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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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Rapid7 Launches Active Patching, Powered by Automox, to Proactively Mitigate Risk on Vulnerable Assets Across the Entire Attack Surface

Rapid7 Launches Active Patching, Powered by Automox, to Proactively Mitigate Risk on Vulnerable Assets Across the Entire Attack Surface

Active Patching, a fully automated patching and remediation solution integrated into Rapid7’s Exposure Command solution. Powered by Automox, it empowers security and IT teams to proactively mitigate risk across vulnerable assets.
Extortion Evolves: Akamai SOTI Report Examines the Increasing Complexity of Ransomware Attacks

Extortion Evolves: Akamai SOTI Report Examines the Increasing Complexity of Ransomware Attacks

New report explores the tactics, techniques, and procedures attackers use and the fallout for organisations
Research Identifies Emerging Risks When Businesses Deploy Multiple AI Agents – And How to Start Addressing Them

Research Identifies Emerging Risks When Businesses Deploy Multiple AI Agents – And How to Start Addressing Them

New report by Gradient Institute equips Australian organisations with tools to better understand risks as AI agents join the digital workforce
Spintel Launches New NBN 500/50Mbps Plan

Spintel Launches New NBN 500/50Mbps Plan

Exceptional Speed Without the Premium Price Tag
NinjaOne Appoints Geoff Davies as VP and Country Manager for ANZ

NinjaOne Appoints Geoff Davies as VP and Country Manager for ANZ

NinjaOne today announced the appointment of Geoff Davies as Vice President and Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). Davies brings more than 15 years of experience leading high-performance sales teams across the region. As VP and Country Manager, Davies will be responsible for growing NinjaOne’s business across Australia and New Zealand ...
Trend Micro and Google Cloud Deepen Collaboration to Advance AI-Driven Cybersecurity and Sovereign Cloud Solutions

Trend Micro and Google Cloud Deepen Collaboration to Advance AI-Driven Cybersecurity and Sovereign Cloud Solutions

Advancing proactive security across cloud environments and fighting online scams with AI
Supporting FIPS and CJIS for Secure IT Support: BeyondTrust Remote Support Remains Compliance-Ready as Standards Evolve

Supporting FIPS and CJIS for Secure IT Support: BeyondTrust Remote Support Remains Compliance-Ready as Standards Evolve

IT teams and support desks replacing non-compliant remote access tools are turning to BeyondTrust to help them meet modern security and compliance standards. BeyondTrust Remote Support is compliance-ready, with built-in capabilities to help IT teams align with FIPS, CJIS, FedRamp, and other key security and compliance mandates without added complexity ...
Tenable Unveils AI-Powered Breakthrough in Vulnerability Prioritisation – New Vulnerability Priority Rating Delivers Precise and Actionable Insights on the Risks That Matter Most

Tenable Unveils AI-Powered Breakthrough in Vulnerability Prioritisation – New Vulnerability Priority Rating Delivers Precise and Actionable Insights on the Risks That Matter Most

Tenable®, the exposure management company, today announced the next evolution of its industry-leading Tenable Vulnerability Priority Rating (VPR) to sharpen precision and focus on risks that pose the greatest threat. Powered by generative AI, enriched threat intelligence and context-aware scoring, Tenable VPR enables organisations to quickly understand ...
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