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1. Aurora infostealer malware increasingly adopted by cybergangs

   By alf9872000, November 22, 2022
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   • November 22, 2022

2. Australia adds Twitch to its teen social media ban

   By Karlston, November 21, 2025   

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   • australia
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 21, 2025

3. Australia arrests 'Pig Butchering' suspects for stealing $100 million

   By alf9872000, December 9, 2022
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   • December 9, 2022

4. Australia bans all Kaspersky products on government systems

   By Karlston, February 25, 2025   

   • kaspersky
   • australia
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   • February 25, 2025

5. Australia bans DeepSeek on government devices citing 'unacceptable security risk'

   By Karlston, February 5, 2025   

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   • australia
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   • February 5, 2025

6. Australia charges dev of Imminent Monitor RAT used by domestic abusers

   By Karlston, August 1, 2022
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   • August 1, 2022

7. Australia drafts Online Privacy Bill to bolster data security

   By Karlston, October 26, 2021
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   • 1,173 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 26, 2021

8. Australia pushes Google and Meta to pay local media outlets for their news

   By Karlston, April 28   

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   • meta
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     • meta
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   • 164 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 28

9. Australia updates law to protect data after Optus hack

   By aum, October 6, 2022
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   • October 6, 2022

10. Australia warns of money recovery phishing luring past victims

    By Karlston, April 6, 2022   

    • australia
    • phishing
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    • April 6, 2022

11. Australia will now fine firms up to AU$50 million for data breaches

    By alf9872000, November 30, 2022
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    • 1,241 views
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    • Comment by Karlston
    • November 30, 2022

12. Australian charged for ‘Evil Twin’ WiFi attack on plane

    By Karlston, July 1, 2024
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    • July 1, 2024

13. Australian Clinical Labs says patient data stolen in ransomware attack

    By alf9872000, October 27, 2022
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • October 27, 2022

14. Australian court finds Apple, Google guilty of being anticompetitive

    By Karlston, August 12, 2025   

    • australia
    • apple
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      • apple
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 12, 2025

15. Australian Federal Police say cybercriminals in Russia behind Medibank hack

    By aum, November 12, 2022
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    • November 12, 2022

16. Australian gold mining company Evolution Mining announces ransomware attack

    By aum, August 12, 2024
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    • 1,091 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 12, 2024

17. Australian insurance firm Medibank confirms ransomware attack

    By alf9872000, October 17, 2022
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    • 1,675 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • October 17, 2022

18. Australian police probe purported hacker's ransom demand

    By aum, September 27, 2022
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    • 1,353 views
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    • Added by aum
    • September 27, 2022

19. Australian Signals Directorate 50-cent coin code cracked by Tasmanian 14yo in 'just over an hour'

    By aum, September 2, 2022
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    • September 2, 2022

20. Australian woman arrested for email bombing a government office

    By alf9872000, March 2, 2023
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • March 2, 2023

21. Australians lost a record $3.1 billion to scams last year

    By alf9872000, April 18, 2023
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • April 18, 2023

22. Authorities Seize DoubleVPN Service Used by Cybercriminals

    By aum, June 30, 2021
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    • June 30, 2021

23. Autofill in Microsoft Authenticator now can generate strong passwords

    By Karlston, April 21, 2022   

    • microsoft authenticator
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    • 1,259 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 21, 2022

24. Automaker giant Stellantis confirms data breach after Salesforce hack

    By Karlston, September 23, 2025   

    • stellantis
    • data breach
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      • data breach
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 23, 2025

25. AV-Comparatives finds Microsoft Defender has one of the poorest offline detection rates

    By Karlston, April 15, 2022   

    • microsoft defender
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 15, 2022