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The 2024 Ransomware Landscape: Looking Back on Another Painful Year

The 2024 Ransomware Landscape: Looking Back on Another Painful Year

The ransomware landscape in 2024 showed increased activity and sophistication, with 75 active groups and a median ransom payment of USD $200,000. Top actors like RansomHub and Akira exploited vulnerabilities and adopted double/triple extortion tactics. Over 5,900 leak site posts highlight the scale of attacks, yet actual numbers are likely higher due ...
Better Collaboration Between Public and Private Sector

Better Collaboration Between Public and Private Sector

Toby Jones, Founder of TJC, speaks on the often misunderstood convergence between government and industry. The complexities and opportunities that arise when public and private sectors work together towards collective national security and defence. The convergence between government and industry, though seemingly fraught with challenges, is ...
Unmasking the Digital Puppet Masters

Unmasking the Digital Puppet Masters

In a world where the line between truth and deception blurs with every click, the silent warriors of the digital realm rise to combat an unseen enemy. Malcolm Purcell, Vice President of APAC at Fivecast, unravels the tangled web of open-source intelligence (OSINT) and its pivotal role in upholding national security.The Digital Haystack: Easier Said ...
Why Our Cybersecurity Defences Are Crumbling

Why Our Cybersecurity Defences Are Crumbling

According to Michael Loewy, Co-Founder of Tide and a veteran in the field of cybersecurity, the reality is that our cybersecurity defences are crumbling."The industry is broken," he declares.What's broken about it?"Just open the news," he urges, pointing to the incessant barrage of headlines detailing mass data breaches and ...
From Reactive to Proactive Defence in Critical Infrastructure: How AI-Powered Threat Intelligence Uncovers the Unknown

From Reactive to Proactive Defence in Critical Infrastructure: How AI-Powered Threat Intelligence Uncovers the Unknown

Nadir Izrael, Co-Founder & CTO, Armis explains how AI-powered threat intelligence can better protect critical infrastructure and national security, as Australian organisations face enhanced cyber security obligations.
Data Privacy Day – Qualys Shares Insights for Effective Data Security

Data Privacy Day – Qualys Shares Insights for Effective Data Security

Sam Salehi, Managing Director ANZ at Qualys shares insights for effective data security.
Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) Kits Growing in Sophistication to Evade Detection

Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) Kits Growing in Sophistication to Evade Detection

Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) provides attackers with advanced toolsets and templates that enable them to quickly deploy phishing campaigns. The rapid rise and evolution of PhaaS is driving a fundamental change in the phishing ecosystem, making the threat increasingly complex and sophisticated. The developers behind these phishing kits invest ...
Data Privacy Day – CyberArk’s Insights for Organisations to Protect Privacy

Data Privacy Day – CyberArk’s Insights for Organisations to Protect Privacy

Olly Stimpson, Senior Security Strategy Adviser ANZ at CyberArk provides his recommendations for organisations to protect privacy in the lead up to Data Privacy Day.
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Network Attacks Outpace Malware in Australia: WatchGuard Q4 2025 Threat Landscape 

Network Attacks Outpace Malware in Australia: WatchGuard Q4 2025 Threat Landscape 

Australian businesses are now facing more network attacks than malware, according to WatchGuard Technologies’ Q4 2025 Threat Landscape. Between October and December, WatchGuard blocked 96,049 network attacks, compared to 8,510 malware attacks. In contrast, the wider APAC region saw far more malware than network attacks, highlighting Australia’s ...
When Your Internet’s “GPS” Starts Lying: Infoblox Threat Intel Uncovers Actor Compromising Routers

When Your Internet’s “GPS” Starts Lying: Infoblox Threat Intel Uncovers Actor Compromising Routers

New Infoblox Threat Intel research reveals how attackers quietly break into routers and redirect their DNS traffic to a shadow DNS network, silently steering users through a hidden web of malicious activity.
Darktrace Delivers Oversight of Enterprise AI Adoption With Launch of Darktrace / SECURE AI

Darktrace Delivers Oversight of Enterprise AI Adoption With Launch of Darktrace / SECURE AI

With Darktrace / SECURE AI, Darktrace is bringing its proven behavioral AI approach to the challenge.
Aon Appoints Alistair Clarke as Head of Specialty in Australia

Aon Appoints Alistair Clarke as Head of Specialty in Australia

Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm, has announced the appointment of Alistair Clarke as Head of Specialty for Aon in Australia. Clarke will lead Aon’s national Specialty portfolio, supporting clients across complex, high‑risk and regulated industries including cyber, mergers and acquisitions, trade credit, surety and ...
Quorum Cyber’s 2026 Global Cyber Risk Outlook Reveals Cyber Crime Enters an Industrial Phase

Quorum Cyber’s 2026 Global Cyber Risk Outlook Reveals Cyber Crime Enters an Industrial Phase

The number of newly formed ransomware groups increased by 30% in the year to October 2025 Global vulnerability disclosures rose 21%, surpassing 35,000 Early evidence of a nation-state group using AI agents to automate up to 90% of an intrusion Cybercriminals are increasingly shifting away from encryption toward faster, lower-cost data exfiltration ...
One-click Cyber Flaw Found in CCTV Software Protecting Australia’s Critical Infrastructure

One-click Cyber Flaw Found in CCTV Software Protecting Australia’s Critical Infrastructure

SUMMARY - New Architecture, New Risks: One-Click to Pwn IDIS IP Cameras As part of our ongoing research into modern cloud-enabled surveillance ecosystems, we turned our attention to a major vendor in the surveillance domain, IDIS. IDIS is a global video surveillance manufacturer headquartered in South Korea. IDIS manufactures an end-to-end solution of ...
Netpoleon and Hack the Box Partner to Strengthen Cybersecurity Skills Across Australia and New Zealand

Netpoleon and Hack the Box Partner to Strengthen Cybersecurity Skills Across Australia and New Zealand

Sydney, Australia – February 3rd – Netpoleon, a leading value-added distributor of cybersecurity and networking solutions across Asia Pacific, has announced a strategic partnership with Hack The Box (HTB) to deliver advanced cybersecurity education and workforce development solutions to organisations across Australia and New Zealand. The partnership ...
Dynatrace Expands Cloud Operations Capabilities With New Integrations Across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud

Dynatrace Expands Cloud Operations Capabilities With New Integrations Across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud

New cloud-native integrations give enterprises a clearer, unified view across multi-cloud environments
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