Sep 7, 2023 | Podcast
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) have just released a report of data breach notifications made between January to June 2023. According to the report, the number of data breach notification decreased by 16% down to 409 notifications. The top...
Sep 6, 2023 | Podcast
A UK supermarket chain is recalling four types of children’s snack as the website published on the packaging has been compromised. Usually when a supermarket recalls a food item, its due to an issue with the food contents. In this instance, the recall is due to...
Sep 5, 2023 | Podcast
A WordPress Migration Plugin contains add-ons that suffers from a vulnerability that could result in sensitive information disclosure. The plugin is the All-In-One WP Migration plugin and the affected extensions are its Box extension, Google Drive extension, One Drive...
Sep 4, 2023 | Podcast
The University of Sydney has suffered a third-party data breach exposing students’ personal information. The university released a notification on 31st August stating that it was made aware of a data breach involving one of their third-party provider. The...
Sep 1, 2023 | Podcast
A data breach victim suffered additional emotional toll when she was charged by the courts and fined US$1.2 million. The Australian victim from Byron Bay had her information compromised in the Medibank data breach in October 2022. This is the only breach of her...
Aug 31, 2023 | Podcast
If it looks like a PDF file and passes traditional PDF scanning, then you might think that the file is a PDF file. When it could be a malicious word document disguised as a PDF file. Japan’s computer emergency response team (JPCERT) recently shared a newly...
