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IT New

Public Sector Tech Report 2026

August 19, 2026

Matched: Australia

• government technology
• public sector
• australia
• digital transformation
• tech policy
• innovation

Cyber Daily

Australia & Thailand to strengthen cooperation on fighting cybercrime

August 19, 2026

Matched: Australia

• cybercrime
• australia
• thailand
• transnational crime
• international cooperation
• diplomacy

ACSM

ASIC warns scammers are using AI to create deepfake investment scam networks

August 19, 2026

Matched: Australia

• artificial intelligence
• deepfakes
• investment scams
• asic
• fraud
• cyber security

TechRadar

'The attacks we found only scratch the surface of what is possible': Experts say so-called 'Proactive SIM' cards can hijack smartphones, IoT devices and even EV chargers

August 18, 2026

• security
• sim cards
• iot
• ev chargers
• vulnerabilities
• mobile security

TechRadar

'This technology turns every router into a potential means for surveillance': Report claims Wi-Fi devices could 'quietly identify' people with nearly 100% accuracy

August 18, 2026

• wi-fi
• surveillance
• privacy
• biometrics
• tracking

Cybersecurity News

CISA Warns Medusa Ransomware Hackers Steal Data, Kill Security Tools, and Encrypt Entire Networks

August 18, 2026

Matched: health

• ransomware
• medusa ransomware
• cisa
• data exfiltration
• fbi

TechRadar

Geekom reveals multiple mini-PCs may be infected with malware hidden in a network driver — but it's now down to you to fix your PC

August 18, 2026

• malware
• mini-pc
• geekom
• lan driver
• keylogger
• hardware security

TechRadar

Loan company breach sees nearly 750,000 users have financial info, SSNs leaked

August 18, 2026

• security
• cyber security
• data breach
• financial data
• personal information
• cloud security

Check Point Research

Thousands of Hacked WordPress Sites, One Operation: Unmasking StopAndProtect

August 18, 2026

• ransomware
• wordpress
• clickfix
• powershell
• social engineering
• malware

TechRadar

Millions of stolen records allegedly dumped online by mystery "Hatman" hacker — McDonalds, Vodafone and more see Microsoft Azure records stolen

August 18, 2026

• security
• cyber security
• data breach
• cloud computing
• microsoft azure
• hacking

Cybersecurity News

Crypto Scammer Uses Claude Code to Process 100,000+ Phone Numbers for Victim Targeting

August 18, 2026

Matched: cryptocurrency

• cryptocurrency fraud
• ai-assisted crime
• phishing
• social engineering
• claude ai
• operation asterix

TechRadar

Pokémon Center data breach exposes customer info, cancels some orders

August 18, 2026

• security
• cyber security
• data breach
• supply chain attack
• retail

TechRadar

Cybersecurity needs a new KPI: it's time to measure our ability to adapt

August 18, 2026

• cybersecurity
• resilience
• kpi
• metrics
• risk management
• adaptability

TechRadar

National infrastructure needs a new approach to cyber resilience

August 18, 2026

• cybersecurity
• critical infrastructure
• cyber resilience
• national security
• public policy
• intelligence sharing

Cyber Daily

Exclusive: SIA Medical Centre confirms it is investigating cyber incident involving patient data

August 18, 2026

Matched: medical

• ransomware
• healthcare
• data breach
• rhysida
• patient data
• australia

Cyber Daily

Report: AI reasoning gains fail to eliminate racial and gender bias in medical research

August 18, 2026

Matched: health, medical

• artificial intelligence
• healthcare
• racial bias
• gender bias
• medical research
• ai ethics

IT New

Komatsu Australia reduces reliance on Telstra-locked SIMs in security push

August 17, 2026

Matched: Australia

• komatsu
• telecommunications
• sim cards
• mobile connectivity
• telstra
• cybersecurity

TechRadar

Russian websites could soon be easy pickings for hackers as security certificates expire — banks, emails, and government systems all potentially at risk

August 17, 2026

• russia
• cybersecurity
• ssl certificates
• surveillance
• internet infrastructure

TechRadar

Ransomware gang crashes own attack — with no-one to blame but themselves

August 17, 2026

• security
• cyber security
• ransomware
• malware
• edr
• computing security

TechRadar

MacOS users warned to beware screen-sharing bug which can turn Macs into cryptomining slaves

August 17, 2026

• macos
• apple
• vulnerability
• cryptomining
• screen sharing
• patch

Check Point Research

17th August – Threat Intelligence Report

August 17, 2026

• ransomware
• government security
• threat intelligence
• cybercrime
• data breach

TechRadar

The internet is becoming more stressful and unlikeable — with AI slop and data leaks to blame

August 17, 2026

• ai
• security
• privacy
• social media
• algorithms
• data leaks

TechRadar

Tokenmaxxing: Why AI consumption needs control

August 17, 2026

• ai
• finance
• cost management
• enterprise
• efficiency
• investment

TechRadar

Securing adoption in the era of shadow AI

August 17, 2026

• artificial intelligence
• shadow ai
• ai governance
• cybersecurity
• enterprise technology
• risk management

Cybersecurity News

Fake Web3 Interview Uses Signed ClickOnce to Deploy NeedleStealer and hVNC RAT

August 17, 2026

Matched: cryptocurrency

• malware
• social engineering
• web3
• cryptocurrency
• rat
• clickonce