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Phishing Is the Top Reason Behind Australian Data Breaches
The latest Notifiable Data Breaches Quarterly Statistics Report by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) confirms that half of the reported data breaches in July to September 2018 quarter are attributable to phishing.
According to the report, the top five sectors by data breach notifications in the last quarter were:
Health ...
How Economists Can Help Protect Personal Data
If you are about to hand over your private details in exchange for a store loyalty card, are you confident that your data remains in safe hands?
It can be difficult to predict if the supermarket manages your sensitive details securely and responsibly. The company may store them on vulnerable servers waiting for hackers to attack. Also, your data might ...
TikTok – Not a Shock?
The new app on the block; TikTok has been on our radar for a while; in a way that was questionable in terms of the value it provided, but even bigger concerns about the security and privacy side of it.
What’s up Doc?
So I am pretty bad at going to the doctor on time, yes I am one of those people who get the overdue notifications on the weekly.
I finally had enough courage to turn up to get my regular medication. Generally, when doctors release scripts it’s one of those situations where you put your script in your bag and run out.
When I needed to return back to ...
Women Needed in Cyber for Australia’s Economic Prosperity
Many of you in the cybersecurity industry already know about my dedication and passion to encourage more women to enter into and remain in the cybersecurity and broader tech sector. Having spoken around the world at numerous conferences, founded ISACA’s SheLeadsTech program, and participated in the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in ...
Five Ways to Identify Phishing Emails
As phishing emails come in different shapes and formats, there is no silver bullet to identify a phishing email. However, there is a collection of red flags you should be looking for before clicking on a new message. Here is our up-to-date guide to help you recognise the latest email-based scams.
What is phishing? Phishing is a cyber-attack typically ...
Why multi-factor authentication on the PEXA platform leaves security concerns
We published an article yesterday explaining why we see problems with the newly-introduced multi-factor authentication security measure on the PEXA electronic conveyancing platform.
As a response to the growing number of conveyancing scams, such as the highly-publicised case involving the former MasterChef contestant, PEXA decided to introduce 2FA to ...
How Abandoned Domain Names Pose a Major Cyber Risk to Your Business
Iron Bastion’s cybersecurity expert Gabor Szathmari, recently published novel research on abandoned internet domains, and how they are a significant cyber risk which threatens businesses and in particular the Australian legal profession.
What is an Abandoned Domain Name?
A domain name is a name you can register to identify your business on the ...
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In The News
Tenable Comment On OAIC Report
The Notifiable Data Breaches Report from the OAIC continues to underscore just how prevalent malicious or criminal attacks are when it comes to data breaches, accounting for 67% of breaches in Australia from January through June 2024. Human Error, which accounted for nearly a third (30%) is another major contributor to data breaches across the board ...
Quorum Cyber Accelerates Growth with Strategic Acquisition of Difenda
The announcement underscores Quorum Cyber's global momentum and strengthens its position as a leader of Microsoft Security services.
Tenable Research Discovers Critical RCE Vulnerability in Google Cloud Platform, Potentially Compromising Millions of Servers
Tenable, the exposure management company has disclosed that its Tenable Research team has discovered a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, dubbed CloudImposer, that could have allowed malicious attackers to execute code on potentially millions of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) servers and their customers' systems. This vulnerability ...
Tecala Appointed as Netskope Managed Services Partner
SYDNEY – September 16, 2024: Leading technology service provider Tecala today announced its expanded partnership with Netskope, a leader in Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), with the appointment to Netskope’s Managed Service Provider (MSP) Program.
The Netskope MSP Program is a specialisation within the company’s Evolve Partner Program for partners ...
Most Educational Organisations Paid More Than the Original Ransom Demand, Says Sophos Survey
Sophos today released findings from its annual sector survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Education 2024.” According to the report, the median ransom payment was $6.6 million for lower education and $4.4 million for higher education organisations. In addition, the survey states that 55% of lower education respondents and 67% of higher education ...
CrowdStrike and 1Password Expand Partnership to Protect 150,000 Customers and Empower SMBs
Strategic partnership delivers AI-native protection purpose-built for SMBs to stop breaches
First Look: Exploring OpenAI o1 in GitHub Copilot
Today, OpenAI released OpenAI o1, a new series of AI models equipped with advanced reasoning capabilities to solve hard problems. Like you, we are excited to put the new o1 model through its paces and have tested integrating o1-preview with GitHub Copilot. While we are exploring many use cases with this new model, such as debugging large-scale systems, ...
Elastic Accelerates Logs Onboarding with Automatic Import Powered by Search AI
Migrate legacy logs to AI-driven log analytics in record time by automating custom data integrations
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