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- ‘Shai Hulud 2.0’ Compromises Over 25,000 Repos & Packages
- ‘State actor’ possibly behind Nine Network cyber attack
- ‘0ktapus’ SMS Phishing Campaign Targets 130 Companies mimicking MFA service Okta
- “The craziest f***ing thing I’d ever seen” – Reflections on SolarWinds, 6 months on
- “The Intern Did It” – SolarWinds Execs on the World’s Biggest Cyber Attack
- “AI Slop” in a Ransomware Case
- $25 Million Lost to Deepfake Scam
- 1 in 5 Australian Businesses Fall Victim to Attacks
- 10 Australians Arrested in Global Cybercrime Sting
- 193,000 Customers Affected in Pizza Hut Australia Breach
- 2022 breaches that forever changed Australia’s cyber landscape
- 2025 Cybersecurity Recap
- 3 Million Electric Toothbrushes Hacked
- 300 Million Private AI Chat Messages Exposed
- 33 Million Health Insurance Records Leaked
- 79% of teams unprepared to secure AI identities
- A bizarre tale: The worker who hacked and ransomed his employer
- A hacker let DeepSeek run the attack. It accidentally exposed the whole operation.
- ACSC’s 2021-2022 Cyber Threat Report: Key Takeaways
- AI in Cybersecurity: 2023
- AI-Generated Reviews: Amazon’s Overlooked Cybersecurity Vulnerability
- AIOS WordPress Plugin: Over 1M Plaintext Passwords Logged
- Alleged Breach Threatens Over 4 Million .au Domains
- Apple heist explained: How blueprints were stolen in $50m ransomware attack
- ASD Issues New Warning on Agentic AI
- ASIC v RI Advice: Regulator Puts Financial Services Industry on Notice for Cybersecurity Failures
- ASIC’s Legal Action Against FIIG Securities Highlights Critical Cybersecurity Lessons for Australian Businesses
- ASICs Cyber Crackdown: Perspective from a Risk Professional
- ASIO Confirms Telecom Probing Involving Salt Typhoon
- August Cyber Recap
- Aussie banks among worst hit in huge leak of credit card data
- Aussie Businesses Still Overconfident With Their Cyber Defences
- Aussie Hacker Arrested, Charged for Developing and Selling Imminent Monitor RAT
- Australia Is Being Cyberattacked by State Actor, Prime Minister Says – The Wall Street Journal
- Australian & New Zealand Fleet Data Breach
- Australian Healthcare in Critical Condition: Cyberattacks on the Rise
- AutoSpill Vulnerability Hits Android
- Back from the “dead”? Two intriguing new ransomware gangs emerge
- BREAKING: 65,000+ Australian Payment Cards Found on Dark Web
- BREAKING: 75 Million Users Fall Victim to Malicious Chrome Extensions
- BREAKING: AlphaPo Reports $60 Million Loss in Major Crypto Attack
- Breaking: Cyberattack on Fire Rescue Victoria exposed sensitive data
- BREAKING: Latitude Financial Hack 42x Larger than Reported
- BREAKING: New Attack Details Emerge on Latitude Breach
- BREAKING: New Cyber Scam Targets NAB Customers
- BREAKING: TAFE SA data breach
- British Airways Suffers $328m GDPR Fine for Data Breach
- Buffer Overflow: How It’s Exploited and Why That Matters For Enterprise
- Bugs in the OpenSea NFT Platform Allow Hackers to Steal Cryptocurrency Wallets
- Bunnings and Kmart Halt Facial Recognition Technology in Stores in Response to Privacy Investigation
- Canberra Resident Hit By $1 million Business Email Compromise (7 News Appearance)
- Catch CL0P, Claim $10M: The Ultimate Cybersecurity Bounty
- Chinese spy chips are found in hardware used by Apple, Amazon, Bloomberg says
- Chrome extensions hijacking Google search results for millions of people
- CL0P Targets PwC in Global Cyber Attack
- Cloud Security Gaps Leave 93% of Australian Firms Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
- Common Penetration Test Findings 2024
- Complete remote hacking possible: The nightmare security flaw that has the internet scrambling
- Contractor uploads NSW flood victims’ data to ChatGPT
- Costa Rica Declares a National Emergency in Ongoing Cyber Attack
- Council Breach After Hackers Demand Contact Through a Chatroom
- CrowdStrike npm Breach Spreads Malware
- CrowdStrike outage live commentary (Al Jazeera appearance)
- Cyber Attack on CBA-Owned Bank Leads to Unauthorised Access of Customer Data
- Cyber Awareness Month – Have I been Hacked?
