Almost half of Australians have easy-to-guess passwords, resulting in more than $190 million (US$127 million) being lost to online scams and hackers so far this year. Some 46 percent use weak passwords to protect their online accounts, a survey conducted for Telstra found. And almost one in 10 base their passwords on their favourite sports club…

The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation’s largest public pension fund and insurer, Genworth Financial, admitted that the personal information of millions of account holders was compromised in a major security breach. A third-party file storage vendor, PBI Research Services, was attacked by Russian hackers after going through a loophole in its MOVEit Transfer…

Australia’s newly appointed national cybersecurity coordinator says the world faces a “dire” challenge keeping safe from cyber threats. Air Marshal Darren Goldie, appointed by the Albanese government on June 23, said Australians need to be educated as cyber challenges grow. “That challenge will continue to increase in its complexity and severity, and I think we are all…

The United States’ first cyber security diplomat, Nate Fick, reported that his personal Twitter account was hacked on Feb. 4. In a post, Fick called the security breach part of the “perils of the job,” but didn’t offer further details. He said users should visit the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy’s page to follow his official business,…

The Russian cybercriminals behind the cyber attack against Australia’s largest health insurer Medibank have been branded “grubs” after releasing more stolen data as they continue to play games with the customers of the nation’s biggest health insurer. The ransomware group dumped a fifth tranche of customer-sensitive information on the dark web overnight after the company…

The coordinated effort by the United States and allies to call out the Chinese regime for its global cyber hacking campaign was a welcome move, experts say, but more needs to be done to punish Beijing for its malign activities. The United States on Monday formally attributed the massive breach of Microsoft’s email server earlier…