Personal information exposed after data breach at AHRC

Personal data may have been compromised in a recent data breach, after more than 600 submissions to the AHRC were...

20 May 2025

By Lauren Croft

3 in 5 in-house leaders say it would take a cyber incident to improve processes

A new report reveals the extent of law departments whose heads say that meaningful improvements to their business’s...

24 September 2024

By Jerome Doraisamy

Unpacking Victoria’s minimum cyber security standards

With the Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner having imposed new minimum cyber security standards, one cyber...

18 September 2024

By Grace Robbie

CrowdStrike facing multiple lawsuits following July outage

Embattled cyber security firm CrowdStrike has been hit with a class action from a group of investors, as well as a...

05 August 2024

By Lauren Croft

Information governance ‘an important issue’ in-house

For organisations that hold large amounts of data, information governance should be a high priority. For in-house legal...

30 July 2024

By Lauren Croft

Ransomware gang claims it hacked Sydney law firm

Hackers alleged they have client documents and court details belonging to a Sydney law firm, but its principal said...

30 May 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Transparency promises do not include Deloitte report, Medibank chair says

Medibank’s chairman told a court an external report into a major data hack cannot be included in the company’s...

24 May 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Medibank fights to keep privilege over data hack report

To scrap legal professional privilege from the Deloitte report, lawyers behind the Medibank class action have grilled...

21 May 2024

By Naomi Neilson

Cyber attacks on firms are ‘in no way’ declining

For law firms, dealing with “unstructured data” can mean increased risk when it comes to cyber attacks, which this...

29 April 2024

By Lauren Croft

AUCloud acquire 3 companies, complete $30m capital raise

ASX-listed cyber security and cloud provider AUCloud has acquired three strategically aligned businesses, following its...

18 March 2024

By Lauren Croft

Siera Data partners with cyber security company

Specialist data firm Siera Data has partnered with NSB Cyber, in a move to help clients navigate complex compromised...

20 February 2024

By Lauren Croft

Government weighs up lessons learnt in the wake of HWL Ebsworth hack

The National Office of Cyber Security has released the results of Lessons Learned Review on last year’s devastating...

19 February 2024

By Lauren Croft

SMEs faced with the ‘biggest’ cyber risk: NAB

Research from NAB has highlighted concerns over the preparedness of Australia’s small firms against cyber...

19 October 2023

By Justine Nifras

‘Cyber shields’ government strategy could spell trouble for law firms

While the government’s plan to develop six “cyber shields” to build a multi-layered defence against attacks is...

19 October 2023

By Lauren Croft

Is your firm spending too much on cyber security?

Some Australian businesses are spending too much investing in unnecessary cyber security solutions, according to cyber...

18 October 2023

By Lauren Croft

Cyber security pros fear AI will do more harm than good

A recent survey has found that an overwhelming majority of cyber security experts believe that “malicious AI” is...

12 October 2023

By Lauren Croft

Data breaches will cost firms more than money

In a world of emerging technology and growing cyber crime, data is now “the world’s most valuable resource”, with...

09 August 2023

By Lauren Croft

IBA urges organisations to strengthen cyber security practices

The International Bar Association has released a new report emphasising the importance of cyber security for senior...

01 August 2023

By Lauren Croft

Australia’s cyber security coordinator responds to attack on BigLaw firm, plus more cyber news

In this special episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show – produced by our sister brand, Cyber Security Connect – we...

27 July 2023

By Robyn Tongol

Medibank slammed with $250m penalty

Aftershocks of the earthquake cyber attack that impacted Medibank last year have continued to rock the health insurance...

28 June 2023

By Lauren Croft