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Email Impersonation Scams: What You or Your IT Staff Can Do to Protect Your Business

A major cyber threat to Australian businesses is email-based impersonation scams targeting key personnel. The scheme involves cybercriminals mimicking business owners and executives through the use of phishing emails. Criminals typically pose as personnel in positions of authority and ask victims to perform money transfers, pay invoices, or to send the ...

Businesses Require New Techniques to Combat Phishing

Theย Verizon 2018 Data Breach Investigations Reportย provides valuable insights into emerging phishing threats. CISOs, IT managers and cybersecurity consultants should be aware of new phishing techniques this report raises in order to better manage the associated risk they bring. The most exciting finding in this year's report is the increased ...
Is the Cybersecurity of Your Business PEXA Ready?

Is the Cybersecurity of Your Business PEXA Ready?

You may have read about the highly publicised PEXA fraud which was reported whereby a Melbourne family was left homeless. As it transpired, the familyโ€™s conveyancer had their email hijacked by a cybercriminal. This lead to the conveyancerโ€™s PEXA account being compromised and ultimately the theft of $250,000 by the criminal misdirecting settlement ...
Cybersecurity Tips for Conveyancers and Solicitors using PEXA

Cybersecurity Tips for Conveyancers and Solicitors using PEXA

You may have heard of the recent cybercrime perpetrated against the Australian e-conveyancing platform PEXA.ย A former MasterChef finalist and her family had $250,000 stolen from a property purchase transaction on the platform at settlement. In the following article, we explain the likely ways the fraud occurred and what practical things you can do ...

How you can protect your Microsoft Exchange email service from cyber attacks

Microsoft Exchange is a popular choice for providing email services for businesses. Its email features and seamless integration with Microsoft Outlook are undoubtedly convenient and easy to use, but what about security? Microsoft Exchange runs exclusively on Windows Server, which in 2017 was affected by various critical vulnerabilities,ย putting ...

Report: Australiaโ€™s Top Law Firms Lead the Way in the Use of Anti-Phishing Technologies

Most of Australiaโ€™s top-tier and mid-tier law firms are well prepared in defending against phishing attacks, Iron Bastion's new study can now reveal. Iron Bastion ย have assessed Australiaโ€™s top one hundred law firms for their use of anti-phishing technology. The details were gathered from various public data sources to determine whether email services ...
Zooming Around

Zooming Around

How is Zoom changing us, and how are we changing Zoom?๐Ÿง With the current state of the world, how reliable and secure is the platform upon which so many now rely?
WHAT IS CPS234 AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME?

WHAT IS CPS234 AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME?

An increase in the risk of cyber security brings an increase in the publicity surrounding the issue and the regulations governing it. This year we have already seen a number of new regulations coming into effect that will impact the majority of both Australian and international organisations. In March 2018, the Australian Prudential Regulation ...

In The News

AI Trust Gap Emerges: Australia Businesses Embrace Generative AI, But the General Public Remains Wary

AI Trust Gap Emerges: Australia Businesses Embrace Generative AI, But the General Public Remains Wary

New research from Alteryx uncovers 72% of businesses say Generative AI adds value, but 39% of the general public are fearful about its future
Motorola Solutions Showcases New Safety and Security Innovations at CCW

Motorola Solutions Showcases New Safety and Security Innovations at CCW

Motorola Solutions today unveiled new innovations across its safety and security ecosystem designed to help public safety agencies and enterprises communicate, collaborate and operate more efficiently and effectively. The highlights on display at Critical Communications World 2024 (CCW) include the new DIMETRAโ„ข Connect solution and MXP660 TETRA radio ...
Trustwave SpiderLabs Exposes Unique Cybersecurity Threats In Public Sector

Trustwave SpiderLabs Exposes Unique Cybersecurity Threats In Public Sector

May 15 2024ย  โ€“ Trustwave, a leading cybersecurity and managed security services provider, has released a comprehensive report titled "2024 Public Sector Threat Landscape: Trustwave Threat Intelligence Briefing and Mitigation Strategies." The research dives deep into the distinct cybersecurity challenges facing the public sector and offers actionable ...
AUSCERT Reaction to Federal Budget

AUSCERT Reaction to Federal Budget

While the 2023 budget contained more specific references to the protection of businesses, this budget's ultimate beneficiaries appear to be citizens, including from more vulnerable groups.
SailPoint Launches New Customer Success Centre, Empowering Customers with Educational Content and Self-Service Resources

SailPoint Launches New Customer Success Centre, Empowering Customers with Educational Content and Self-Service Resources

New centre serves as the premier destination for customers seeking strategic program resources and curated identity security content
Tesserent Plenary Chair And Bronze Sponsor Of Australian Cyber Security Showcase In Canberra

Tesserent Plenary Chair And Bronze Sponsor Of Australian Cyber Security Showcase In Canberra

Tesserent,ย a Thales Australia company and leading cyber security provider, has been announced the Plenary Chair and Bronze Sponsor of theย 2nd Annual Australian Cyber Security Showcaseย being held at the National Convention Centre in Canberra on Wednesday, 29 May, hosted by the Public Sector Network and Canberra Cyber Hub.ย ย 
Fortinet Threat Research Finds Cybercriminals are Exploiting New Industry Vulnerabilities 43 per cent Faster Than 1H 2023

Fortinet Threat Research Finds Cybercriminals are Exploiting New Industry Vulnerabilities 43 per cent Faster Than 1H 2023

FortiGuard Labsโ€™ 2H 2023 Global Threat Landscape Report highlights the need for vendors to adhere to vulnerability disclosure best practices and for organisations to improve cyber hygiene and patch management
Logicalis Enhances Global Security Services With the Launch of Intelligent Security

Logicalis Enhances Global Security Services With the Launch of Intelligent Security

Sydney, 14 May 2024 โ€” Logicalis, the global technology service provider delivering next-generation digital managed services, has announced the launch of Intelligent Security, a blueprint approach to its global security portfolio designed to deliver proactive advanced security for customers worldwide. Intelligent Security has been designed by ...

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