A new report from Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, found that ransomware and extortion actors are utilising more aggressive tactics to pressure organisations, with harassment being involved 20 times more often than in 2021, according to Unit 42™ incident response cases.

Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, today released new research* revealing that while Australian organisations plan to increase cybersecurity budgets in 2023, business leaders hold conflicting views on the function.

BeyondTrust, the worldwide leader in intelligent identity and access security, today announced the release of the 2023 Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report. This report is the 10th anniversary edition and covers a decade of vulnerability insights, providing valuable information to help organisations see into the past, present, and future of the Microsoft vulnerability landscape. Produced annually by BeyondTrust, The Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report analyses data from security bulletins publicly issued by Microsoft throughout the previous year.

Last week, ​​consumer finance provider Latitude Financial suffered a cyberattack that compromised the personal information of around 330,000 customers in New Zealand and Australia. Most of the stolen data was copies of driver’s licenses or numbers, and only a small percentage were passport numbers or Medicare numbers. The Department of Internal Affairs has confirmed that customers don’t need to replace their passports, but Latitude has offered to pay for the replacement of identification documents at no cost to customers. IDCARE has been engaged to help impacted customers, and the company has launched a review into the breach.