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What is a ‘Denial of Service’ software vulnerability and what impact could it have on you?

What is a ‘Denial of Service’ software vulnerability and what impact could it have on you?

By Jonathan Knudsen, Head of Global Research, Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center The Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC) recently published a vulnerability advisory related to Open5GS, which is full of dense technical detail. But what does it all mean for organizations? What’s the potential impact? To answer that, let’s take a step ...
Why You Should Care About the Optus Breach If You’re A Customer

Why You Should Care About the Optus Breach If You’re A Customer

By now, you’ve likely seen the news about Optus, Australia's second-largest telco, having suffered a serious data breach, and the exposing of the private information of their millions of current and historic users through a malicious cyber-attack. What might not be clear to many, is the implications of the breach, and steps that can be taken toward ...
4 Critical Factors in Software Due Diligence Audits for Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

4 Critical Factors in Software Due Diligence Audits for Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

The fervor of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) is robust in Asia Pacific, according to leading firm EY (source). The pandemic that has ravaged economies and industries worldwide, led to an acceleration of digital transformation across many industries, even traditionally stoic and static ones like hospitality, food, entertainment, aviation, and ...
Why SD-WAN Is Worth the Hype: Transform Your Network

Why SD-WAN Is Worth the Hype: Transform Your Network

Is the hype surrounding software-defined wide area networks (SD-WANs) worth it? SD-WAN allows IT engineers to centrally and intelligently manage or orchestrate wide-area networks using applications like SD-WAN controllers. As this fast up-and-coming technology continues to evolve, the best way to get the most of it is to understand its value and how it ...
MyCISO Launches in Style

MyCISO Launches in Style

Thursday, 18th August, I was the MC of the MyCISO Launch event hosted at the stunning ‘Shell House’ in Sydney, Australia. The team has been working on the development of the MyCISO product for a number of years, so the launch was a huge milestone for them. The launch opened with guest speaker, Jan Schreuder, Co-Founder of the Cyber Leadership ...

Security Fatigue: How Public Agencies Can Counter this Silent Menace

Every one of us knows one person or colleague who has a Post-it® Note full of passwords stuck to their monitor. Pre-pandemic, this is a one-in-ten case of security malpractice. But with how rapidly organisations have adopted digital solutions for remote work in the past two years, I’m willing to bet remote workers have passwords written down everywhere ...
What I’ve Learnt as an Entrepreneur

What I’ve Learnt as an Entrepreneur

A few things I’ve learnt over the years of being an Entrepreneur. This changes for me all the time, our challenges become easier to tackle and what scares us varies. Ultimately, you learn so much, and I wanted to share what I’ve learnt so far.
What I’ve Learnt as an Entrepreneur

What I’ve Learnt as an Entrepreneur

A few things I’ve learnt over the years of being an Entrepreneur. This changes for me all the time, our challenges become easier to tackle and what scares us varies. Ultimately, you learn so much, and I wanted to share what I’ve learnt so far.
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In The News

Vista Group Boosts Cloud Operations and Secures IT Infrastructure with Support From ManageEngine

Vista Group Boosts Cloud Operations and Secures IT Infrastructure with Support From ManageEngine

New-Zealand-founded Vista Group, a leading global provider of software and technology solutions across the film industry, obtains seamless resource management across multiple environments, proactive issue resolution, and assured compliance with help from ManageEngine. Founded in 1996, Vista Group started when founder Murray Holdaway was tasked by a ...

Tenable Names Cloud Security Expert, Shai Morag, Chief Product Officer

Tenable®, the exposure management company, today announced that it has named Shai Morag to the role of chief product officer. Morag will focus on delivering increased momentum and scale across Tenable’s entire portfolio, driving the company’s next era of growth by building security products for a cloud-first world. Morag joined Tenable in 2023 ...
Thales’ 2024 Critical Infrastructure report shows a rise in attacks against critical sectors, and lack of response preparedness

Thales’ 2024 Critical Infrastructure report shows a rise in attacks against critical sectors, and lack of response preparedness

Thales today releases the findings of its 2024 Critical Infrastructure report. Organisations across energy and utilities, telecommunications, transportation and trucking/shipping industries globally (including in Australia) have been surveyed. This comes as Australia’s Security of Critical Infrastructure Act (SOCI) will come into effect on August ...
Who Knew? Domain Hijacking Is So Easy

Who Knew? Domain Hijacking Is So Easy

Sydney, 13 August:  Researchers at Infoblox and Eclypsium have discovered that a powerful attack vector in the domain name system (DNS) is being widely exploited across many DNS providers. We have found that over a dozen Russian-nexus cybercriminal actors are using this attack vector to hijack domain names without being noticed. We call this ...
Palo Alto Networks Rolls Out Secure AI by Design Portfolio

Palo Alto Networks Rolls Out Secure AI by Design Portfolio

Availability of industry’s first AI-powered cybersecurity solutions to defend against AI threats, safeguard models, and enable controls and visibility
Palo Alto Networks Hosts Cybersecurity Workshop in Sydney to Tackle Digital Safety

Palo Alto Networks Hosts Cybersecurity Workshop in Sydney to Tackle Digital Safety

Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, hosted its first Cyber Safe Kids Family Workshop on Sunday, 11 August. The free interactive workshop for parents and children aged 7-12, brought together families from across Sydney to equip them with the skills and knowledge for navigating the digital world with greater confidence and ...
Optus Launches new Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Tool to Combat Enterprise Cyber Threats

Optus Launches new Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Tool to Combat Enterprise Cyber Threats

Optus is the first Managed Service Provider (MSP) in Australia to partner with Devo Inc. Using the Devo Security Data Platform, Optus will achieve real-time visibility of potential and emerging network threats. The platform leverages cutting edge technology including Artificial (AI) Intelligence to identify and detect threats. The new automated ...
Cyber Threats Continue to Plague Australian Businesses As Organisations Agree to Ransoms

Cyber Threats Continue to Plague Australian Businesses As Organisations Agree to Ransoms

New Cloudflare survey finds 50% of organisations have paid ransoms in the last two years despite pledging not to
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