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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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Fortinet Reports Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results

Fortinet Reports Second Quarter 2025 Financial Results

Highlights  Revenue grew 14 per cent year over year to US$1.63 billion  Billings grew 15 per cent year over year to US$1.78 billion (1)  Unified secure access service edge (SASE) annual recurring revenue (ARR) up 22 per cent and Security Operations ARR up 35 per cent, year over year (2)  GAAP operating margin of 28 per cent  Non-GAAP operating ...
Ransomware Attacks Surge in Australia: One in Three Hit Multiple Times – New Report

Ransomware Attacks Surge in Australia: One in Three Hit Multiple Times – New Report

One in Three Australian Ransomware Victims Hit Multiple Times as Security Gaps Persist. New International Research Shows Ransomware Thrives in Complex and Fragmented IT Security Environments.
F5 and Equinix Expand Partnership to Accelerate AI-Ready Infrastructure for Secure Global Application Delivery

F5 and Equinix Expand Partnership to Accelerate AI-Ready Infrastructure for Secure Global Application Delivery

New joint capabilities help enterprises deploy and secure distributed AI workloads and modern apps—without physical infrastructure overhead
Tenable Expands Exposure Management Platform to Secure Enterprise AI

Tenable Expands Exposure Management Platform to Secure Enterprise AI

Tenable AI Exposure gives organisations unprecedented visibility into and control over the use of widely adopted generative AI tools like ChatGPT Enterprise and Microsoft Copilot

KnowBe4 Deploys Additional Agentic Capabilities to Bolster Customers’ AI Defences

Sydney, Australia, 7 August 2025 –KnowBe4, the world-renowned cybersecurity platform that comprehensively addresses human risk management (HRM), is proud to highlight the success of its customers in achieving remarkable transformations in their HRM programs. By leveraging KnowBe4’s HRM+ platform and advanced AI-driven products including AIDA ...
CrowdStrike Launches New Services to Secure AI Systems and Operationalize AI in the SOC

CrowdStrike Launches New Services to Secure AI Systems and Operationalize AI in the SOC

AI Systems Security Assessment and AI for SecOps Readiness expand CrowdStrike’s industry-leading AI Security Services portfolio, helping organizations reduce risk and stop breaches in the AI era
CrowdStrike Signal Delivers the Next Evolution of AI-Powered Threat Detection

CrowdStrike Signal Delivers the Next Evolution of AI-Powered Threat Detection

Now GA, new self-learning detection engines surface threats undetectable for others – connecting subtle activity into prioritized leads to accelerate investigation, hunting, and response
Securing Australia’s Critical Systems: CyberArk Completes IRAP Assessment at “Protected” Information Classification Level

Securing Australia’s Critical Systems: CyberArk Completes IRAP Assessment at “Protected” Information Classification Level

CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), the global leader in identity security, today announced that it has completed Australia’s InfoSec Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment at the “Protected” information classification level. Public sector organisations in Australia looking for the highest national standards for safeguarding critical assets can rely on ...
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