In April 2024, the Australian prescription delivery service provider, MediSecure, suffered a ransomware attack leading to a breach that saw the data of around 12.9 million Australians released on the dark web. This adds to an alarming trend of healthcare data breaches, with an 84% rise in incidents recorded between 2019 and 2020. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is calling for comprehensive reforms to the Privacy Act to better protect Australians’ personal information.

$50 Battering RAM Attack Breaks Intel and AMD Cloud Security Protections
A group of academics from KU Leuven and the University of Birmingham has demonstrated a new vulnerability called Battering RAM to bypass the latest defenses