Australia’s critical industries have been warned they are being targeted by Russian hackers exploiting poorly configured networking devices.
Emma Kirk
China is now Australia’s biggest source of new cars. As sales surge, security experts and spy agencies are asking what connected vehicles know about us.
Ryan Johnson
Australia’s enemies now know exactly how long it takes to bring the nation’s critical infrastructure to its knees, cybersecurity experts have warned following the Telstra outage.
Blair Jackson
East Perth-based Intelligent Monitoring Group says the deal will nearly triple earnings, but the former Threat Protect roll-up is taking on a major debt facility to get there.
A scam victim has revealed the devastating moment they lost their entire life savings in a 10-minute call to a scammer using sophisticated technology to impersonate a bank.
Blake Antrobus
An Iran-backed group could carry out assassinations on Australian soil as global terror threats rise, the nation’s spy chief has revealed.
Nathan Schmidt
Australians have been issued a stark warning about artificial intelligence, with a leading human rights group warning we are “not ready”.
Australian companies are among the most likely to pay online criminals to retrieve stolen data even though they have to disclose their payments.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Elon Musk’s social media platform X has received a $750,000 penalty after failing to address a list of questions from the eSafety Commissioner.
Liam Beatty
Attacks on Australian financial service firms are growing but artificial intelligence technology could raise the threat level even higher.
A new update has emerged after cybercriminals stole the data of thousands of Aussie students from an online learning platform during a data breach.
Andrew Hedgman
Australian businesses are growing targets for online criminal gangs and an executive whose company was attacked warns it is hard to avoid.
A major cybersecurity breach has compromised the personal data of tens of thousands of Australian students across schools and universities – leaving institutions scrambling.
David Hannant
One of the world’s largest travel giants has issued a warning to Aussies after it suffered a massive data breach, leading to customers’ personal information being compromised.
Australia Post has sounded the alarm over a new type of scam emerging over social media marketplaces, issuing a blunt warning to buyers and sellers.
Social media platforms like Facebook and TikTok face millions in fines over revelations they are using “big tech playbook” tactics to undermine Australia’s under-16 social media ban.
Angie Raphael
Losses on gambling and sports scams have tripled as Aussies lost a staggering amount of money to scammers in 2025.
An inquiry into the Optus outage has revealed millions of triple-0 calls failed to reach emergency services, with officials unable to explain just how many calls did not patch through.
Australians are using a simple technological loophole to get around a sweeping block put in place by the owners of one of the world’s biggest adult websites.
Abisha Sapkota
Cyber criminals are turning to artificial intelligence tools to write malicious code, proofread scam emails and increase the volume of their attacks.
The personal data of more than 440,000 Australians - including $3.7bn in loan applications - has been exposed after a cybersecurity breach at a major company.
The UK government has announced plans to work with tech giants Microsoft on a deepfake detection initiative.
Staff Writers
Australia Day anti-Semitic speeches and extremist rallies were a stark reminder that far-right ideology remains a serious threat.
An expert has warned of ways hackers who have access to the data of thousands of Aussie students could exploit that information.
Emma Kirk and Eli Green
