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Research Highlights Cyber Security’s Underestimated Role as a Business and Revenue-enabler

Research Highlights Cyber Security’s Underestimated Role as a Business and Revenue-enabler

Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, today released new research* revealing that while Australian organisations plan to increase cybersecurity budgets in 2023, business leaders hold conflicting views on the function.
BeyondTrust 10th Annual Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report Finds Elevation of Privilege Remains #1 Microsoft Vulnerability Category

BeyondTrust 10th Annual Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report Finds Elevation of Privilege Remains #1 Microsoft Vulnerability Category

BeyondTrust, the worldwide leader in intelligent identity and access security, today announced the release of the 2023 Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report. This report is the 10th anniversary edition and covers a decade of vulnerability insights, providing valuable information to help organisations see into the past, present, and future of the Microsoft ...
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.
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ExtraHop® Celebrates Banner Year, Welcomes New CEO to Lead Next Phase of Growth

ExtraHop® Celebrates Banner Year, Welcomes New CEO to Lead Next Phase of Growth

Industry veteran with experience scaling notable network security brands joins world-class management team to accelerate momentum
Semperis Announces Lightning Intelligence to Provide Easy SaaS Offering for Active Directory and Entra ID Security Posture Assessment

Semperis Announces Lightning Intelligence to Provide Easy SaaS Offering for Active Directory and Entra ID Security Posture Assessment

New easy-to-deploy online security posture assessment for hybrid AD environments provides unprecedented visibility into security vulnerabilities, reducing cyberattack risk for small and mid-sized organisations and the most complex identity environments
Patch Tuesday Commentray from Tenable

Patch Tuesday Commentray from Tenable

Microsoft patched a whopping 157 CVEs in its inaugural Patch Tuesday for 2025. Not only is this the largest number of CVEs patched in January, it is the largest number of CVEs patched across any Patch Tuesday release since 2017. Microsoft set a record in April 2024, patching 147 CVEs. Since 2017, the average number of CVEs patched in January was 60. ...
Check Point Software’s 2025 Security Report Finds Alarming 44% Increase in Cyber-Attacks Amid Maturing Cyber Threat Ecosystem

Check Point Software’s 2025 Security Report Finds Alarming 44% Increase in Cyber-Attacks Amid Maturing Cyber Threat Ecosystem

Highlights from the 13th annual report with data from 170 countries, include an analysis on evolving cyber wars, the pervasiveness of ransomware and recommendations for CISOs
Informatica Strengthens Databricks Partnership with Native GenAI Capabilities for Databricks Data Intelligence Platform

Informatica Strengthens Databricks Partnership with Native GenAI Capabilities for Databricks Data Intelligence Platform

Building on their extensive partnership, Informatica and Databricks are helping customers create and manage AI-ready data and Generative AI analytics on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.

Brad Perriott Joins SentinelOne as Area Vice President, Australia and New Zealand

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - January 15, 2025 - SentinelOne® (NYSE: S), a global leader in AI-powered security, today announced that Brad Perriott has joined its team as Area Vice President, Australia and New Zealand. In this role, the technology-industry veteran will lead a regional team of sales representatives and spearhead the company’s efforts to expand ...
State Of Global Authentic(age)ion: A Look At Cybersecurity Habits By Generations

State Of Global Authentic(age)ion: A Look At Cybersecurity Habits By Generations

No generations were left untouched when it came to the threat of hackers in 2024: from the impact of political shakeups, to increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks targeting consumers, critical industries and infrastructures, the world was on high alert. Fueled by a dramatic increase in phishing attacks circumventing certain forms of legacy ...
Logicalis Australia achieves Elite MSP Partner status with Commvault MSP Partner Program

Logicalis Australia achieves Elite MSP Partner status with Commvault MSP Partner Program

14 January 2024: Logicalis Australia, a leading provider of global IT solutions and managed services, has announced that it has attained Elite MSP Partner status within the Commvault Managed Service Provider (MSP) Partner Program. Elite MSP Partner is the highest designation within the program, recognising exceptional performance, technical expertise, ...
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