Australia releases advice to counter ‘foreign interference’ after university cyber attacks
New guidance stresses the importance of access controls for staff who may be exposed to foreign interference.
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News about phishing attacks
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Ransomware strike cripples regional Victorian hospitals
Elective surgery interrupted as hospitals go offline during cyber response
David Braue | 02 Oct | Read more
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Swimming upstream: How not to fall prey to phishing scams
Cybercrime costs the Australian economy $1 billion per year. In 2019 alone, the ACCC has already received 2,229 phishing scam reports, with women losing more money than men to phishing scams, and Victorians losing more money than their compatriots north of the border.
Nathan Boddam-Whetham, Avanade Australia | 01 Mar | Read more
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Microsoft takes on Gmail: pay for Office 365 and you and four Outlook users get more security, no ads, and a 50 GB inbox
Anti-phishing features become to the battle for web email account users.
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Attackers experimenting with CVE-2017-0199 in recent phishing attacks
Researchers at Trend Micro and Cisco's Talos have identified a new wave of phishing attacks leveraging CVE-2017-0199, a previously patched remote code execution vulnerability in the OLE (Windows Object Linking and Embedding) interface of Microsoft Office.
Steve Ragan | 16 Aug | Read more
Features about phishing attacks
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CISO Interview Series: Trevor McDougall, CIO, Open Colleges
As a business with 100% of infrastructure on cloud platforms I don’t need to worry about data centres which has enabled us to move quickly into overseas territories. We are very careful when selecting cloud partners as we rely heavily on there security practices to protect our data and IP.
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No money, no problem: Building a security awareness program on a shoestring budget
Implementing a security awareness program seems rather straightforward, until you actually start to implement one - factoring in things like resources and the people (users) to be trained. At that point, it can seem complicated, costly, and unnecessary. However, the process doesn't have to be a logistical and expensive nightmare, and it's certainly worth it in the long run.
Steve Ragan | 17 Jul | Read more
Whitepapers about phishing attacks
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S&R Pros Must Empower Employees To Prevent Phishing Attacks
In a phishing attack, cybercriminals use email and/or social media to trick employees into revealing confidential information about themselves or their firms or clicking on malicious files or web links that infect their computers with malware. In this report, we look at where security awareness is going wrong and how security and risk (S&R) pros can revamp their security awareness programs to empower employees to protect themselves and their firms from phishing attacks.