- Cyber Criminals Burnt in Massive Data Centre Fire
- Cyber risk insider threats ‘under-reported’
- Cybersecurity in 2026: What Early Incidents Are Already Confirming
- Cybersecurity in Australia: April 2019 Gridware Roundup
- Cybersecurity warning for Australian firms (2GB interview)
- Cyberwarfare: Which Countries Are the Biggest Threats?
- Danger Ahead: 8 Major Security Flaws Uncovered in Google Chrome
- Data breach at MyDeal impacts 2.2 million users, stolen data for sale online
- Data Shows the Alarming Frequency Aussies Forget Their Passwords
- Daxin – The ‘Newly Found’ Chinese Backdoor That’s Been Active for a Decade
- Defence IT contractor hit by ransomware attack
- Discussion of the Medibank cyber attack (A Current Affair Appearance)
- DoorDash Fined $2M for Over 1M Unwanted Emails and Texts
- Education Under Attack: Confidential data leaked in ransomware attacks
- Eight Caught in myGov Website Phishing Operation
- Encrypted Chat CEO Indicted for Aiding Organised Criminals
- Enter the Matrix: Are new govt cyber powers being rushed in the wrong direction?
- Ethical hacking on crypto-steroids? The bizarre story of Mr. White Hat’s $600m heist
- Everything you need to know about the Kaseya Crisis – the global Ransomware hurricane
- Ex-contractor accessed Govt systems 260 times a year after leaving
- Explainer – Facebook’s historic outage: What happened and why restoration took so long
- F5 Cyber Breach
- FBI uses hacker backdoors in Exchange clean up op
- FluBot SMS surge continues as scammers master reverse psychology
- Flubot: The strange ‘missed call’ SMS affecting millions of Australians
- Football Australia’s Data Breach
- Global sting nets big-time ransomware hackers, millions in crypto
- Great business model or war around the corner? Colonial Pipeline attack analysis
- Gridware Case Study: How we helped education leader Kumon (Web Application Penetration Testing)
- Gridware Case Study: How we helped fintech leader Astute Wheel
- Gridware Cybersecurity discussing Facebook’s role in crypto currency scams (Channel 7 News Sydney Appearance)
- Gridware proud to be part of new federally funded Cybersecurity Aid Centre
- Grimshaw Global
- Hack every 8 minutes: Australia, COVID-19 and the cybercrime pandemic
- Hacker steals government ID database for Argentina’s entire population
- Hackers Try to Extort Survey Firm QuestionPro After Alleged Data Theft
- Hackers Using AI to Craft Phishing Emails that Fool Even the Most Cautious
- Healthcare Cybersecurity Alert: Sydney Surgeon targeted in Ransomware Attack
- How 77 million Nitro PDF users’ data was leaked online
- How a Microsoft Exchange bug exposed ~100,000 Windows credentials
- How Far is Too Far? Ethical Limits of Penetration Testing
- How Our Pen Testers Discovered 20+ Vulnerabilities in a Satellite Receiver Used by the US DoD and European Space Agency
- How Secure is Telegram? Secret Chat leaves Self-Destructing Files on Devices
- How Teen Gamers From Scattered Spider Are Still Breaking Into Corporate Networks in 2025
- How The Cyber-Grinch May Steal Christmas: What to Look Out For
- How to be cyber safe while working from home
- How to Build a Cyber Incident Response Plan for Your Australian Business
- How to Choose a Cyber Security Provider in Australia
- How you (and attackers) can post a LinkedIn job as almost ANY employer
- iiNet Data Breach Exposes 280,000 Customers After Stolen Staff Login
- Incognito Mode Exposed: Google Faces $5 Billion Lawsuit
- Is a major cyber attack against banks ‘inevitable’? The RBA thinks so
- Is Huawei Really a Danger to Australia?
