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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 ...
Cybersecurity Tips for Conveyancers and Solicitors using PEXA

Cybersecurity Tips for Conveyancers and Solicitors using PEXA

You may have heard of the recent cybercrime perpetrated against the Australian e-conveyancing platform PEXA. A former MasterChef finalist and her family had $250,000 stolen from a property purchase transaction on the platform at settlement. In the following article, we explain the likely ways the fraud occurred and what practical things you can do ...
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In The News

Workato Completes IRAP Assessment to Support Enterprise Orchestration and Automation for Australian Government and Regulated Industries

Workato Completes IRAP Assessment to Support Enterprise Orchestration and Automation for Australian Government and Regulated Industries

IRAP assessment strengthens digital transformation and cloud service capabilities for public sector and regulated industry customers.
Informatica Unveils Agentic AI Offerings on Its AI-Powered Cloud Data Management Platform

Informatica Unveils Agentic AI Offerings on Its AI-Powered Cloud Data Management Platform

Informatica (NYSE: INFA), an AI-powered enterprise cloud data management leader, has announced its comprehensive strategy for Agentic AI, building on the company's position as the industry's first AI-powered cloud data management platform. Informatica's strategic approach to Agentic AI expands on the company's AI innovation history, which includes the ...
Kumail Nanjiani Featured Speaker at Datadog’s DASH Conference in New York

Kumail Nanjiani Featured Speaker at Datadog’s DASH Conference in New York

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA -- Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDOG), the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, recently unveiled new speakers for its annual DASH conference, taking place June 10-11, 2025 at North Javits Center in New York City. Kumail Nanjiani, the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actor, writer and comedian known for The Big Sick, Silicon ...
Macquarie Cloud Services Collaborates with CAUDIT to Advance IT In Education

Macquarie Cloud Services Collaborates with CAUDIT to Advance IT In Education

Macquarie Cloud Services has announced the launch of CAUDIT Cloud, a purpose-built cloud solution for research and education, designed in collaboration with CAUDIT, the peak body for ICT in the higher education and research sectors across Australasia, to support the full spectrum of university ICT needs. Burdened by the growing pressure of budget ...
Yadi Narayana Returns to Datadog As CTO for Asia-Pacific and Japan

Yadi Narayana Returns to Datadog As CTO for Asia-Pacific and Japan

Datadog, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDOG), the monitoring and security platform for cloud applications, has appointed Yadi Narayana as Field CTO for Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ). In this newly-created role, Narayana will leverage his more than 20 years of global experience in business development, product development and solutions engineering to advise on and ...
Commvault and Deloitte Join Forces to Boost Cyber Resilience and Incident Response

Commvault and Deloitte Join Forces to Boost Cyber Resilience and Incident Response

Commvault, a global leader in cyber resilience and data protection for hybrid cloud environments, has announced a strategic alliance with Deloitte aimed at enhancing enterprise cyber resilience and incident response capabilities. The partnership comes as organisations face growing pressure to adapt to a fast-evolving threat landscape. According to ...
Cyber Frontlines: Hacktivist Surge Mirrors Escalating India-Pakistan Border Tensions

Cyber Frontlines: Hacktivist Surge Mirrors Escalating India-Pakistan Border Tensions

As geopolitical tensions flare between India and Pakistan following Operation Sindoor—the largest Indian cross-border strike since 1971—a parallel conflict is intensifying in cyberspace. Hacktivist groups aligned along political, religious, and nationalist lines are launching a wave of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and cyber disruption ...
Sophos Accelerates Business Growth and Profitability for MSPs with the Launch of MSP Elevate Program

Sophos Accelerates Business Growth and Profitability for MSPs with the Launch of MSP Elevate Program

Sophos recently launched MSP Elevate, a new business-accelerating program for managed service providers (MSPs). With the new program, Sophos enables MSPs to expand their business with high-value, differentiated cybersecurity offerings that elevate their customers’ cyber defenses and rewards growth with additional investment to fuel further ...
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