australia
Australian fertility services giant Genea hit by security breach
Genea, one of Australia’s largest fertility services providers, disclosed that unknown attackers breached its network and accessed data stored on compromised systems. Genea issued a statement on Wednesday, saying it’s “urgently investigating a cyber incident” after detecting “suspicious activity” on its network. “Our ongoing investigation has identified that an unauthorised third party has accessed Genea data. We are urgently […]
US sanctions LockBit ransomware’s bulletproof hosting provider
The United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom have sanctioned Zservers, a Russia-based bulletproof hosting (BPH) services provider, for supplying essential attack infrastructure for the LockBit ransomware gang. Two of its key administrators, Russian nationals Alexander Igorevich Mishin and Aleksandr Sergeyevich Bolshakov, were also designated for their roles in directing Lockbit virtual currency transactions and […]
Cyber agencies share security guidance for network edge devices
Five Eyes cybersecurity agencies in the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. have issued guidance urging makers of network edge devices and appliances to improve forensic visibility to help defenders detect attacks and investigate breaches. Such devices, including firewalls, routers, virtual private networks (VPN) gateways, internet-facing servers and operational technology (OT) systems, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, […]
Ireland fines Meta $264 million over 2018 Facebook data breach
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta €251 million ($263.6M) over General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) violations arising from a 2018 personal data breach impacting 29 million Facebook accounts. The breach was caused by the exploitation of user access tokens by unauthorized parties, exposing sensitive user data such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical locations, […]
FBI, CISA, and NSA reveal most exploited vulnerabilities of 2023
The FBI, the NSA, and cybersecurity authorities of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance have released today a list of the top 15 routinely exploited vulnerabilities throughout last year. A joint advisory published on Tuesday calls for organizations worldwide to immediately patch these security flaws and deploy patch management systems to minimize their networks’ exposure to potential […]
Australian gold producer Evolution Mining hit by ransomware
Evolution Mining has informed that it has been targeted by a ransomware attack on August 8, 2024, which impacted its IT systems. The company has contracted external cybersecurity experts to help with the remediation efforts, and based on the current information, the attack is now fully contained. Evolution Mining is one of Australia’s largest gold […]
Nearly 13 Million Australians Affected by MediSecure Attack
Personal and health data of almost 13 million Australians has been impacted by the cyber-attack on medical prescription provider MediSecure. Following an investigation of a dataset accessed by the attackers in May 2024, the company has determined that 12.9 million individuals who used the MediSecure prescription delivery service during the period of March 2019 to November […]