Mitigating the rise of double extortion ransomware
22 May, 2023 by Brian Grant, ANZ Regional Director, Thales Cloud SecurityRansomware perpetrators have evolved their business model to include a second catastrophic phase — double extortion ransomware.
Cybercriminals can steal your voice in three seconds
08 May, 2023Using AI tools, it's easy to manipulate images, videos and — perhaps most disturbingly — the voices of friends and family members.
Cybercriminals used over 500 attack tools in 2022
03 May, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe expanding range of attack tools and techniques being utilised by cyber attackers are leaving defenders with few gaps to exploit, according to Sophos.
Organisations underestimate ransomware threat
02 May, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingWhile 78% of respondents to a Fortinet survey reported feeling prepared for ransomware attacks, half still fell victim to an attack.
Australian CISOs feel unsupported
28 April, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNearly all Australian CISOs report struggling to get the organisational support required to ensure their organisation is resilient against cyber threats.
Attackers extorting victims with fake ransomware claims
19 April, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA new cybercrime email campaign uncovered by Avast attempts to fool victims into thinking they have been the victim of a ransomware or data extortion attack.
Cybercrime sets the gender equality bar
17 April, 2023 by Mayra Rosario Fuentes, Senior Threat Researcher, Trend MicroThe cybercrime underground is becoming a bastion of equal opportunity from a gender perspective, with participants judged on their skills not their pronouns.
Australians falling for bank impersonation scams
04 April, 2023The ACCC's Scamwatch received over 14,000 reports about bank impersonation scams last year, with consumers losing more than $20 million in savings.
Australian businesses becoming ransomware repeat victims
04 April, 2023A new report shows that Australian organisations are increasingly falling prey to successful ransomware attacks — in many cases, multiple times.
Activism has gone cyber: the rise of hacktivism
29 March, 2023 by Hamish Armati, Director of Technical Services, APJMuch like activism, hacktivist groups are formed by groups of cybercriminals sharing the same political and social beliefs coming together to promote an agenda.
Attackers capitalise on GPT-4 hype with crypto scam
24 March, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingTenable has provided details of a phishing campaign designed to lure in victims using the hype over the launch of OpenAI's GPT-4.
Skills gaps leaving orgs exposed to more cyber risk
24 March, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingSome 68% of organisations worldwide are facing additional cyber risks due to the ongoing cybersecurity skills shortage, according to Fortinet.
Sophos explores using ChatGPT to tackle cyberthreats
22 March, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingResearch from Sophos indicates that the generative AI technology behind ChatGPT can be used to combat, as well as merely augment, cyber attacks.
Cyber attacks against Ukraine shift to NATO countries
01 March, 2023New data from Check Point Research shows that cyber warfare has escalated in line with the Russia–Ukraine war.
Ransomware victims who pay subsidise future attacks
01 March, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingOnly 10% of ransomware victims pay up, but by doing so they are subsidising the cost of nine future attacks, according to research from Trend Micro.
