GUEST ESSAY: Privacy risks introduced by the ‘metaverse’ — and how to combat themAs digital technologies become more immersive and tightly integrated with our daily lives,...
Month: October 2022
GUEST ESSAY: A breakout of how Google, Facebook, Instagram enable third-party snooping
GUEST ESSAY: A breakout of how Google, Facebook, Instagram enable third-party snoopingMore and more consumers are using apps every year. In fact, Google Play users downloaded...
MY TAKE: Why the Matter smart home standard portends the coming of the Internet of Everything
MY TAKE: Why the Matter smart home standard portends the coming of the Internet of EverythingStandards. Where would we be without them? Universally accepted protocols give...
Optus data breach: federal police launch ‘Operation Guardian’ to protect identity of 10,000 victims
Optus data breach: federal police launch ‘Operation Guardian’ to protect identity of 10,000 victimsOptus has agreed to repay the cost of replacement passports for those affected...
GUEST ESSAY: Sure steps to achieve a robust employee cybersecurity awareness training regimen
GUEST ESSAY: Sure steps to achieve a robust employee cybersecurity awareness training regimenEmployee security awareness is the most important defense against data breaches. Related: Leveraging security...
Ransomware hunters: the self-taught tech geniuses fighting cybercrime
Ransomware hunters: the self-taught tech geniuses fighting cybercrimeHackers are increasingly taking users’ data hostage and demanding huge sums for its release. They have targeted individuals, businesses,...
Staff at security firm G4S on alert after tax numbers and bank details posted online following hack
Staff at security firm G4S on alert after tax numbers and bank details posted online following hackExclusive: Ransomware attack on Port Phillip prison revealed in July...
Serial cyberstalker Matthew Hardy has jail term cut
Serial cyberstalker Matthew Hardy has jail term cutJail term reduced by a year from original sentencing at Chester crown court The court of appeal has reduced...
FIRESIDE CHAT: Timely employee training, targeted testing needed to quell non-stop phishing
FIRESIDE CHAT: Timely employee training, targeted testing needed to quell non-stop phishingHumans are rather easily duped. And this is the fundamental reason phishing persists as a...
K24084759: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-9517
K24084759: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-9517Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-9517 Security Advisory Security Advisory Description In pppol2tp_connect, there is possible memory corruption due to a use after free....
Monday briefing: What one man’s decade of harassment tells us about stalking in the UK
Monday briefing: What one man’s decade of harassment tells us about stalking in the UKIn today’s newsletter: Matthew Hardy’s sentence for stalking is believed to be...
K62201745: OpenSSH vulnerability CVE-2016-10012
K62201745: OpenSSH vulnerability CVE-2016-10012OpenSSH vulnerability CVE-2016-10012 Security Advisory Security Advisory Description The shared memory manager (associated with pre-authentication compression) in sshd in OpenSSH before 7.4 does...
Live Webinar | 10 Ways Asset Visibility Builds an Effective OT Cybersecurity Foundation
Live Webinar | 10 Ways Asset Visibility Builds an Effective OT Cybersecurity FoundationContenido de la entradaLeer másDataBreachToday.com RSS Syndication
K19473400: Linux Kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-9516
K19473400: Linux Kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-9516Linux Kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-9516 Security Advisory Security Advisory Description In hid_debug_events_read of drivers/hid/hid-debug.c, there is a possible out of bounds write due...
Can I tell you a secret? Episode seven: an update
Can I tell you a secret? Episode seven: an updateGuardian producer Lucy Hough and reporter Matthew Weaver give an update on the outcome of Matthew Hardy’s...
K21037322: Multiple MySQL vulnerabilities CVE-2022-21547, CVE-2022-21550, CVE-2022-21553, CVE-2022-21555, CVE-2022-21556
K21037322: Multiple MySQL vulnerabilities CVE-2022-21547, CVE-2022-21550, CVE-2022-21553, CVE-2022-21555, CVE-2022-21556Multiple MySQL vulnerabilities CVE-2022-21547, CVE-2022-21550, CVE-2022-21553, CVE-2022-21555, CVE-2022-21556 Security Advisory Security Advisory Description CVE-2022-21547 Vulnerability in the ......
K46859523: Multiple Java vulnerabilities
K46859523: Multiple Java vulnerabilitiesMultiple Java vulnerabilities Security Advisory Security Advisory Description CVE-2022-21618 Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java...
Optus tells customers affected by data breach they can no longer use passports as online ID
Optus tells customers affected by data breach they can no longer use passports as online IDExposed passport numbers blocked from being used in national Document Verification...
K28023545: MySQL vulnerability CVE-2022-21515
K28023545: MySQL vulnerability CVE-2022-21515MySQL vulnerability CVE-2022-21515 Security Advisory Security Advisory Description Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Options). Supported versions that...
Ransomware hunters: the self-taught tech geniuses fighting cybercrime – podcast
Ransomware hunters: the self-taught tech geniuses fighting cybercrime – podcastHackers are increasingly taking users’ data hostage and demanding huge sums for its release. They have targeted...
Clare O’Neil warns of new world of ‘relentless’ cyber-attacks after Medibank hack
Clare O’Neil warns of new world of ‘relentless’ cyber-attacks after Medibank hackGroup claiming they carried out attack say they wish to negotiate over the insurer’s customer...
K67213091: Zlib vulnerability CVE-2022-37434
K67213091: Zlib vulnerability CVE-2022-37434Zlib vulnerability CVE-2022-37434 Security Advisory Security Advisory Description zlib through 1.2.12 has a heap-based buffer over-read or buffer overflow in inflate in inflate.c...
Vinomofo data breach: 500,000 customers at risk after wine dealer hit by cyber-attack
Vinomofo data breach: 500,000 customers at risk after wine dealer hit by cyber-attackVinomofo warns customers to remain alert to scam activity after the hack Follow our...
K20176943: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2019-25045
K20176943: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2019-25045Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2019-25045 Security Advisory Security Advisory Description An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.19. The XFRM subsystem...
Census website struck by a billion attempted cyber-attacks, Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals
Census website struck by a billion attempted cyber-attacks, Australian Bureau of Statistics revealsRevelation that ABS fended off attacks in 2021 comes as Australia reels from ransomware...
See Yourself in Cyber: 5 Questions with Takahiro Haruyama
See Yourself in Cyber: 5 Questions with Takahiro HaruyamaIn celebration of this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month theme – See Yourself in Cyber – we are spotlighting...
Government considers centralising digital ID verification on myGov in wake of Optus breach
Government considers centralising digital ID verification on myGov in wake of Optus breachExperts warn using any single system could have its own cybersecurity weaknesses leaving data...
K24084759: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-9517
K24084759: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-9517Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-9517 Security Advisory Security Advisory Description In pppol2tp_connect, there is possible memory corruption due to a use after free....
K24084759: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-9517
K24084759: Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-9517Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-9517 Security Advisory Security Advisory Description In pppol2tp_connect, there is possible memory corruption due to a use after free....
Medibank says sample of stolen customer data includes details of medical procedures
Medibank says sample of stolen customer data includes details of medical proceduresCompany says criminal claiming to have 200GB of data shared sample for verification Follow our...



















