Australian Cyber Security Magazine, Issue 10, 2021

COVER FEATURE: ATTACK ON BITCOIN ERODES PAYMENT STATUS

Welcome back to the Australian Cyber Security Magazine. We’re returning for Issue 10 from a 2020 hiatus. Coincidently, just as we took a broader, global view, in our launch of the Cyber Risk Leaders Magazine, COVID19 emerged and spread across the world. In this edition, as a partner to Issue 5 of the Cyber Risk Leaders Magazine, we provide you the opportunity to consider Australia’s cybersecurity posture. In particular, in the wake of a number of recent cyber-attacks and ransomware events, including on Australian education and healthcare sector organisations. We cover a broad set of the trends, from ransomware, organised cyber-crime and the cover feature on how cyber-attacks are undermining confidence in the crypto-currency Bitcoin. We also include links through to our Tech & Sec Weekly Series and the latest Cyber Security Weekly podcasts.

Editor’s Desk:   “The vicious accusations made by Washington have almost destroyed any trust between China and the US in the field of cyberspace. Their mutual suspicion is bound to significantly increase. There will be a higher probability that both sides could misjudge that the other side is launching cyber attacks.” Editorial, The Global Times, Published 20 July 2021

CONTENTS

1. Organised Cyber Criminal Syndicates A Growing Threat For Businesses: AusCERT 2021
2. Police Chief Defends Accessing COVID Tracing App Data
3. UnitingCare Queensland Ransomware Attack Impacts Major Brisbane Hospitals
4. NSW Audit Office Report Exposes Significant Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities at TfNSW & Sydney Trains
5. Reimagining Cybersecurity in Government Through Zero Trust
6. Australia’s “corporate soft underbelly” the first point of attack
7. How 5G and video surveillance create safer, smarter Australian cities
8. Attack on Bitcoin erodes payment status
9. The Cyber Patient’s Dilemma
10. Where autism offers a competitive advantage
11. e-Waste – The security blind spot