The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) as it sought to raise awareness and protection around the surging Emotet malware, which was fingered in the recent malware attacks on Victorian hospitals and nearly two dozen other Australian victims.
David Braue | 07 Nov | Read more
The overall risk posed by cybersecurity threats has increased over the past 12 months and adoption of cloud technologies is by far the biggest reason, according to new research that found just 31 percent of organisations can mitigate a new risk within a month.
David Braue | 07 Nov | Read more
Can the world handle the 'Donald Trump Screen of Death'?
Saudi Arabian cybersecurity specialist and women’s rights activist Manal al-Sharif, who was imprisoned by authorities after daring to drive a car, will deliver the keynote speech at a groundbreaking conference and awards ceremony exploring the changing role of women in cybersecurity.
There were concerns about device security after
David Braue | 05 Aug | Read more
Attackers claim to be wiping devices and asking for a ransom from Iomega NAS users.
New EU law aims to raise cybersecurity standards across borders.
Over the first 6 months of 2019, I am seeing more and more accounts being taken over by malicious actors on office 365 and google mail where the attacker will create some rules in the backend to redirect emails of interest into deleted items, RSS feeds or any other folder they think may be overlooked by the user.
Craig Ford | 26 Jun | Read more
Oracle has disclosed a bug in its WebLogic Server software that is both highly critical and already under attack.
Huawei isn't completely banned from the UK's 5G network rollout.
Business email compromise (BEC) scams account for more than half of total losses
It's common for businesses to pay ransomware attackers and may would do it again.
The opening of an Australian data ‘scrubbing’ centre will play a pivotal role in helping Akamai’s Prolexic business maintain its benchmark of having enough free capacity to deal with 3 to 5 times the largest-ever distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack at any given time.
David Braue | 10 Apr | Read more
This is a strange topic as the idea of collaboration in the security industry is basically that direct competitors come together and openly share how they do things, how they secure their systems, what works and what doesn't.
Craig Ford | 09 Apr | Read more
FBI warns consumers over the Chinese embassy scam.
G Suite admins demand a way to prevent staff from using SMS codes to sign into Google accounts.
Real-world usage data to refine scanning of encrypted traffic without decrypting it
David Braue | 08 Mar | Read more
The cost of data breaches to Australian companies has surged over the past year to be well above global averages, according to new research in which 47 percent of Australian CISOs said breaches had costed them more than US$5m (A$7m).
David Braue | 08 Mar | Read more
Phishing threats aren't disappearing any time soon, warns Microsoft.
Organisations are leaving themselves exposed by failing to demand adequate security protections when buying new technology, according to a senior Cisco executive who warned that security and networking specialists must work together better to close persistent gaps.
David Braue | 05 Mar | Read more