleged TeamPCP Hackers 2026-08-27 at 15:48 By Eduard Kovacs Australian and US authorities collaborated to identify and charge the alleged cybercriminals, who face many years in prison. The post Australia Arrests 2 Alleged TeamPCP Hackers appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Data Breach Confirmed After Australian Energy Giant Origin Is Hacked

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Data Breach Confirmed After Australian Energy Giant Origin Is Hacked 2026-07-24 at 08:52 By Eduard Kovacs A hacker claims to have stolen the information of 2 million Origin Energy customers and is threatening to leak it.  The post Data Breach Confirmed After Australian Energy Giant Origin Is Hacked appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is […]

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Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Mills of Australia’s Second-Largest Sugar Producer

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Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Mills of Australia’s Second-Largest Sugar Producer 2026-06-15 at 18:15 By Eduard Kovacs Mackay Sugar was targeted in a cyberattack carried out by a threat group known as The Gentlemen. The post Ransomware Attack Shuts Down Mills of Australia’s Second-Largest Sugar Producer appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from […]

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Why Australian Dark Web Data Is Now Being Sold in Bundles — and What It Means for Organizational Exposure in 2026

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Why Australian Dark Web Data Is Now Being Sold in Bundles — and What It Means for Organizational Exposure in 2026 2026-05-14 at 12:48 By Ashish Khaitan In 2026, opportunistic assaults and isolated breaches will no longer characterize Australia’s cyber risk environment. Industrialized data theft, in which stolen data is packaged, repackaged, and marketed on […]

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Australian Man Sentenced to Prison for Wi-Fi Attacks at Airports and on Flights

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Australian Man Sentenced to Prison for Wi-Fi Attacks at Airports and on Flights 2025-12-01 at 11:49 By Eduard Kovacs Michael Clapsis has been sentenced to 7 years and 4 months in prison for stealing sensitive information. The post Australian Man Sentenced to Prison for Wi-Fi Attacks at Airports and on Flights appeared first on SecurityWeek. […]

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North Korea’s IT workers are targeting firms beyond tech, crypto, and the U.S.

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North Korea’s IT workers are targeting firms beyond tech, crypto, and the U.S. 2025-10-01 at 17:24 By Zeljka Zorz North Korea’s clandestine IT Worker (ITW) program, which is long known for targeting U.S. technology firms and crypto firms, has broadened its scope to attempt to infiltrate a variety of industries worldwide, including finance, healthcare, public […]

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Akira ransomware affiliates continue breaching organizations via SonicWall firewalls

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Akira ransomware affiliates continue breaching organizations via SonicWall firewalls 2025-09-11 at 18:25 By Zeljka Zorz Over a year after SonicWall patched CVE-2024-40766, a critical flaw in its next-gen firewalls, ransomware attackers are still gaining a foothold in organizations by exploiting it. Like last September and earlier this year, the attackers are affiliates of the Akira […]

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Australia’s TPG Telecom Investigating iiNet Hack

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Australia’s TPG Telecom Investigating iiNet Hack 2025-08-19 at 15:42 By Eduard Kovacs TPG Telecom has disclosed a cybersecurity incident after discovering unauthorized access to an iiNet order management system. The post Australia’s TPG Telecom Investigating iiNet Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Qantas data breach could affect 6 million customers

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Qantas data breach could affect 6 million customers 2025-07-02 at 14:04 By Zeljka Zorz Qantas has suffered a cyber incident that has lead to a data breach. “The incident occurred when a cyber criminal targeted a call centre and gained access to a third-party customer servicing platform,” the Australian airline announced today, but said that […]

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Australia Enforces Ransomware Payment Reporting

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Australia Enforces Ransomware Payment Reporting 2025-06-03 at 14:01 By Ionut Arghire Covered organizations in Australia are now required to report ransomware and other cyber extortion payments within three days. The post Australia Enforces Ransomware Payment Reporting appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Australian Human Rights Commission Discloses Data Breach

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Australian Human Rights Commission Discloses Data Breach 2025-05-15 at 12:01 By Ionut Arghire The Australian Human Rights Commission says data submitted through the complaint form on its website was inadvertently exposed. The post Australian Human Rights Commission Discloses Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Hertz data breach: Customers in US, EU, UK, Australia and Canada affected

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Hertz data breach: Customers in US, EU, UK, Australia and Canada affected 2025-04-15 at 17:21 By Zeljka Zorz American car rental company Hertz has suffered a data breach linked to last year’s exploitation of Cleo zero-day vulnerabilities by a ransomware gang. The breach resulted in information of an unknown number of customers of Hertz and […]

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How to buy Bitcoin in Australia

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How to buy Bitcoin in Australia 2025-03-28 at 17:04 By Cointelegraph by Gabriëlla Modderman Key takeaways Bitcoin is legal in Australia and is regulated by AUSTRAC and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).  You can buy Bitcoin on various platforms, including centralized exchanges, decentralized exchanges (DEXs), P2P platforms and Bitcoin ATMs Payment options are diverse, including […]

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Kaspersky Banned on Australian Government Systems

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Kaspersky Banned on Australian Government Systems 2025-02-24 at 15:01 By Eduard Kovacs Australian government entities have been banned from using products and services of Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky. The post Kaspersky Banned on Australian Government Systems appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Australia’s Health Sector Receives $6.4 Million Cybersecurity Boost with New Threat Information-Sharing Network

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Australia’s Health Sector Receives $6.4 Million Cybersecurity Boost with New Threat Information-Sharing Network 2025-01-29 at 12:48 By daksh sharma The Australian Government has awarded a $6.4 million grant to CI-ISAC Australia, enabling the establishment of a new Health Cyber Sharing Network (HCSN). This initiative is designed to facilitate the rapid exchange of critical cyber threat […]

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Russian hackers deliver malicious RDP configuration files to thousands

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Russian hackers deliver malicious RDP configuration files to thousands 2024-10-30 at 12:49 By Zeljka Zorz Midnight Blizzard – a cyber espionage group that has been linked to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) – is targeting government, academia, defense, and NGO workers with phishing emails containing a signed Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) configuration file. “Based […]

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Ghost: Criminal communication platform compromised, dismantled by international law enforcement

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Ghost: Criminal communication platform compromised, dismantled by international law enforcement 2024-09-18 at 15:16 By Zeljka Zorz Another encrypted communication platform used by criminals has been dismantled and its alleged mastermind arrested, the Australian Federal Police has announced on Tuesday. “AFP Operation Kraken charged a NSW man, aged 32, for creating and administering Ghost, a dedicated […]

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