Australia Requires Ransomware Victims to Declare Payments

A new Australian law requires larger companies to declare any ransomware payments they have made...

Deepfake-posting man faces huge $450,000 fine

A man is facing a $450,000 AU fine after he published deepfake images of prominent Australian women on the now-defunct MrDeepfakes web site. That's if Australia's online safety regulator gets its way. Anthony Rotondo faces charges of posting these and other explicit deepfake images to the...

CVE-2024-53798

Missing Authorization vulnerability in BAKKBONE Australia FloristPress bakkbone-florist-companion.This issue affects FloristPress: from n/a through = 7.3.0...

CVE-2024-53799

Missing Authorization vulnerability in BAKKBONE Australia FloristPress bakkbone-florist-companion allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects FloristPress: from n/a through = 7.3.0...

Destabilizing Power Grid and Energy Market by Cyberattacks on Smart Inverters

Cyberattacks on smart inverters and distributed PV are becoming an imminent threat, because of the recent well-documented vulnerabilities and attack incidents. Particularly, the long lifespan of inverter devices, users' oblivion of cybersecurity compliance, and the lack of cyber regulatory...

Australia Bans Kaspersky Software Over National Security and Espionage Concerns

Australia has become the latest country to ban the installation of security software from Russian company Kaspersky, citing national security concerns. "After considering threat and risk analysis, I have determined that the use of Kaspersky Lab, Inc. products and web services by Australian...

Octopus Server 安全漏洞

Octopus Server is a deployment automation and release management tool for continuous delivery from Octopus Australia. A security vulnerability exists in Octopus Server that stems from insecure handling of error messages on error pages...

CVE-2024-54347

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' vulnerability in BAKKBONE Australia FloristPress bakkbone-florist-companion allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects FloristPress: from n/a through = 7.2.0...

CVE-2024-54347 WordPress FloristPress plugin <= 7.2.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation 'Cross-site Scripting' vulnerability in BAKKBONE Australia FloristPress bakkbone-florist-companion allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects FloristPress: from n/a through = 7.2.0...

CVE-2024-53799

Missing Authorization vulnerability in BAKKBONE Australia FloristPress bakkbone-florist-companion allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects FloristPress: from n/a through = 7.3.0...

This Week in Spring - December 3rd, 2024

Hi, Spring fans! Welcome to another installment of This Week in Spring! It's the first week of December and I am in the amazing city of Perth, Australia. Perth, for those of you who don't know, is amazing. And well worth the journey. But it is quite the journey! 27 hours, door-to-door, from San...

New GootLoader Campaign Targets Users Searching for Bengal Cat Laws in Australia

In an unusually specific campaign, users searching about the legality of Bengal Cats in Australia are being targeted with the GootLoader malware. "In this case, we found the GootLoader actors using search results for information about a particular cat and a particular geography being used to...

New Xiū gǒu Phishing Kit Hits UK, US, Japan, Australia Across Key Sectors

Cybersecurity researchers uncovered the "Xiū gǒu" phishing kit targeting users in the UK, US, Spain, Australia, and Japan.…...

Gamers Tricked Into Downloading Lua-Based Malware via Fake Cheating Script Engines

Users searching for game cheats are being tricked into downloading a Lua-based malware that is capable of establishing persistence on infected systems and delivering additional payloads. "These attacks capitalize on the popularity of Lua gaming engine supplements within the student gamer...

Radiology provider exposed tens of thousands of patient files

An anonymous person has disclosed that they gained online access to a radiologist's platform that hosted patient information using stolen credentials. I-MED Radiology is Australia’s leading medical imaging provider. Their clinics offer a range of imaging procedures including MRI, CT, x-ray,...

Threat Brief: Understanding Akira Ransomware

Overview Akira is a prolific ransomware that has been operating since March 2023 and has targeted multiple industries, primarily in North America, the UK, and Australia. It functions as a Ransomware as a Service RaaS and exfiltrates data prior to encryption, achieving double extortion. According ...

Facebook scrapes photos of kids from Australian user profiles to train its AI

Facebook has admitted that it scrapes the public photos, posts and other data from the accounts of Australian adult users to train its AI models. Unlike citizens of the European Union EU, Australians are not offered an opt-out option to refuse consent. At an inquiry as to whether the social media...

Five Eyes Alliance Accuses Chinese APT40 for Hacking Government Networks

Australia isnt alone! The Five Eyes US, UK, Canada, NZ along with Japan and South Korea join forces…...

apav.animalhealthaustralia.com.au Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3919469

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...

gooraliefreerangepork.com.au Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-3910108

Following the coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: a. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; b. notified the website operator about its existence. Technical details of the vulnerability are currently hidde...