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Women Needed in Cyber for Australia’s Economic Prosperity

Women Needed in Cyber for Australia’s Economic Prosperity

Many of you in the cybersecurity industry already know about my dedication and passion to encourage more women to enter into and remain in the cybersecurity and broader tech sector. Having spoken around the world at numerous conferences, founded ISACA’s SheLeadsTech program, and participated in the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in ...
Five Ways to Identify Phishing Emails

Five Ways to Identify Phishing Emails

As phishing emails come in different shapes and formats, there is no silver bullet to identify a phishing email. However, there is a collection of red flags you should be looking for before clicking on a new message. Here is our up-to-date guide to help you recognise the latest email-based scams. What is phishing? Phishing is a cyber-attack typically ...
Why multi-factor authentication on the PEXA platform leaves security concerns

Why multi-factor authentication on the PEXA platform leaves security concerns

We published an article yesterday explaining why we see problems with the newly-introduced multi-factor authentication security measure on the PEXA electronic conveyancing platform. As a response to the growing number of conveyancing scams, such as the highly-publicised case involving the former MasterChef contestant, PEXA decided to introduce 2FA to ...
How Abandoned Domain Names Pose a Major Cyber Risk to Your Business

How Abandoned Domain Names Pose a Major Cyber Risk to Your Business

Iron Bastion’s cybersecurity expert Gabor Szathmari, recently published novel research on abandoned internet domains, and how they are a significant cyber risk which threatens businesses and in particular the Australian legal profession. What is an Abandoned Domain Name? A domain name is a name you can register to identify your business on the ...
The Alphabet of Electronic Conveyancing

The Alphabet of Electronic Conveyancing

ARNECC, ELN, ELNO, ECNL, PEXA... A recent cyber-attack incident against a property settlement transaction processed through the PEXA network has raised concerns over the transition from the traditional paper-based settlement process to electronic conveyancing. A number of cyber security experts have expressed their concerns about the cyber security ...

Why You Need Professional Email Hosting for Your Business

Your business deserves a reliable, safe and secure email service provider so that you can focus on your clients and not have to worry about cyber attacks. Email is an essential service for every business. However, not all email service providers are created equal. Some email services are more susceptible to hacking and data loss than others. In this ...
How To Prevent Payment Redirection Fraud At Your Conveyancing Practice

How To Prevent Payment Redirection Fraud At Your Conveyancing Practice

Enforcing Two-factor Authentication (2FA) on your email service is a robust security measure that can prevent payment redirection fraud. In the following article, we demonstrate how you can enable this powerful security feature on your corporate email accounts hosted on Office 365 or G Suite. By making this simple change, you can reduce the chances of ...

How to Protect Your Legal Practice from Payment Redirection Fraud

This article is aimed at helping legal professionals who commonly provide payment instructions for trust accounts and other transactions over email. Providing payment instructions over email puts you at risk of payment redirection fraud. In this article, you will learn why Australian legal professionals are high-value targets for cybercriminals and why ...
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Tenable Research Exposes ConfusedComposer, A Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform

Tenable Research Exposes ConfusedComposer, A Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform

ConfusedComposer Exploits Hidden Cloud Service Dependencies
CIOSO Global Partners with Q-Net Security To Advance Hardware-Based Cybersecurity Solutions

CIOSO Global Partners with Q-Net Security To Advance Hardware-Based Cybersecurity Solutions

This collaboration underscores CIOSO Global's mission to discover and champion innovative approaches to cybersecurity in an ever-evolving threat landscape, which includes AI and quantum computing-driven cyberattacks.
Akamai Research: AI-Powered Applications Drove 51 Billion Web Attacks in Asia Pacific and Japan, Up 73% Year-Over-Year

Akamai Research: AI-Powered Applications Drove 51 Billion Web Attacks in Asia Pacific and Japan, Up 73% Year-Over-Year

Australia was the most targeted country by web and API attacks in APJ
Rubrik Appoints Kavitha Mariappan as Chief Transformation Officer

Rubrik Appoints Kavitha Mariappan as Chief Transformation Officer

Sydney, April 24, 2025 — Building on a milestone year for the company, Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK) today announced the appointment of Kavitha Mariappan as its Chief Transformation Officer (CTxO). This newly created role is aimed at deepening executive engagement and accelerating cyber resilience outcomes for global enterprises and public sector ...
Datadog Report Finds Only 18% of Critical Vulnerabilities are Worth Prioritising

Datadog Report Finds Only 18% of Critical Vulnerabilities are Worth Prioritising

Cloud application monitoring and security platform Datadog today released its new report, the State of DevSecOps 2025, which found that only a fraction of critical vulnerabilities are truly worth prioritising. To better understand the severity of a vulnerability, Datadog developed a prioritisation algorithm that factored in runtime context to its ...
Bitdefender Redefines Endpoint Security, Announces Global Launch of GravityZone PHASR

Bitdefender Redefines Endpoint Security, Announces Global Launch of GravityZone PHASR

Bitdefender has announced the worldwide availability of Bitdefender GravityZone Proactive Hardening and Attack Surface Reduction (PHASR), the industry’s first endpoint security solution to dynamically tailor hardening for each user—ensuring that security configurations align precisely with user-intended privileges and behaviours and continuously adapt ...
Datadog Makes Strategic Acquisition of Metaplane

Datadog Makes Strategic Acquisition of Metaplane

Datadog has announced it has acquired Metaplane, an end-to-end data observability platform that provides advanced machine learning-powered monitoring and column-level lineage to prevent, detect and resolve data quality issues across a company’s entire data stack. With the emergence of AI and widespread adoption of platforms like Snowflake and ...
Veeam Unveils Inaugural ESG Report Highlighting Sustainability, Social Impact, And Corporate Governance Initiatives

Veeam Unveils Inaugural ESG Report Highlighting Sustainability, Social Impact, And Corporate Governance Initiatives

Veeam announced the release of its first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, coinciding with the 55th anniversary of Earth Day. This landmark report showcases Veeam's commitment to inclusively creating a sustainable future while maintaining the highest standards of trust and governance. “Today at VeeamON, we are proud to launch our ...
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