Deakin to lead new $5 million ARC Training Centre for AI governance
The Australian Research Council has awarded Deakin University funding to lead a new $5 million ARC Training Centre focused on...
Year: 2026
How one hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to break into scores of sites
Over the past couple of weeks, a cyber security researcher watched as a Chinese-speaking hacker broke into websites belonging to more...
Meta’s new commercial terms say if its AI makes a mistake, it will legally be the customer’s fault
if ( !emtpy($headline_subheadline ) ) : ?> The new terms, scheduled to take effect October 30, also expand enterprise liability...
In Pictures: Preemptive Security Rapid7 Melbourne roundtable
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Plex2Shell Exploit Used to Turn Vulnerable Plex Servers Into Crypto Miners
Plex2Shell Exploit Used to Turn Vulnerable Plex Servers Into Crypto Miners Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2026 Attackers exploit Plex2Shell flaws...
Hackers Exploit Plex2Shell Flaws to Install Crypto Miners and Linux Proxy Backdoor
Ravie LakshmananOct 19, 2026Vulnerability / Web Security Threat actors have begun to exploit a chain of vulnerabilities in Plex Media...
Your Security Stack Knows Who Logged In. But Does It Know What AI Agents Do Next?
AI agents being evaluated by OpenAI escaped an isolated test environment and got into Hugging Face’s production infrastructure, though breaking...
Microsoft Edge Is Testing Restart-Free Security Updates: What Works Now
Microsoft has built a version of Edge that can install a security update while the browser stays open, keeping tabs...
Google Messages’ New Scam Protection Uses Cloud AI: What Happens to Your Privacy?
Google Messages is adding an optional Enhanced protection mode that sends conversation context from unknown senders to cloud-based Gemini models...
Eight US States Sue OpenAI Over Alleged ChatGPT Safety Risks to Children
OpenAI is facing lawsuits from eight US states accusing ChatGPT of putting children at risk while misleading families about its...
ConnectWise Cloud Backup application abused in cross-tenant token sweep
On October 15, 2026, Sophos X-Ops researchers identified a series of service principal sign-ins in which a threat actor authenticated...
Beyond the mailbox: Graph reconnaissance and ServiceNow user enumeration in a modern identity intrusion
Traditional business email compromise (BEC) is often thought of as a mailbox problem: a stolen account, unauthorized access to email,...
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Agentic AI’s first job in Australian healthcare is fixing the fragmented patient journey
Australian GPs rank health system fragmentation and communication issues among their leading concerns for the future, according to the RACGP’s...
Plant alone isn’t enough: a defence factory is not a defence capability
Delivering Defence’s naval shipbuilding and sustainment requirements in Western Australia will depend on more than new investment and infrastructure. The...
OpenAI Engineer Accused of Spying on Executives Ordered to Remain in Custody
A judge ordered Abdulrahman Alfozan to remain in custody, likening the Saudi government’s offer to secure the former OpenAI engineer’s...
