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'AustralianSuper was not hacked': Fund responds to cyber incident

1 week ago | cyberdaily.au | Maja Garaca Djurdjevic

Australia’s largest superannuation fund has confirmed all members who had funds stolen during the recent cyber fraud crime have been reimbursed. In an email sent to its members on Thursday, the first of its kind since it was reported AustralianSuper was one of a number of funds impacted by a cyber fraud crime, CEO Paul Schroder clarified that the fund was “not hacked”. “Criminals used stolen passwords and personal identity information from other sources to access accounts to commit fraud.
Australian defence supercomputer achieves final operational capability

1 week ago | cyberdaily.au | Robert Dougherty

Defence has officially achieved final operational capability with its new Australian supercomputer, Taingiwilta. The intensive research and project development by Defence Science and Technology Group, under the Defence High Performance Computing Program, was announced to be fully operational on 11 April.
ACSC warns of spyware targeting Uyghur, Taiwanese, and Tibetan groups

1 week ago | cyberdaily.au | David Hollingworth

The campaign revolves around two sets of malware, dubbed MOONSHINE and BADBAZAAR. Both are trojans, carefully hidden inside what appears to be perfectly normal applications either downloaded from a traditional app store or file-sharing platforms. The actors behind the campaign have even been observed taking part in forums used by their target groups, actively sharing the suspect apps with their victims.
PODCAST: Western Sydney University and superannuation hacks, Aussie election fears, and Trump takes aim at ex-CISA chief

1 week ago | cyberdaily.au | Robyn Tongol

In this episode of the Cyber Uncut podcast, David Hollingworth and Daniel Croft chat about emissions, credential stuffing attacks targeting Australian super funds, a ransomware attack on a luxury Sydney hotel, and more Donald Trump chaos.
Exclusive: University of Sydney confirms third-party data incident

1 week ago | cyberdaily.au | David Hollingworth

A spokesperson has told Cyber Daily that no university data has been compromised after a hacking forum member claimed to have breached its GitHub repositories. Following the news of a cyber security incident impacting 10,000 students at the University of Western Sydney, sandstone institution the University of Sydney has had to respond to claims that a hacker had compromised some of the university’s source code.
Exclusive: Akira claims hack of Aussie engineering & design firm

1 week ago | cyberdaily.au | David Hollingworth

Ransomware gang lists Sydney-based Consonic on leak site following alleged theft of 28 gigabytes of ‘essential corporate information’. The Akira ransomware gang claimed this week to have exfiltrated 28 gigabytes of data from Australian engineering services company Consonic. The gang’s darknet leak post was dated April 9, and despite it being removed from the leak site shortly after, threat intelligence company VenariX was able to save a screenshot of the post before its removal.
Exclusive: The Fullerton Hotels and Resorts confirms hack impacting The Fullerton Hotel Sydney

2 weeks ago | cyberdaily.au | David Hollingworth

The gang, as a rule, does not share evidence of its claims, nor any details of its ransom demands or deadline. However, like many ransomware actors, Akira casts itself as something of a penetration tester. “Well, you are here. It means that you're suffering from cyber incident right now,” the gang says on its leak site. “Think of our actions as an unscheduled forced audit of your network for vulnerabilities. Keep in mind that there is a fair price to make it all go away. “Remember.
Exclusive: The Fullerton Hotels and Resorts allegedly hacked by Akira ransomware gang

2 weeks ago | cyberdaily.au | David Hollingworth

Passports and driver’s licenses part of an alleged 148 gigabyte data breach impacting luxury hotel chain with locations in Sydney, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The Akira ransomware gang has listed the Chinese-owned The Fullerton Hotels and Resorts as a victim on its darknet leak site and is claiming to have stolen more than 140 gigabytes of data.
Research: Middle-aged women most likely to fall for retail scams

2 weeks ago | cyberdaily.au | David Hollingworth

Women in NSW aged between 45 and 54 are the most vulnerable demographic, while social media is the most popular platform for scammers. An analysis of 2024 Scamwatch data has revealed the cohorts most likely to fall victim to retail scams, and the platforms most commonly used to host such scams. Women aged between 45 and 54 in the state of New South Wales are most likely to fall victim to retail scams, losing on average $1,034 to each incident.
ShareRing begins social media age verification trial

2 weeks ago | cyberdaily.au | David Hollingworth

Digital identity firm to begin ‘rigorous testing’ of age verification technology with students in Darwin. Melbourne-based blockchain technology firm ShareRing has announced it has joined the Australian government’s age assurance and online verification technology trial in the lead-up to legislation coming into effect later in the year to ban the use of social media by children under 16.