Tag: Australian Cyber Security Centre

Cuba ransomware

Cuba ransomware hackers target close to 50 entities across five US critical infrastructure sectors

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has said that ransomware hackers, it refers to as, ‘Cuba ransomware’ hackers have compromised at least 49 entities in five critical infrastructure sectors, including organizations in the financial, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and information technology…

Iranian government

Iranian government-sponsored APT hackers exploiting Microsoft Exchange, Fortinet vulnerabilities

Transnational security agencies have released a joint cybersecurity advisory warning of the ongoing malicious cyber activity by an advanced persistent threat (APT) group that has been associated with the Iranian government. The notice about the group, which is actively targeting…

Ransomware Action Plan

Australia rolls out Ransomware Action Plan to defend businesses, critical infrastructure

The Australian government announced its ‘Ransomware Action Plan’ that introduces criminal offences, tougher penalties, and a mandatory reporting regime, as the administration takes action to protect individuals, businesses, and critical infrastructure from ransomware attacks. The Ransomware Action Plan sets out…

malicious cyber activity

Malicious cyber activity felt across Australian government, critical infrastructure sectors

All sectors of the Australian economy were affected by the impacts of cybercrime and other malicious cyber activity in the latest financial year. Government agencies at all levels, large organizations, critical infrastructure providers, small to medium enterprises, families and individuals…