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Battling Cyber Scams: Traditional Algorithms Won’t Cut IT

Battling Cyber Scams: Traditional Algorithms Won’t Cut IT

Australians have experienced a surge in scams, with losses amounting to a staggering $3.1 billion in the past year alone. From a cybersecurity perspective, traditional anti-fraud analytics won’t stem the rising tide of scams. FICO's Vaile Mexted shares five key considerations for the finance sector as it faces an urgent imperative to fortify defences ...
Building Bridges: Developing Cybersecurity Skills and Elevating Talent

Building Bridges: Developing Cybersecurity Skills and Elevating Talent

The cybersecurity sector is at a crossroads, grappling with what can only be described as an existential crisis. The gap in cybersecurity skills has grown to alarming proportions with Australia boasting a shortage of 25,000 to 30,000 cybersecurity professionals in 2022. The escalating complexity of cyber threats, showcased by the 95% increase in ...
Legal Privilege – for Cyber Incidents

Legal Privilege – for Cyber Incidents

A class action lawsuit has been filed against the telecommunications company Optus by former and current customers whose personal information was exposed in a data breach. The lawsuit, representing millions of customers, alleges that Optus failed to protect customer information, breached privacy and telecommunication laws, and did not take proper steps ...
2024 Cybersecurity Predictions From CyberArk

2024 Cybersecurity Predictions From CyberArk

Over 2023, we’ve seen what I like to call the ‘verticalisation of cybersecurity’ taking effect, in that cybersecurity has finally taken centre stage in business discussions. cybersecurity’s impact on business is now recognised across all industries. It has become both a business concern and a disruptive force and has consequently become an integral ...
2024 Cybersecurity Predictions by Qualys

2024 Cybersecurity Predictions by Qualys

Reflecting on the past year, we've witnessed a notable transformation in how organisations perceive and prioritise their cybersecurity strategies, largely driven by evolving perspectives on its significance, impact and value it has from a business perspective, compounded by the influence of government-led legislations that emphasize compliance. ...
A Skills Shortage Should Not Define an Organisation’s Cybersecurity Posture

A Skills Shortage Should Not Define an Organisation’s Cybersecurity Posture

Australia remains in the midst of a skills shortage, with slow hiring conditions occurring across the nation. Topping the most desired positions are cybersecurity professionals, according to recruiter Hays’ Salary Guide. With the increasing significance cybersecurity has within organisations this doesn’t come as a surprise, however business leaders ...
Phishing-Resistant MFA Helps Businesses Reduce Risk and Costs in the Face of a Rapidly Changing Cyber Insurance Landscape

Phishing-Resistant MFA Helps Businesses Reduce Risk and Costs in the Face of a Rapidly Changing Cyber Insurance Landscape

With the escalating rate of cyber incidents taking place, businesses are no doubt assessing cyber insurance protection. Yubico's Josh Cigna provides insights into how phishing-resistant MFA helps businesses reduce risk and costs in the face of a rapidly changing cyber insurance landscape.
Nozomi Networks Predicts Major A/NZ Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Uplift in 2024

Nozomi Networks Predicts Major A/NZ Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Uplift in 2024

Experts in Australia and New Zealand predict critical infrastructure owners will enhance operational technology security as legislative changes take shape, but skills shortages and visibility over networks remain key issues.
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Extortion and Ransomware Drive Over Half of Cyberattacks

Extortion and Ransomware Drive Over Half of Cyberattacks

In the first half of 2025, Microsoft data showed Australia ranked 10th globally among countries where customers were most frequently impacted by cyber activity.

BeyondTrust Named a Leader in 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management

BeyondTrust positioned highest for Ability to Execute, combined with its Completeness of Vision, contributed to its position as a Leader in this year’s report We believe placement in the Leaders Quadrant reflects BeyondTrust’s identity-first approach to protecting Paths to Privilege™ across hybrid, multicloud, and AI-driven environments
CyberArk Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Privileged Access Management

CyberArk Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Privileged Access Management

CyberArk (NASDAQ: CYBR), the global leader in identity security, today announced it has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Privileged Access Management1. Recognised as a Leader for the seventh consecutive time, CyberArk is positioned furthest in Completeness of Vision which, from the company's standpoint, reflects CyberArk's ...
Semperis Announces Midnight in the War Room: A Groundbreaking Cyberwar Documentary Featuring the World’s Leading Defenders and Reformed Hackers

Semperis Announces Midnight in the War Room: A Groundbreaking Cyberwar Documentary Featuring the World’s Leading Defenders and Reformed Hackers

The first-of-its-kind feature film delves into the high-stakes conflict between cyber attackers and defenders, revealing untold stories of CISOs - their heroism, resilience, and the human cost of cyber war.
Threat Spotlight: Barracuda Unpacks a Stealthy New Phishing Kit Targeting Microsoft 365

Threat Spotlight: Barracuda Unpacks a Stealthy New Phishing Kit Targeting Microsoft 365

SYDNEY, Australia - 16 October 2025 - An emerging, stealthy and persistent phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) kit is stealing credentials and authentication tokens from Microsoft 365 users, according to new research from Barracuda. Barracuda threat analysts have been tracking the new and rapidly evolving PhaaS since July 2025 and have named it Whisper ...
Trend Micro Named a Leader in Network Analysis and Visibility

Trend Micro Named a Leader in Network Analysis and Visibility

SYDNEY, October 16, 2025 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704) announced today that it has been named a Leader in Network Analysis and Visibility (NAV) solutions by Forrester. The analyst firm’s independent market evaluation scores the flagship Trend Vision One™ platform highest among all 12 evaluated solutions in the “current offering” ...
Banking Scams up 65% Globally in Last Year

Banking Scams up 65% Globally in Last Year

SMS text-based phishing (smishing) surges by a factor of 10
ROCon Houston 2025: Qualys Expands Enterprise TruRisk Management (ETM) With Built-in Agentic AI Fabric to Include Identity Security, Industry-Specific Threat Prioritisation, and Exploit Validation

ROCon Houston 2025: Qualys Expands Enterprise TruRisk Management (ETM) With Built-in Agentic AI Fabric to Include Identity Security, Industry-Specific Threat Prioritisation, and Exploit Validation

Enhancements to Qualys ETM platform with integrated remediation help predict and prevent emerging threats to enable provable risk reduction for organisations
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