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AI tools let attackers mine Australians' LinkedIn activity in under 30 minutes, rapidly generating tailored phishing profiles at scale.

Codific warns power grids face repeat cyberattack patterns and urges utilities to bolster resilience to outages and cascading disruption.

Phishing gangs exploit obscure .arpa DNS space and IPv6 tunnels to sneak past reputation-based web filters and lure users to fake sites.

AI-fuelled hackers can now spread across corporate networks in as little as four minutes, outpacing human defenders by hours.

Acronis warns AI is turbocharging phishing, email attacks and ransomware in 2025, with MSPs and collaboration tools under rising fire.

AI-powered phishing drives a sharp 2025 surge in email and chat attacks, as Acronis warns of a new era of automated cybercrime at scale.

CompTIA unveils SecAI+ certification to equip cybersecurity professionals with AI security, risk management and governance skills.

Data-only extortion soars 11-fold as attackers 'log in instead of break in', abusing remote access tools for faster, stealthier raids.

AI is supercharging supply chain cyber attacks across Asia-Pacific, with Group-IB warning single hacks now threaten thousands of victims.

AI-driven romance scams using deepfakes and chatbots surge, tricking Australians into long-term emotional manipulation and costly frauds.

Daon warns viral ChatGPT caricature craze is handing fraudsters a richer dossier of personal data to fuel scams and social engineering.

Google flags surging attempts to steal AI models as state-backed hackers weaponise Gemini for phishing, intel gathering and malware support.

Cyber experts warn Valentine's Day brings a surge in romance and shopping scams, urging users to be wary of links, apps and payment requests.

Australians are being warned to sharpen digital habits as AI‑driven phishing and social engineering outpace traditional cyber defences.

Record digital squatting surge sees 6,200 disputes in 2025, as lookalike domains drive costly phishing, malware and payment fraud.

Attackers are abusing Windows screensaver files in a spearphishing campaign to stealthily install remote access tools on business systems.

Callback phishing jumps sixfold as BEC fraud stays dominant, with criminals weaponising CAPTCHAs, trusted brands and cloud platforms.

Ignored 'low-risk' security alerts are seeding real enterprise breaches, with Intezer warning of dozens of overlooked threats each year.

Cyber gang TA584 triples 2025 email attacks as it adopts ClickFix lures and new Tsundere Bot malware, Proofpoint researchers warn.

AI-driven hacking has pushed weekly cyber attacks up 70% since 2023, with Check Point warning campaigns are faster, broader and harder to stop.