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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 ...

How You Can Protect Your Microsoft Exchange Email Service From Cyber Attacks

Microsoft Exchange is a popular choice for providing email services for businesses. Its email features and seamless integration with Microsoft Outlook are undoubtedly convenient and easy to use, but what about security? Microsoft Exchange runs exclusively on Windows Server, which in 2017 was affected by various critical vulnerabilities, putting ...

Report: Australia’s Top Law Firms Lead the Way in the Use of Anti-Phishing Technologies

Most of Australia’s top-tier and mid-tier law firms are well prepared in defending against phishing attacks, Iron Bastion's new study can now reveal. Iron Bastion  have assessed Australia’s top one hundred law firms for their use of anti-phishing technology. The details were gathered from various public data sources to determine whether email services ...
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Trustwave Launches Managed Phishing for Microsoft Service to Strengthen Microsoft 365 Email Security

Trustwave Launches Managed Phishing for Microsoft Service to Strengthen Microsoft 365 Email Security

July 15, 2025 – Trustwave, a global cybersecurity and managed security services leader, has announced the launch of Managed Phishing for Microsoft, an advanced service designed to help organisations using Microsoft Office 365 and Defender for Office proactively defend against the evolving threat of phishing attacks. Phishing remains the most ...
Check Point Software Technologies Named a Leader in Zero Trust Platforms, Q3 2025 Evaluation

Check Point Software Technologies Named a Leader in Zero Trust Platforms, Q3 2025 Evaluation

Check Point’s Hybrid Mesh Security Platform recognised for plan to deliver AI-driven capabilities to automate network security functions
Kyndryl Partners With Microsoft to Launch the Kyndryl Microsoft Acceleration Hub to Drive Customer Innovation and Digital Transformation

Kyndryl Partners With Microsoft to Launch the Kyndryl Microsoft Acceleration Hub to Drive Customer Innovation and Digital Transformation

New Hub combines Kyndryl Consult expertise with Microsoft technologies to enable AI-first consulting capabilities and engagements
Semperis 2025 Purple Knight Report Reveals Persistent Security Gaps in Hybrid Active Directory and Entra ID Environments

Semperis 2025 Purple Knight Report Reveals Persistent Security Gaps in Hybrid Active Directory and Entra ID Environments

2025 Purple Knight Report Reveals Persistent Security Gaps in Hybrid Active Directory and Entra ID Environments The new report uncovers identity security risks, low initial assessment scores, and urgent need for remediation across Active Directory, Entra ID, and Okta—but substantial score improvements for users applying Purple Knight’s expert ...
Crypto Wallets Continue to Be Drained in Elaborate Social Media Scam

Crypto Wallets Continue to Be Drained in Elaborate Social Media Scam

Overview Continued research by Darktrace has revealed that cryptocurrency users are being targeted by threat actors in an elaborate social engineering scheme that continues to evolve. In December 2024, Cado Security Labs detailed a campaign targeting Web 3 employees in the Meeten campaign. The campaign included threat actors setting up meeting ...
Latest DigiCert Survey Finds Manual Processes Expose Organisations to Outages, Compliance Failures, and Six-Figure Losses as Certificate Volumes Climb

Latest DigiCert Survey Finds Manual Processes Expose Organisations to Outages, Compliance Failures, and Six-Figure Losses as Certificate Volumes Climb

Research highlights certificate mismanagement is draining enterprise resources and eroding digital trust
Operational Technology Cybersecurity Risk Elevates Within Executive Leadership Ranks

Operational Technology Cybersecurity Risk Elevates Within Executive Leadership Ranks

More than half (52 per cent) of organisations report that the chief information security officer/chief security officer is responsible for operational technology, up from 16 per cent in 2022, while 95 per cent of organisations report that the C-suite is responsible for operational technology, up from 41 per cent in 2022 
Bitdefender Forges Partnership With Creators Guild of America

Bitdefender Forges Partnership With Creators Guild of America

Bitdefender has announced a strategic partnership with the Creators Guild of America to provide digital security solutions tailored for online content creators. The partnership aims to raise awareness of the critical need for creators to protect their digital identities, content, and personal information from increasingly sophisticated and costly cyber ...
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