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1 week ago | cyberdaily.au | David Hollingworth

Delivering ransom notes to homes and fake extortion claims are part of a new suite of ransomware tactics. Organisations across the Asia-Pacific and Japan region are improving their network defences, taking advantage of endpoint detection and response platforms to cut off intrusions at the knees before ransomware and other malware can be deployed.

1 week ago | cyberdaily.au | David Hollingworth

Alongside links to sample data, Dire Wolf has published its intended timeline for publishing the dataset. Sample data was published on May 26, and the gang plans to publish half the files on June 15, with the remaining to come on June 30. The Legal Practice Board of Western Australia has confirmed it is aware of the actor's claims.

1 week ago | cyberdaily.au | David Hollingworth

Multiple career pathways and a new pay structure aimed at recruiting and retaining skilled cyber specialists. The Australian Defence Force has announced a shakeup of the way it recruits and retains vital cyber warfare specialists, with the key aim of building a “fit-for-purpose cyber warfare workforce”. Cyber warfare personnel can now take advantage of several new career pathway opportunities and a shift to a skills-based pay structure.

1 week ago | cyberdaily.au | David Hollingworth

The US cryptocurrency exchange experienced a sudden drop in stock price after hackers stole personal information. Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is facing a class action from one of its investors following a data breach that saw the personal information of 69,461 customers compromised by an unknown threat actor. Investor Brady Nessler filed suit on May 22 in a Pennsylvania federal court alleging violations of federal securities law.

1 week ago | cyberdaily.au | David Hollingworth

A newly emerged phishing campaign is capable of bypassing defences to MFA codes and credentials. Researchers at identity security firm KnowBe4’s Threat Labs have observed a highly advanced phishing campaign using Google’s AppSheet development platform to impersonate Meta and PayPal First observed in March, the campaign appears to have peaked on April 20, when more than ten per cent of all global phishing emails identified and stopped by KnowBe4 were sent from AppSheet.