Security

Australian businesses yielding to ransomware groups

26 October, 2022 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Nearly 70% of Australian businesses have been hit by ransomware in the last five years, and many are willing to pay substantial ransoms to keep the lights on.


How to get customer data privacy right

26 October, 2022 by Thomas Barta | Supplied by: Adobe

APAC marketers are facing a dual challenge — customers enjoy a personalised experience but worry about sharing their data. Thomas Barta explains on behalf of Adobe.


Sophos launches third-party compatible MDR

26 October, 2022

Sophos has launched new third-party security technology compatibilities with Sophos Managed Detection and Response.


Australian Cyber Week hits the road

24 October, 2022

Running from 14–18 November, this year's event will travel around Australia generating awareness of the national cybersecurity industry.


Australian leaders hesitant to disclose breaches

24 October, 2022 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Australian C-suite leaders overwhelmingly believe requirements for public disclosures of data breaches could lead to a loss of competitive advantage, PwC said.


We're still terrible at passwords

24 October, 2022

New research suggests that attackers are taking advantage of weak password management to gain access to corporate systems via remote admin protocols.


Adatree creates framework to de-identify data

21 October, 2022

Fintech startup Adatree says it has created the first and only framework in Australia to de-identify data in the regulated Consumer Data Right (CDR).


Greaves honoured at Australian Women in IT Security awards

21 October, 2022

Castlepoint Systems co-founder and CEO Rachael Greaves has been recognised as Australia's Most Outstanding Woman in IT Security.


Vectra launches new security AI technology

20 October, 2022 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Vectra's new Attack Signal Intelligence has been designed to automate threat detection and prioritisation for over-stressed SOC teams.


Global losses from scams grew 15.7% in 2021

20 October, 2022 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Global losses from scams grew 15.7% in 2021, with Australians alone losing well over $2 billion, a new report from GASA and ScamAdvisor estimates.


A new approach to cybersecurity

20 October, 2022 by Peter Philipp, ANZ general manager at Neo4j | Supplied by: Neo4j

Cybercriminals view a network like a graph, believing they only need to access one node to exploit a weakness. It's time to think the same way.


Report: Consumers paying the price for data breaches

19 October, 2022 | Supplied by: IBM Australia Limited

IBM Security has released the annual Cost of a Data Breach Report, revealing costlier and higher-impact data breaches than ever before.


How can you prepare for ransomware attacks?

19 October, 2022 by Darren Reid, Director of the Security Business Unit, VMware, ANZ | Supplied by: VMware Global Inc

If the last weeks have taught security practitioners anything, it's that no organisation is immune to ransomware or other cyber attacks.


Australia lags in cybersecurity maturity

17 October, 2022

New research from Proofpoint suggests that Australian board-level buy-in to prioritising cybersecurity lags well behind global counterparts.


Aust cybersecurity professionals ill-equipped for incident increase

13 October, 2022

A new approach is needed to empower SecOps teams to detect, respond and remediate attacks in real time, according to a new report.


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