- Is Your Mac as Safe as You Think?
- It’s on. Australia finally moves to crack down on ransomware
- It’s official: The dreaded Emotet malware is back
- January 2026 Cyber Recap
- July 2025 Cyber Recap
- Kathmandu investigates suspected data breach
- KRACK Vulnerability Whitepaper
- Leak Reveals Spyware Created by Chinese Government Contractor
- LockBit gang hit by DDoS attack after threatening to leak Entrust ransomware data
- LockBit Threat Report – A Gridware Technical Paper
- LockBit’s Back After Police Takedown
- Managed Security vs In-House Security Team: Which Makes More Sense for Your Business?
- Managing a data breach: Critical questions for company leaders
- MediaWorks New Zealand Data Breach Exposes 2.4 Million
- Medibank and Optus hacks prompt new legislation
- Medibank Breach: Aftermath and Future of Cybersecurity
- Medibank Private hit by cyberattack
- Meta Hit with $20 Million Penalty for VPN Data Mining
- Microsoft Test Account with Admin Privileges Gets Hacked
- MIT PhD Student Hacks Vision Pro Just Days After Its Release
- Morse code returns: Bizarre phishing attack uses morse to hide approach
- MSPs, AWS & Shopify: What Are Your Security Responsibilities
- Nearly 800 million email accounts have been exposed in a new massive data breach. Here’s how to check if you were affected.
- New ‘Quantum’ Builder Allows Attackers to Easily Create Malicious Windows Shortcuts
- New ‘Scam Indicator’ Launched
- New Acoustic Cyber-Attack Reveals 95% of What You Type
- New Gmail Tech Support Scam: A guide for Aussies
- New MMRat Trojan Targeting Android Users
- New Security Alert Issued to All Woolworths Everyday Rewards Members
- New Vulnerability Disclosure Policy Requirement: Australian Government Releases Draft Code of Practice for IoT Security
- Nine Network – The ransomware attack with no ransom
- No Click, Big Threat: Zero-Click Attacks
- NoReboot Attack Fakes iPhone Shutdown to Spy on You
- November Cyber Recap
- NSO’s incoming CEO quits following Pegasus maker’s blacklisting
- NSW Education says cyber attack may have compromised contact data
- NT Govt Plans to Spend $8 Million on School Network Upgrades
- NVIDIA Hackers Allegedly Hacked Back: Just a Rumour?
- O’Neil Sets Cyber Agenda Until 2030
- October Recap: Cyber Awareness Month
- Okta cyberattack: How do we make MFA more secure?
- Omicron spoof shows ongoing danger of COVID-inspired cyber crime
- One of the most devastating cyber-attacks to date? The SolarWinds Attack
- Ongoing Global Threat: Business Email Compromise groups
- Our Last Census Faced 1 Billion Attempted Cyberattacks. What will hackers try next week?
- Penetration Testing Case Study: How we assisted social startup Linktree
- Perth OT firm allegedly breached by Akira ransomware
- Phishers target C-Suite execs via fake Office 365 password expiration reports
- Protect Yourself from the Largest Data Breach in History
- Qantas App Glitch Exposes Personal Data as Users Accidentally Access Others’ Accounts
- Qantas Data Leak
- Qantas Hit by Cyberattack, 6 Million Customer Details Leaked
- Qualys Breach: Ransomware Gang Strikes Infosecurity Firm
- Ransomware Continues to Hit Australian Businesses
- Ransomware disrupts world’s largest meat supply company
- Ransomware groups are timing attacks around Australia’s holiday routine
- React2Shell is spreading faster than teams can patch
- Remote Working: Close the backdoor and keep it locked
- Research Finds Young People Most Likely to Be Scammed
- Routers at Risk: BADCANDY Cyber Threat
- Royal Ransomware: ACSC sounds alarm on latest threat
- SafePay Ransomware Hits Ingram Micro Through VPN Exposure
- Salt Typhoon’s Tactics Seen in French Telecom Breach
- Security Tips for Remote Working
- Seesaw app used by US schools hacked to send explicit images
- September Cyber Recap
- Services Australia shares its Password-Cracker tools to help uncover fraud
- Should Aussie kids be taught cyber security in school?
