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A Scam Which Preys on Vulnerable People (and Works!)
This phishing campaign is a prime example of how heartless cybercriminals prey on vulnerable people.
Our experts have been made aware of a new email extortion scheme targeting Australians. The email suggests that a backdoor has been installed on the victim's computer and the user was caught red-handed while pleasuring him or herself. The scammers then ...
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
The Verizon 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report 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?
You may have read about the highly publicised PEXA fraud which was reported whereby a Melbourne family was left homeless. As it transpired, the family’s conveyancer had their email hijacked by a cybercriminal. This lead to the conveyancer’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
You may have heard of the recent cybercrime perpetrated against the Australian e-conveyancing platform PEXA. 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, putting ...
Report: Australia’s Top Law Firms Lead the Way in the Use of Anti-Phishing Technologies
Most of Australia’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 have assessed Australia’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
How is Zoom changing us, and how are we changing Zoom?🧐 With the current state of the world, how reliable and secure is the platform upon which so many now rely?
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In The News
NinjaOne Appoints Joel Carusone To SVP Of Data And AI And Introduces NinjaOne AI For Patch Sentiment
NinjaOne has announced NinjaOne AI for Patch Sentiment, a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that makes customers more efficient and resilient. The company also announced the appointment of Joel Carusone to Senior Vice President of Data and AI. Carusone will drive innovation and lead NinjaOne’s AI product development.
Endpoint growth is ...
AI-Powered Data Breaches A Growing Concern For Businesses In Asia Pacific
New Cloudflare survey reveals 87% of cybersecurity leaders are concerned about AI increasing the sophistication and severity of data breaches
Sydney, Australia, October 8, 2024 — Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading connectivity cloud company, today released a new study focused on cybersecurity in Asia Pacific. The report, called “Navigating the ...
New CrowdStrike Partnerships Accelerate Adoption Of Industry-Leading Falcon Threat Intelligence
AUSTIN, Texas – October 8, 2024 — CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today announced new strategic partnerships with CardinalOps, Nagomi Security and Veriti to deliver intelligence-led threat defense across the enterprise.
Intelligence-led decision making is crucial to effective cybersecurity. With security teams often using a wide range of solutions—each ...
Tenable Research Finds 74% of Organisations Have Publicly Exposed Storage Assets, Increasing Risk of Ransomware Attacks
The Tenable Cloud Risk Report 2024, published today, reveals that a staggering 74% of organisations have publicly exposed storage assets, including those containing sensitive data, making them vulnerable to ransomware attacks. This exposure is often caused by unnecessary or excessive permissions, granting wider access to cloud-stored information than ...
From AustCyber to ACN: A New Era of Cyber Security Collaboration and Innovation for Australia
Canberra, 9 October 2024 – Over 94,000 cybercrime incidents were reported in Australia last financial year. Equivalent to one every six minutes and with the Australian Signals Directorate contacting businesses 620 times during this period to warn of potential threats, can you believe 280 of those calls went unanswered.
Something needs to change in ...
Tecala Announces Security Operations Partnership with Arctic Wolf in Australia
Security Operations Leader Arctic Wolf will Provide Tecala Customers Industry-Leading Capabilities to Tackle the Increasing Dangers of Advanced Cyberattacks
Alex Trafton Takes Out New Title With G42 As Senior Vice President
The appointment of Alex Trafton as Senior Vice President, Technology Risk Management, G42 marks a new leaf for both the Executive and G42. His expertise in cybersecurity combined with his strategic vision promises to drive forward innovative solutions that address contemporary challenges. Trafton based out of California in the United States will be ...
Check Point Software Named a Leader in Enterprise Firewall Solutions Evaluation, According to Independent Research Firm
Check Point excels with collaborative tools, and received the highest possible score in 13 criteria, including Vision, Innovation, and Threat Intelligence
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