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How Analysing 700,000 Security Incidents Helped Our Understanding of Living Off the Land Tactics

How Analysing 700,000 Security Incidents Helped Our Understanding of Living Off the Land Tactics

This article shares initial findings from internal Bitdefender Labs research into Living off the Land (LOTL) techniques. Our team at Bitdefender Labs, comprised of hundreds of security researchers with close ties to academia, conducted this analysis as foundational research during the development of our GravityZone Proactive Hardening and Attack ...
Postmortem: Australian Retailer, The Iconic Incident Review

Postmortem: Australian Retailer, The Iconic Incident Review

In 2024, a sophisticated credential stuffing attack targeted The Iconic, a leading Australian online fashion retailer. This breach compromised customer accounts, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity measures within the retail industry. Affected individuals faced unauthorized transactions and potential data exposure. The Iconic has initiated a ...
What Makes You Board Ready?

What Makes You Board Ready?

Discover why serving on a corporate board might be more than just a career milestone. Dr. Keith Dorsey challenges conventional thinking, urging reflection and strategic planning. Learn what boards now seek: unique skills and genuine purpose. Are you ready to add real value?
The Cybersecurity Professionalisation Debate, are we at a Crossroads?

The Cybersecurity Professionalisation Debate, are we at a Crossroads?

The annual AUSCERT conference, a major gathering for cybersecurity professionals, industry leaders, and academics, unfolded last week at the Star Casino on the sunny Gold Coast. AUSCERT’s General Manager, Ivano Bongiovanni, spoke with me about the heated debate around professionalising the field. Traditionally, cybersecurity has been seen as a ...
Why Australian Boards Need to Rethink Risk in the Age of AI

Why Australian Boards Need to Rethink Risk in the Age of AI

The nature of corporate risk in Australia is evolving rapidly at a strategic, reputational, and liability level. As the next five years shape up to be even more disruptive in the world of risk management, Australian boards need to begin paying swift attention not only to how artificial intelligence (AI) is going to reshape the risk environment itself, ...
Why Deepfakes Are A Growing Threat To Financial Services

Why Deepfakes Are A Growing Threat To Financial Services

To defend against deepfakes, financial institutions must treat identity and access management (IAM) as strategic infrastructure, not just a compliance function
Preventing AI-Driven Cyberattacks In Healthcare Practices

Preventing AI-Driven Cyberattacks In Healthcare Practices

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing healthcare by streamlining patient management and optimizing operations, making processes faster and more efficient. However, as practices adopt these advancements, cybercriminals are leveraging AI to exploit vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed, leading to an alarming rise in the frequency and scale of ...
The Rise of Digital Minions and How Algorithms are Complicating Everyday Life

The Rise of Digital Minions and How Algorithms are Complicating Everyday Life

Robots that escape from police, algorithms that unwittingly conspire to create $23 million price tags, and chatbots whose creative output rivals that of their human creators; these are no longer far-off hypotheticals. AI expert Marek Kowalkiewicz, at the recent AUSCERT conference, shared his research and learning in this space. Kowalkiewicz, who coined ...
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Australia’s Critical Infrastructure Unprepared for Emerging Drone Cyber Threats Warns University of Canberra Report

Australia’s Critical Infrastructure Unprepared for Emerging Drone Cyber Threats Warns University of Canberra Report

As drone technology becomes both more sophisticated and accessible across the country, researchers from Innovation Central Canberra (ICC) at the University of Canberra have teamed up with Australian tech company DroneShield to understand the risk profile of cyber-attacks to critical infrastructure. With the rapid expansion of drone tech reshaping ...
Rubrik Supports Companies to Take Control of Their Data

Rubrik Supports Companies to Take Control of Their Data

Global enterprises and governments gain jurisdictional control and advanced data protection without compromising data sovereignty
Nozomi Networks Unleashes Vantage IQ: The World’s First Private OT/IoT Cybersecurity Assistant

Nozomi Networks Unleashes Vantage IQ: The World’s First Private OT/IoT Cybersecurity Assistant

Nozomi Networks, the leader in OT, IoT, and CPS security, today announced the all-new Vantage IQ™ – the world’s first private, company-trained AI assistant for OT/IoT security teams. Cyberattacks on critical infrastructure have reached historic highs and the shortage of skilled OT/IoT defenders has become a crisis for strong protection. ...
Jan 2026 Patch Tuesday comment from Tenable

Jan 2026 Patch Tuesday comment from Tenable

Microsoft patched 113 CVEs in its January 2026 Patch Tuesday release, with eight rated critical and 105 rated as important. Our counts omitted one CVE that was assigned by MITRE, CVE-2023-31096. Elevation of privilege (EoP) vulnerabilities accounted for 49.6% of the vulnerabilities patched this month, followed by remote code execution (RCE) ...
Delinea and StrongDM to Unite to Redefine Identity Security for the Agentic AI Era

Delinea and StrongDM to Unite to Redefine Identity Security for the Agentic AI Era

Strategic acquisition to unify PAM and just-in-time runtime authorisation for administrators, developers, non-human identities, and AI agents in a single platform 
DroneShield Selected for LAND 156 LoE 3 Panel

DroneShield Selected for LAND 156 LoE 3 Panel

DroneShield has been selected as a supplier for the Australian Department of Defence’s Project LAND 156’s Line of Effort 3, which supports the Defence’s strategy to address evolving threats posed by small drones in domestic security. The selection relates to Line of Effort 3, establishing a Counter-small Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-sUAS) Services ...
Microsoft and ACTU Sign Landmark Agreement to Put Workers’ Voices and Skilling at the Heart of Australia’s AI Transformation

Microsoft and ACTU Sign Landmark Agreement to Put Workers’ Voices and Skilling at the Heart of Australia’s AI Transformation

Microsoft Australia and the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) today announced a landmark Framework Agreement to prioritise skilling and elevate workers’ voices in the design, development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) across Australian workplaces. This Australian-first agreement outlines a set of commitments that recognise the ...
Threat Spotlight: The number of phishing kits doubled in 2025, bringing stealth, innovation and the same old themes 

Threat Spotlight: The number of phishing kits doubled in 2025, bringing stealth, innovation and the same old themes 

SYDNEY, Australia – 13 January 2026 – In 2025, the number of known phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) kits doubled in number, increasing the pressure on security teams trying to defend against this ever-evolving threat, according to Barracuda’s phishing review of 2025. Aggressive newcomers such as Whisper 2FA and GhostFrame introduced inventive ...
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