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UPDATE: Latitude Financial Hit by Data Breach
Last week, consumer finance provider Latitude Financial suffered a cyberattack that compromised the personal information of around 330,000 customers in New Zealand and Australia. Most of the stolen data was copies of driver's licenses or numbers, and only a small percentage were passport numbers or Medicare numbers. The Department of Internal Affairs ...
How to Safeguard Data From ChatGPT’s Security Risks
ChatGPT is now the fastest-growing app in history, hitting 100 million active users in just two months—way faster than the nine months it took previous record-holder TikTok to reach that mark. According to its developer OpenAI, Australia can also expect access to the subscription-based ChatGPT Plus soon.
Palo Alto Networks Leads the Industry to AI-Powered SASE
According to the Gartner® 2022 Roadmap for SASE Convergence report1, by 2025, 80% of enterprises will have adopted a strategy to unify web, cloud services and private application access using a SASE/SSE architecture, up from 20% in 2021.
CrowdStrike Discovers First-Ever Dero Cryptojacking Campaign Targeting Kubernetes
- Benjamin Grap - Manoj Ahuje
CrowdStrike has discovered the first-ever Dero cryptojacking operation targeting Kubernetes infrastructure. Dero is a cryptocurrency that claims to offer improved privacy, anonymity and higher and faster monetary rewards compared to Monero, which is a commonly used cryptocurrency in cryptojacking operations.
The novel ...
SailPoint unveils ANZ organisations lack a comprehensive identity security framework
New Australia and New Zealand study indicates how organisations can solve the zero-trust imperative with cross-functional responsibility and robust identity governance strategies
ASIC Cracks Down on Companies Failing to Uphold Data Protection Standards With Hefty Penalties
In recent months, the Australian corporate regulator ASIC has warned that it will be seeking record penalties for breaches of market disclosure, and in particular, those related to cyber attacks.
Cyber warfare: how to counter the rising threat
While preventing ransomware attacks and data theft tend to be top priorities for corporate IT security teams, awareness is increasing of the growing threats posed by cyber warfare.
CyberArk Workforce Password Management Delivers Advanced Protections for Enterprise Users
New Capabilities for Securing Access to High-Risk, High-Value Business Applications Help Organisations Improve Security and Reduce Risk
In The News
Healthcare Organisations Lose 20% of their Sensitive Data in Every Ransomware Attack, Reports Rubrik Zero Labs
Recent cyber incidents demonstrate the healthcare industry continues to be a prime target for ransomware hackers. New research by Rubrik Zero Labs reveals that ransomware attacks produce larger impacts against these healthcare targets. In fact, the report estimates that one fifth of all sensitive data belonging to healthcare organisations is impacted ...
Logicalis Australia Becomes A Commvault Saas MSP, Helping Customers Protect Their Data Anywhere
Enhanced managed service offering with technology from Commvault, powered by Logicalis services, to protect the entire data lifecycle
Average Ransomware Payment in Australia More than Triples in the Last Year, Finds Sophos State of Ransomware Report
Sophos today released its annual “State of Ransomware 2024” survey report, which found that the average ransom payment has increased by 297% in the last year. Australian organisations that paid the ransom reported an average payment of US$6 million, up from $1.51 million in 2023, and more than $2 million above the global average ($3.96 million). ...
SecurityBridge Expands U.S. Partnerships With Taciti Consulting Alliance
The partnership is poised to offer stronger security measures and a unified approach to SAP application security. This unity is timely, considering every SAP installation must transition to S/4HANA by 2027. Combined Efforts Streamline SAP S/4HANA Transformations and Secure SAP Ecosystem
F5 Delivers New Solutions That Radically Simplify Security For Every App And API
F5 Distributed Cloud Services Web Application Scanning automates security reconnaissance and penetration testing for web applications.
BIG-IP Next WAF mitigates web app and API threats while increasing operational efficiency for NetOps and SecOps teams.
NGINX App Protect extends web app firewall protections for NGINX open source deployments to ...
Ping Identity Survey Reveals Urgent Need Among Australian Enterprises for Advanced Identity Protection in AI Era
Sydney, 1 May 2024 -- Ping Identity, a leading provider of seamless and secure digital experiences, today released the findings of its new survey, shedding light on the state of identity fraud prevention in today’s AI-driven digital world.
The report, based on responses from 100 Australian IT decision makers and an additional 600 IT decision-makers ...
Sekuro Announces New Partnership With Dragos To Strengthen OT Capabilities
Rising attacks against Australian critical infrastructure drive demand for OT security
Infoblox Threat Intel Discovers Muddling Meerkat, a DNS Operation Controlling China’s Great Firewall
Infoblox Inc., a leader in cloud networking and security services, today announced that its threat intel researchers, in collaboration with external researchers, have uncovered ‘Muddling Meerkat’, a likely People's Republic of China (PRC) state actor with the ability to control the Great Firewall (GFW) of China, a system that censors and manipulates ...
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