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Account Takeover Attacks on Social Media: A Rising Threat for Content Creators and Influencers

Account Takeover Attacks on Social Media: A Rising Threat for Content Creators and Influencers

In 2024 and continuing into 2025, social media platforms were prime targets for cybercriminals, with content creators facing the brunt of the malicious attacks, including a surge in account takeovers, malicious live streams, and sophisticated phishing campaigns. Bitdefender Labs has been at the forefront in analysing these threats, and the numbers ...
The Growing Nexus of Cyber Security and Financial Warfare – An Australian’s Perspective

The Growing Nexus of Cyber Security and Financial Warfare – An Australian’s Perspective

Opening Remarks Sadly, it has become an undeniable reality that the traditional boundaries between conventional warfare and economic statecraft are rapidly dissolving. Cyber security and financial warfare have evolved into critical instruments of geopolitical influence and power projection, with significant implications for nations like Australia. The ...
Security Is An Arms Race, and The Bad Guys Are Two Steps Ahead

Security Is An Arms Race, and The Bad Guys Are Two Steps Ahead

Cloud environments are a notorious ransomware attack hot spot. It’s a calculated strategy on the part of the cybercriminals. As the old adage goes, ‘follow the money’, and that’s exactly what they’re doing. Predictions suggest cloud infrastructure spend will reach over US$135 billion in 2026, accounting for over 67 per cent of total compute and ...
The Challenges of Underfunding Data Teams: How Data Drives AI and Security

The Challenges of Underfunding Data Teams: How Data Drives AI and Security

This article delves into the critical role of data teams in supporting AI and security initiatives within organisations. It highlights the challenges that arise from underfunding these teams, emphasising the importance of data quality, governance, and management. The piece explores the imbalance in budget allocation, potential risks, and inefficiencies ...
Google’s Acquisition of Wiz Signals a Shift in Cloud Security

Google’s Acquisition of Wiz Signals a Shift in Cloud Security

The cloud security landscape is facing a seismic shift. With Google’s recent acquisition of Wiz, one of the industry’s most prominent cloud security providers, many in the industry are considering the implications of cloud providers also serving as vendors. Organisations operating in multi-cloud and hybrid environments must carefully evaluate how these ...
Super Fund Hacks: Are We Seeing Warning Signs or the Full Crisis?

Super Fund Hacks: Are We Seeing Warning Signs or the Full Crisis?

Australia faces another significant cybersecurity breach, this time targeting superannuation funds managing trillions in retirement savings. This attack highlights a severe erosion of public trust and underscores the gap between Australia's ambitious cybersecurity goals and actual readiness. Discover how lax security protocols, regulatory shortcomings, ...
Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Vet to Vendor Visionary

Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Vet to Vendor Visionary

Tech giant, Microsoft, is heavily focused on building long-term trust with customers and re-establishing how cybersecurity leaders engage with the company. Mick Dunne, Chief Security Adviser for Asia Pacific at Microsoft, shared insights into the newly established Customer Security Officer (CSO) team, a strategic initiative. Dunne, who transitioned ...
How Organisations Can Achieve Secure-By-Design By 2030

How Organisations Can Achieve Secure-By-Design By 2030

Secure-by-design is no longer a futuristic ideal - it is an imperative for organisations aiming to fortify their cybersecurity defences by 2030. Achieving this transformation requires leadership commitment, developer education, and a shift in corporate culture.
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Rubrik Appoints Kavitha Mariappan as Chief Transformation Officer

Rubrik Appoints Kavitha Mariappan as Chief Transformation Officer

Sydney, April 24, 2025 — Building on a milestone year for the company, Rubrik (NYSE: RBRK) today announced the appointment of Kavitha Mariappan as its Chief Transformation Officer (CTxO). This newly created role is aimed at deepening executive engagement and accelerating cyber resilience outcomes for global enterprises and public sector ...
Datadog Report Finds Only 18% of Critical Vulnerabilities are Worth Prioritising

Datadog Report Finds Only 18% of Critical Vulnerabilities are Worth Prioritising

Cloud application monitoring and security platform Datadog today released its new report, the State of DevSecOps 2025, which found that only a fraction of critical vulnerabilities are truly worth prioritising. To better understand the severity of a vulnerability, Datadog developed a prioritisation algorithm that factored in runtime context to its ...
Bitdefender Redefines Endpoint Security, Announces Global Launch of GravityZone PHASR

Bitdefender Redefines Endpoint Security, Announces Global Launch of GravityZone PHASR

Bitdefender has announced the worldwide availability of Bitdefender GravityZone Proactive Hardening and Attack Surface Reduction (PHASR), the industry’s first endpoint security solution to dynamically tailor hardening for each user—ensuring that security configurations align precisely with user-intended privileges and behaviours and continuously adapt ...
Datadog Makes Strategic Acquisition of Metaplane

Datadog Makes Strategic Acquisition of Metaplane

Datadog has announced it has acquired Metaplane, an end-to-end data observability platform that provides advanced machine learning-powered monitoring and column-level lineage to prevent, detect and resolve data quality issues across a company’s entire data stack. With the emergence of AI and widespread adoption of platforms like Snowflake and ...
Veeam Unveils Inaugural ESG Report Highlighting Sustainability, Social Impact, And Corporate Governance Initiatives

Veeam Unveils Inaugural ESG Report Highlighting Sustainability, Social Impact, And Corporate Governance Initiatives

Veeam announced the release of its first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, coinciding with the 55th anniversary of Earth Day. This landmark report showcases Veeam's commitment to inclusively creating a sustainable future while maintaining the highest standards of trust and governance. “Today at VeeamON, we are proud to launch our ...
CrowdStrike and Veeam Partner to Strengthen Data Resilience for Customers

CrowdStrike and Veeam Partner to Strengthen Data Resilience for Customers

Veeam announced a new partnership with CrowdStrike to deliver centralised visibility of critical data and advanced threat detection through integration with the Veeam Data Platform. The jointly developed product integration creates a more secure environment for shared customers, helping identify threats before, during and after an attack to enable ...
SecurityBridge Unveils AI-Powered Code Vulnerability Analyzer to Strengthen SAP Security

SecurityBridge Unveils AI-Powered Code Vulnerability Analyzer to Strengthen SAP Security

This innovative tool leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to identify and explain vulnerabilities in custom Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) code, empowering SAP developers and security teams to remediate risks faster and more efficiently.
NinjaOne Introduces New Capabilities to Strengthen Organisations’ Cyber Hygiene

NinjaOne Introduces New Capabilities to Strengthen Organisations’ Cyber Hygiene

NinjaOne today announced new capabilities that unify vulnerability management and patching workflows, ensuring a risk-based approach to patching and reducing time to remediate vulnerabilities. The new tools automate the import of vulnerability data, giving IT teams continuous visibility into vulnerabilities, so they can prioritise and verify the ...
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