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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 ...
Is Your Conveyancing Practice Secure From Hacking?

Is Your Conveyancing Practice Secure From Hacking?

The recent media reports of fraud against conveyancing practices suggest that professionals should be taking measures for protecting their businesses from cyber attacks. Cybercriminals primarily rely on an email-based attack known as phishing to help commit payment redirection fraud. A recent Telstra Security Report found that the most common ...
Cheap Shots are taking Creep Shots of Women

Cheap Shots are taking Creep Shots of Women

Do you ever get that feeling that’s someone is watching you, or you are being followed? It freaks me out. Now, how do you feel when some random person has taken a photo of you? Well, sometimes you can never be too sure about what the case is. But, what happens when the creep shots take cheap shots? Yep, a whole new level we are heading to. What is ...
Australian Companies Urged to Consider Pros and Cons of Paying a Ransom

Australian Companies Urged to Consider Pros and Cons of Paying a Ransom

The conversation is becoming more commonplace about whether companies should pay in a ransomware attack. Unfortunately, these crippling cyber-assaults are taking place too frequently across the globe, with targets and outcomes getting more consequential and more threatening for our workforce and communities. Cyber-criminals and other nefarious actors ...
A Scam Which Preys on Vulnerable People (and Works!)

A Scam Which Preys on Vulnerable People (and Works!)

This phishing campaign is a prime example of how heartless cybercriminals prey on vulnerable people. Our experts have been made aware of a new email extortion scheme targeting Australians. The email suggests that a backdoor has been installed on the victim's computer and the user was caught red-handed while pleasuring him or herself. The scammers then ...

Email Impersonation Scams: What You or Your IT Staff Can Do to Protect Your Business

A major cyber threat to Australian businesses is email-based impersonation scams targeting key personnel. The scheme involves cybercriminals mimicking business owners and executives through the use of phishing emails. Criminals typically pose as personnel in positions of authority and ask victims to perform money transfers, pay invoices, or to send the ...

Businesses Require New Techniques to Combat Phishing

The Verizon 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report provides valuable insights into emerging phishing threats. CISOs, IT managers and cybersecurity consultants should be aware of new phishing techniques this report raises in order to better manage the associated risk they bring. The most exciting finding in this year's report is the increased ...
Is the Cybersecurity of Your Business PEXA Ready?

Is the Cybersecurity of Your Business PEXA Ready?

You may have read about the highly publicised PEXA fraud which was reported whereby a Melbourne family was left homeless. As it transpired, the family’s conveyancer had their email hijacked by a cybercriminal. This lead to the conveyancer’s PEXA account being compromised and ultimately the theft of $250,000 by the criminal misdirecting settlement ...
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Barracuda Launches AI Cybersecurity Platform BarracudaONE And New Research On Security Tool Sprawl

Barracuda Launches AI Cybersecurity Platform BarracudaONE And New Research On Security Tool Sprawl

Introducing the BarracudaONE™ AI-Powered Cybersecurity Platform Global Survey Finds Security Tool Sprawl Driving Cyber Risk and Overwhelming IT Teams, with 67% of Australian Professionals Managing Too Many Tools SYDNEY, Australia, 4 June, 2025 — Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading cybersecurity company providing complete protection against complex ...
NinjaOne Completes Acquisition of SaaS Backup and Data Protection Leader Dropsuite

NinjaOne Completes Acquisition of SaaS Backup and Data Protection Leader Dropsuite

NinjaOne, the automated endpoint management platform, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Dropsuite for approximately $270 million USD to help organisations reclaim lost productivity and reduce the risk of ransomware. With the addition of Dropsuite, NinjaOne customers can unify endpoint, server, and SaaS application backup use cases, ...
KBKast Podcast Partners with Vanta as First Exclusive Sponsor

KBKast Podcast Partners with Vanta as First Exclusive Sponsor

Sydney, Australia, June 03, 2025 - KBI.Media is proud to announce a landmark partnership between KBKast, the flagship security podcast for leadership, and Vanta, the leading trust management platform. With well over 300 interviews to date, KBKast welcomes Vanta as its first-ever exclusive sponsor - a major milestone that underscores the podcast’s ...
Fortinet Appoints Nicole Henry as Head of Government Affairs for Australia and New Zealand

Fortinet Appoints Nicole Henry as Head of Government Affairs for Australia and New Zealand

Nicole Henry will drive strategic engagement and cybersecurity policy leadership across the region, reinforcing Fortinet’s commitment to advancing cyber resilience and safeguarding critical infrastructure 
Genetec Enhances AutoVu Cloudrunner With New Mapping Tools For Faster Investigations

Genetec Enhances AutoVu Cloudrunner With New Mapping Tools For Faster Investigations

Powerful new visualisation tools help law enforcement and security professionals analyse vehicle data with greater accuracy and efficiency.
JFrog Appoints Sunny Rao as Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific to Drive Next Phase of Growth and Innovation Across the Region

JFrog Appoints Sunny Rao as Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific to Drive Next Phase of Growth and Innovation Across the Region

SYDNEY – 30 May 2025 — JFrog Ltd. (“JFrog”) (NASDAQ: FROG), the Liquid Software company and creators of the award-winning JFrog Software Supply Chain Platform, today announced Sunny Rao has joined the company as Senior Vice President (SVP) of Asia Pacific (APAC) sales. Reporting directly to JFrog’s Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Tali Notman, Rao will ...
Tenable Announces Intent to Acquire Apex Security to Expand Exposure Management Across the AI Attack Surface

Tenable Announces Intent to Acquire Apex Security to Expand Exposure Management Across the AI Attack Surface

Tenable® Holdings, Inc., the exposure management company, today announced its intent to acquire Apex Security, Inc., an innovator in securing the rapidly expanding AI attack surface. Tenable believes the acquisition, once completed, will strengthen Tenable’s ability to help organizations identify and reduce cyber risk in a world increasingly shaped by ...
Cisco Duo Reimagines Identity Security to Combat AI Era Threats

Cisco Duo Reimagines Identity Security to Combat AI Era Threats

New Duo IAM delivers comprehensive identity security that organizations can trust
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