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UPDATE: Latitude Financial Hit by Data Breach

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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ExtraHop® Accelerates Threat Hunting with New Capabilities to Counter Escalating Ransomware Threat

ExtraHop® Accelerates Threat Hunting with New Capabilities to Counter Escalating Ransomware Threat

Empowers enterprises to detect, investigate, and respond to malicious files with more speed and precision Seattle, 16 October 2024 – ExtraHop®, a leader in cloud-native network detection and response (NDR), today unveiled new network-based file analysis capabilities in ExtraHop RevealX™ to detect malware, combat ransomware, and help prevent data ...
CrowdStrike Supports U.S. DOJ’s Anonymous Sudan Indictment And Reveals Motivations Behind DDoS Attacks

CrowdStrike Supports U.S. DOJ’s Anonymous Sudan Indictment And Reveals Motivations Behind DDoS Attacks

Outside of its high-profile technology sector targets, Anonymous Sudan frequently targeted entities in the telecommunications, healthcare, academic, aviation, government, media and financial sectors — often including critical infrastructure such as hospitals, airports, banks and telecommunications providers. The group's geographic targeting scope was ...
Arctic Wolf 2024 Human Risk Behaviour Report Reveals Over Two-Thirds Of Australian And New Zealand-Based Security And IT Leaders Have Fallen For Phishing Attacks

Arctic Wolf 2024 Human Risk Behaviour Report Reveals Over Two-Thirds Of Australian And New Zealand-Based Security And IT Leaders Have Fallen For Phishing Attacks

Poor password hygiene runs rampant with 67% of IT leaders and end users admitting to reusing system passwords
Fortinet FortiGuard Labs Observes Darknet Activity Targeting the 2024 United States Presidential Election

Fortinet FortiGuard Labs Observes Darknet Activity Targeting the 2024 United States Presidential Election

Phishing scams aimed at voters, malicious domain registrations impersonating candidates, and other threat activity designed to exploit unassuming victims take centre stage as the U.S. election approaches 
AI Month – Industry Leaders Discuss Opportunities and Challenges

AI Month – Industry Leaders Discuss Opportunities and Challenges

For Australia's inaugural AI Month, industry leaders are sharing their insights on the transformative potential of AI across sectors. Highlighting both opportunities and challenges, these leaders advocate for collaboration and proactive strategies to harness AI’s capabilities while ensuring trust and accountability. Here are their perspectives on ...
Finnish Customs Closed Down the Sipulitie Marketplace on the Encrypted TOR Network

Finnish Customs Closed Down the Sipulitie Marketplace on the Encrypted TOR Network

Together with the Swedish Police and private sector including Bitdefender, Finnish Customs has closed down and seized the contents of network servers of the Sipulitie marketplace that was operating on the Tor network from 2023. The site was used for criminal activities, such as for the anonymous sale of narcotics. The online narcotics marketplace ...
Secure Code Warrior Research: Critical Infrastructure Industries Making Progress on Secure-by-Design Developer Readiness

Secure Code Warrior Research: Critical Infrastructure Industries Making Progress on Secure-by-Design Developer Readiness

New analysis collaborated on with Paladin Global Institute highlights the critical need for developer upskilling to properly measure Secure-by-Design progress
SBS Transit and Motorola Solutions Ink Long Term Contract For More Resilient Railway Communications

SBS Transit and Motorola Solutions Ink Long Term Contract For More Resilient Railway Communications

Singapore’s leading public transport operator SBS Transit has signed a SGD $14 million long term service support (LTSS) contract with Motorola Solutions to maintain and support critical radio communications across SBS Transit’s Downtown Line and Sengkang and Punggol Light Rapid Transit system for the next 15 years. TETRA radio communications are ...
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