Practical IT guidance for Australian businesses and everyday computer users.
A fake ATO payment message is tricking people into installing remote-access software. Here's how the scam works and what to tell your team.
Read more: The Fake ATO Payment Message Doing the Rounds Right Now →The corporate regulator has just handed down its second multi-million-dollar cybersecurity penalty against a financial services business in the space of eight months — and neither case involved exotic hacking. Both came down to basic controls that any business, not just a licensed financial firm, can check today. On 12 October 2026, the Supreme Court […]
Read more: What ASIC’s $1.35m Cyber Fine Means for Your Business →If your Windows 11 PC is running the Home, Pro, Pro Education or Pro for Workstations edition, there’s a lifecycle date that affects you this week. Windows 11 version 24H2 reached the end of its security servicing on 13 October 2026 for the Home, Pro, Pro Education and Pro for Workstations editions, according to Microsoft’s […]
Read more: Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro Lose Security Updates Today →A new ClickFix malware variant hides payloads inside browser cache disguised as images, bypassing standard antivirus checks. Here's what matters.
Read more: A New Malware Trick Hides Inside Your Browser Cache →Exchange Server 2016 and 2019 lose all security updates — including paid ESU coverage — by the end of October 2026. Here's what to check.
Read more: Exchange Server 2016/2019: Patches End in October →Anthropic's Cyber Mission includes a free, open-source vulnerability scanner open to security teams of any size.
Read more: A Free Vulnerability Scanner for Small IT Teams →Google paused its open-source bug bounty after a flood of AI-hallucinated reports. A lesson for anyone evaluating AI security tools.
Read more: When AI Security Reports Become Noise →Microsoft's 2026 Digital Defense Report finds identity compromise behind 78% of attacks. Here's what that means for your logins.
Read more: Microsoft’s 2026 Report: Stolen Logins Are Now the #1 Way In →Cisco confirms active exploitation of a critical, 9.8-severity auth-bypass flaw in SD-WAN Manager. No workaround — patch now.
Read more: Critical Cisco SD-WAN Manager Flaw Under Active Attack →Citrix confirms active exploitation of critical NetScaler ADC/Gateway flaws. ACSC and CISA urge immediate patching.
Read more: Urgent: Critical Citrix NetScaler Flaws Under Active Attack →
