Data breach stories
Australian businesses and users face rising account-takeover risk as experts say AI-driven attacks and leaked credentials have outpaced passwords.
More than half of small and medium-sized firms in Australia and New Zealand have no dedicated security team, leaving them exposed to cyberattacks.
AI has made stolen credentials and careless copy-paste habits a bigger risk than password strength, with scams and breaches accelerating.
Recurring checks aim to help regulated firms spot compliance gaps in outsourced and in-house operations before breaches trigger penalties.
Security chiefs say AI agents and credential theft are making password-only defences too risky as World Password Day returns.
Broader attacker activity is increasingly moving beyond stolen credentials, even as identity still accounted for 58.7% of incidents in Q1 2026.
Threats are spreading beyond inboxes as phishing shifts into Teams, calendars and other collaboration tools, raising the risk for hybrid workers.
Ransomware activity stayed elevated in March, with NCC Group saying Qilin alone was linked to 136 attacks and drove a 43% monthly rise.
Technology leaders are being urged to tighten access controls as a Claude AI incident puts database safety and operational resilience under scrutiny.
A misconfigured database left 86,859 images and private chats from a prominent European celebrity’s device open to anyone online.
Ransomware attacks are spreading faster as AI helps criminals exploit flaws within 24 to 48 hours, the report says.
Thousands of motorists and households face fake toll and fine texts that can steal card details and personal data if they click the links.
Stolen passwords can still leave companies safe if access controls check device trust, location and context before letting anyone in.
Rising breaches and weak credential habits are forcing businesses to adopt passkeys, multi-factor authentication and tighter access controls.
Poor identity controls and slow remediation are leaving cloud users exposed as attacks now exploit trust relationships rather than one flaw.
Concern is growing over who controls AI decisions, even as 74% of UK consumers have used the technology in the past six months.
Phishing, supplier risks and weak staff training are still leaving UK firms exposed, experts warn after the latest government survey.
UK businesses are leaving gaps in incident response and backup planning as experts warn AI-assisted attacks are outpacing policy.
Repeated phishing training helped cut Singapore staff click rates to 7.4% from 17%, despite more than 8,500 fake emails sent.
Information on about 500,000 volunteers is being offered for sale online, raising fears that stolen health and DNA data could be misused for years.
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