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VentraIP Takedown Exposes the Shadow 'DDoS Tax'

A terabit-scale DDoS attack took Australia’s largest privately-owned Web host offline on Saturday 23 May. The takedown has laid bare a regulatory gap that forces enterprise and government customers to fund the country’s DDoS defences themselves.

AI Bots Drive Surge in Banking DDoS Attacks

The financial services industry has become the most targeted by network-layer distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, new Akamai research has found.

Cyber Resilience Foundations Still Matter in the AI Era

ANZ organisations are reshaping resilience strategies as AI agents widen the attack surface, AvePoint ANZ Managing Director Max McNamara told a Sydney Gartner audience.

NZ Health Breach Prompts Privacy Reforms

New Zealand’s Privacy Commissioner has found both a major private patient portal vendor and the country’s central public health agency in breach of patient privacy laws, following a December 2025 cyber incident that exposed the sensitive records of nearly 100,000 people.

OAIC Opens Seeks Input on Automated Decision-Making

Australia's privacy regulator has opened consultation on guidance for new transparency rules. The rules will force organisations to disclose how they use automated decision-making (ADM) systems.

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