- Should Australian telcos have the power to block malicious SMS scams?
- Six Things You Need To Know Before Moving To The Cloud
- Six Ways to Protect Your Organisation from a Cyber Attack
- Tangerine Telecom Breach Hits 232,000 Customers
- Telcos and Australian govt declare war on SMS phishing
- The “Sting of the Century” just happened. But does it raise some hard questions?
- The ASD Essential 8: What you need to know
- The Growing Cybersecurity Threats to Australia’s Manufacturing Industry
- The ransomware Godfather? How social posts have exposed REvil honcho
- The Top 8 Essentials of the ASD
- The Ultimate Guide to Cybersecurity for Small Business
- These four cyberattacks will dominate 2023
- Third Party Information Security Requirements
- Thousands of Donors Exposed: Major Data Breach Hits Australian Charities
- TikTok Denies Breach After Hacker Claims They Stole 2 Billion Data Records
- TikTok Tracks Your Online Search History, Location, Personal Data and More – Study Explains There’s No Way To Know Where It’s Going
- Too far behind – What the NSW Education cyber incident tells us about Australia’s readiness
- Top 10 Cybersecurity Companies in Australia
- Top 10 SOC Service Providers in Australia (2026)
- Top 10 Things You Should Know About ISO/IEC 27001
- Top Cyber Threat: BEC Attacks Overtake Ransomware in 2022
- Top Cybersecurity Risks for ASX100 Boards in 2026
- Transport for NSW Hacked for the Second Time in Less Than 18 Months
- Trojans, Malware and Phishing Scams – How To Protect Yourself
- Twitch data breach exposes “everything” in possible “hacktivism”. How did it happen?
- Twitter scammers impersonate SNL in Musk crypto scams
- Types of Penetration Testing Explained: Web App, Network, Internal and External
- Uber breached 1.2 million Australians’ privacy in 2016
- Unsecured security cameras exposed online (7 News appearance)
- Up to $2100 in Cyber Security Small Business Grants Now Available in Australian Government Scheme
- Up to 10 Million Australians affected in Optus hack
- Urgent Warning: Service NSW Customers’ Personal Data at Risk
- US Ban on Chinese Cars Raises Cybersecurity Concerns as Aussies Embrace BYD and MG
- Warning to All Gmail and Outlook Users Following the Hacking of Billions of Passwords
- Was Your Organisation Exposed in the Notepad++ Update Attack?
- Water treatment facility hack caused by poor password security
- WeChat: Useful App or Hidden Threat?
- What Is a Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP)?
- What Is Encryption? How Does It Protect Your Data?
- What is good cyber security?
- What Is Penetration Testing and Why Do Australian Businesses Need It?
- What Is the ASD Essential Eight and What Does It Mean for Your Business?
- What the Google CRM Breach Means for Businesses Using Ads
- What to do in a cyber security incident or data breach: The Gridware Guide
- What to Do in the First 24 Hours After a Cyber Attack
- What We Learned About Scattered Spider from Our Latest Webinar
- When a top Google Search result is actually a scam
- When Active Directory Hardening BREAKS Pentest Tools
- While t.me Was Down, Anyone Could Claim to Be Telegram
- Why do Hackers Target Critical Infrastructure?
- Why Your Organisation Needs an Access Control Policy
- Workplace surveillance and monitoring (A Current Affair appearance)
- Your Boss’s Email Might Be a Phishing Scam: Office 365 Compromised by OiVaVoii
- Zero-Day Exploit Targets Apple Users
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- Exploitation of security vulnerabilities
- Incident Response Plan
- IoT attacks
- IoT Security
- Network Security
- Penetration Test Cost Calculator
- Ransomware
- Security Advisories
- Software supply chain compromises
- The Complete Guide to Penetration Testing With Sample Reports
- Top Cyber Threats
- Vulnerability Disclosure Policy
- What is the CORIE Framework?
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