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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 ...
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 ...
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Rapid7 Puts Agentic AI to Work in the SOC, Empowering Analysts to Investigate Smarter and Faster

Rapid7 Puts Agentic AI to Work in the SOC, Empowering Analysts to Investigate Smarter and Faster

Rapid7 has announced the integration of agentic AI workflows into its MDR services to support threat investigation processes within Security Operations Centres (SOCs). These AI-driven workflows autonomously handle foundational investigative tasks, enabling analysts to focus on more complex threats and strategic decision-making.
Palo Alto Networks’ State of Generative AI Report Finds 890% Surge in Generative AI Traffic, Raising New Security Challenges for Asia-Pacific and Japan Enterprises

Palo Alto Networks’ State of Generative AI Report Finds 890% Surge in Generative AI Traffic, Raising New Security Challenges for Asia-Pacific and Japan Enterprises

Palo Alto Networks, the world's leading AI cybersecurity company, released its State of Generative AI 2025 report, which reveals a staggering 890% surge in Generative AI (GenAI) traffic in 2024 driven by the rapid adoption of GenAI tools in enterprise environments. While AI growth offers significant productivity benefits, the report warns that ...
Excite Announces Contract Win With DOHA for $676,000

Excite Announces Contract Win With DOHA for $676,000

Excite Technology Services Limited has secured contracts with the Department of Home Affairs (DOHA) via its wholly owned subsidiary CBIT Pty Limited to deliver advanced IT software solutions that will enhance DOHA's national digital forensics and investigative capabilities.
Artificial Intelligence Is Making Cybercrime Quieter and Quicker: Fortinet Survey Reveals up to Three Times Surge in Artificial Intelligence-Powered Threats Across Australia

Artificial Intelligence Is Making Cybercrime Quieter and Quicker: Fortinet Survey Reveals up to Three Times Surge in Artificial Intelligence-Powered Threats Across Australia

Detection gaps widen as artificial intelligence-fuelled attacks reshape cybersecurity in the region  June 24, 2025 – Fortinet®, the global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence of networking and security, has announced the findings of a new IDC survey that reveals a sharp escalation in both the volume and sophistication of cyber threats ...
Darktrace Bolsters APJ Senior Leadership Team With Promotion of Abhi Abhyankar to Head of Partnerships, Alliances & Channel

Darktrace Bolsters APJ Senior Leadership Team With Promotion of Abhi Abhyankar to Head of Partnerships, Alliances & Channel

Darktrace, a global leader in AI for cybersecurity, is pleased to announce the promotion of Abhi Abhyankar (Abhi) to Head of Partnerships, Alliances & Channels for the Asia-Pacific and Japan region (APJ). Based in Sydney, Australia, Abhi will spearhead the expansion of Darktrace’s partner ecosystem to grow lasting relationships with its partners ...
New Research Finds 51% of Spam Emails Are Now Generated Through AI, Not Humans

New Research Finds 51% of Spam Emails Are Now Generated Through AI, Not Humans

Half the Spam in Your Inbox Is Generated by AI – Its Use in Advanced Attacks Is at an Earlier Stage Cyber attackers are leveraging the power of AI to boost their chances of success in email-based attacks. AI tools can help them to develop and launch more attacks, more frequently, and to make these attacks more evasive, convincing and targeted. But to ...
Oracle Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Defense Ecosystem to Redefine National Security Innovation

Oracle Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Defense Ecosystem to Redefine National Security Innovation

New industry coalition gives defense technology innovators unprecedented access to national security delivery channels
Fastly Appoints Nicola Gerber as Vice President for Asia Pacific &Amp; Japan to Accelerate Growth Across the Region

Fastly Appoints Nicola Gerber as Vice President for Asia Pacific &Amp; Japan to Accelerate Growth Across the Region

SINGAPORE/SYDNEY - June 19, 2025 - Fastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), a leader in global edge cloud platforms, today announced the appointment of Nicola Gerber as Vice President, Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ). This new hire underscores Fastly’s commitment to expanding its presence in one of the world’s fastest-growing digital regions, aligning with its global ...
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