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Two days before fatal outage, Optus boss boasted of war gaming crises
Stephen Rue told the Financial Review Cyber Summit the company had been practising its response to major problems. Two days later he had one.
China could disable or detonate Aussie EVs, warns top cyber expert
Malcolm Turnbull’s former cybersecurity tsar says Australian government officials should not ride in Chinese-made EVs because of the surveillance risk
Why companies are ignoring the ‘nightmare’ cyber scenario
Australia’s cyber spy boss says boards and chief executives’ focus on preventing attacks that would cripple their services is “shamefully low”.
Why fighting cyber threats is still a human problem in an AI world
Even in the era of automation, the price of cybersecurity will be eternal vigilance. For business, that starts in the C-suite.
Cybersecurity an illusion as ‘Q day’ looms
Our data is already under attack from AI, but now cyber “thugs and thieves” are relishing what advances in quantum computing might give them access to.
September 2025
Fortescue turns to AI to protect Andrew Forrest from scam ads
The security chief of Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue says a new agentic AI tool has removed more than 130 social media profiles impersonating its executives.
‘Four days from hell’: corporate leaders reveal cyber battle scars
Executives from Optus, DP World and St Vincent’s Health fronted the Financial Review’s Cyber Summit to say there’s still a lot to learn about cybersecurity.
Cyber sector luring career changers to plug skills gap
Staring down the barrel of a 50,000 worker gap for cybersecurity professionals, the sector is targeting diverse mid-career staff looking for a life change.
‘Whole attack surface has changed’: Fake financials are a thing
The scam economy now includes fake information, fake executive profiles and fake jobs programs. Imagine if algorithms wreaking havoc on the ASX got involved.
The job that comes with a daily dose of ‘impending doom’
Cybersecurity professionals are constantly on edge, waiting for the next attack. Is it any wonder they’re burnt out?
Call for ‘human firewall’ to guard against AI-powered scams
Cyber Security Minister Tony Burke says hackers with AI tools can undermine a company’s entire cyber defence if they can trick employees.
Business must prepare for even more disruptive cyberattacks
Corporate security is now increasingly national security. So what should private companies be considering to defend themselves against serious cyber disruption?
July 2025
Cyber Summit 2025
The 2025 Financial Review Cyber Summit: Australia’s top minds dissect geopolitics, innovation, and defence to chart the path forward in our evolving digital frontier
September 2024
How CrowdStrike’s outage became Australia’s big cyberattack rehearsal
Qantas chairman John Mullen got the “blue screen of death” while Telstra’s cyber chief Narelle Devine was in the pool sipping cocktails when she got the call that something was seriously wrong.
It’s tough to make an outsize return in cybersecurity, big funds say
Hack ETF, an index that tracks the performance of the global cybersecurity sector, was up 72 per cent in five years. The S&P500 rose 87 per cent in that time.
ASIC readies to wield a big stick against boards lax on cybersecurity
The regulator is talking about investigating directors who have been remiss in guarding against hackers. Not everyone thinks that’s the best approach.
Why John Mullen wishes he’d paid a cyber ransom
When hackers targeted Qantas chairman John Mullen’s private maritime museum, he didn’t pay the ransom out of principle.
Cyberspies phone businesses to warn of danger but half don’t respond
The Australian Signals Directorate’s new director-general Abigail Bradshaw says there is a stigma to being attacked, but it is costly for companies.
Regulators warn cyber reforms won’t provide immunity from prosecution
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has outlined changes that would provide some cover for companies to provide more information to agencies after a cyberattack.
In our world, cybersecurity is no longer guaranteed, says Burke
Cybersecurity Minister Tony Burke warns that cyberattacks are evolving so quickly the “normal methods of how government would assist just aren’t appropriate.”
ASIC pursues board directors over cyber breaches
ASIC says more investigations are underway, scrutinising how boards and directors have responded to cyberattacks.
Business to get cyber ‘safe harbour’ protections
New laws will mean companies cannot be punished based on data they share with authorities while trying to recover from cyberattacks.
Aussie cyber firm goes it alone with US expansion
Trent Telford is on a high after his firm Cocoon Data scored a Google deal and made progress cracking the US market, but he says it’s no thanks to the Australian government.
Why AI is a double-edged sword in the fight against cyberattacks
Artificial intelligence can overwhelm traditional cybersecurity based on rigid rules and human oversight. But it can also provide the best defence.
Labor’s privacy reforms the ‘tip of the iceberg’
Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind is happy with a suite of new powers to hit companies with big fines for privacy breaches, but says she can’t pursue the vast majority of complaints.
