Latest coverage for Australia

Researchers: Ransomware Group Emerged Last Fall; Variant of Babuk MalwareA new ransomware gang, Termite, has started leaking on the dark web samples of sensitive data stolen in an attack on Australian fertility clinic Genea. A court has issued a restraining order in hopes of preventing the threat actor or others from further disseminating, using or publishing the data.

​The Termite ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for breaching and stealing sensitive healthcare data belonging to Genea patients, one of Australia's largest fertility services providers. [...]

eSafety Regulator Seeks Platform's Policy on Extremist and Child Sexual ContentAustralia regulators on Monday fined social networking company Telegram nearly AU$1 million for delaying its response to questions on how the company regulates violent, extremist and child sexual content on its platform. Telegram was the only social media firm to miss a May 6 deadline.

Citing Security Concerns, Australia Joins Others in Banning Anti-Virus ProductsThe Australian Department of Home Affairs on Friday banned the use of Kaspersky Labs products in public offices citing an "unacceptable security risk" to the government networks and data. All government offices must uninstall all Kaspersky products and report the completion of the task to the agency.

This move comes less than a year after the United States banned Kaspersky products, out of the same fear that the company is under Russian government control.

The Australian government has banned all Kaspersky Lab products and web services from its systems and devices following an analysis that claims the company poses a significant security risk to the country. [...]

Australia has become the latest country to ban the installation of security software from Russian company Kaspersky, citing national security concerns