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Unencrypted Gearbest database leaves over 1.5mil shoppers' records exposed

Tue, 19th Mar 2019
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A breach at Gearbest has left over 1.5 million shoppers' records exposed, including payment details and national IDs, due to an unencrypted database.
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Kathmandu breached, customer information accessed

Thu, 14th Mar 2019
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Kathmandu is notifying potentially affected customers directly and has advised them to change their passwords for its online loyalty programme.
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Was Citrix unaware of its own data breach until the FBI got involved?

Thu, 14th Mar 2019
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Citrix learnt of a data breach only after the FBI alerted them, suspecting international cybercriminals accessed their network using 'password spraying'.
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Healthcare breaches down, but impacts more significant - Bitglass

Wed, 13th Mar 2019
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Of the 11.5 million individuals affected by healthcare breaches in 2018, 67% had their information exposed by hacking and IT incidents.
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ANZ organisations slack in Notifiable Data Breach scheme

Wed, 13th Mar 2019
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Following the introduction of the Notifiable Data Breach Scheme (NDB) last year, a survey of ANZ businesses has revealed some concerning findings.
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Asia Pacific feeling financial brunt of breaches - but it's not all bad news

Mon, 11th Mar 2019
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Asia Pacific firms face high cyber breach costs, with 17% incurring financial hits over USD $5 million. Yet, 39% limited impacts to under USD $500,000.
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CompTIA security study finds ANZ firms should invest more in employee training

Mon, 4th Mar 2019
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Australian and New Zealand IT professionals see their organisations' cybersecurity as adequate, but believe improvements can be made, says CompTIA.
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617 million stolen records up for sale on dark web

Wed, 13th Feb 2019
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617 million records from sites like MyFitnessPal, Whitepages, and Fotolog are being sold on the dark web for BTC $20,000. Passwords are encrypted.
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Experts comment on Aus Parliament breach

Mon, 11th Feb 2019
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Late last week, Australian security agencies reported they were looking into a security breach of the Federal Parliament's network.
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Blame culture only makes data breaches worse

Fri, 8th Feb 2019
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Australians must move away from victim-blaming culture in order to improve cybersecurity, says Palo Alto Networks.
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Expert comment: Latest NDB report shows Aus is being targeted

Thu, 7th Feb 2019
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The OIAC received 262 notifications in the three months, the highest number since the commencement of the NDB scheme.
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Penten & Cyber Security CRC to research 'advanced cyber traps'

Mon, 21st Jan 2019
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Penten teams up with the Cyber Security CRC to research AI-enhanced cyber traps for faster breach detection, aiming to bolster Australia's cyber defences.
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Experts comment on record 772mil-user data breach

Mon, 21st Jan 2019
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Largest ever database of breached login details leaked on dark web, containing over a billion unique combinations of email addresses and passwords.
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Report on SingHealth breach condemns poor security practices

Tue, 15th Jan 2019
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A report on SingHealth's 2018 data breach criticises inadequate security practices, revealing that staff missteps and system flaws left patient data exposed.
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NordVPN rounds up the worst data breaches of 2018

Wed, 9th Jan 2019
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In 2018, over a billion people were impacted by data breaches. From British Airways to Marriott, NordVPN highlights the most severe security lapses.
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Two top execs' predictions for cybersecurity in 2019

Tue, 1st Jan 2019
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One Identity and Secureworks executives Alex Tilley and Serkan Cetin have released what they see coming for cybersecurity in 2019.
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NASA got hacked (again)

Thu, 20th Dec 2018
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The compromised servers stored personally identifiable information (PII) belonging to current and former NASA employees.
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Three things that will happen in 2019 – and one that will not

Thu, 20th Dec 2018
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Commvault's Nigel Tozer reflects on the year that's been and the one ahead with three predictions of what will be and one that won't.
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Twitter suspects state-sponsored ties to support forum breach

Wed, 19th Dec 2018
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One of Twitter's support forums was hit by a data breach that may have ties to a state-sponsored attack, however users' personal data was exposed.
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Marriott sets up call centres to answer questions on data breach

Mon, 17th Dec 2018
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Marriott has released an update on the breach of the Starwood guest reservation data breach which affected 500 million guests.