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Is the Cybersecurity of Your Business PEXA Ready?

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

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

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?
WHAT IS CPS234 AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME?

WHAT IS CPS234 AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME?

An increase in the risk of cyber security brings an increase in the publicity surrounding the issue and the regulations governing it. This year we have already seen a number of new regulations coming into effect that will impact the majority of both Australian and international organisations. In March 2018, the Australian Prudential Regulation ...

To Infinity & Beyond… With Artificial Intelligence

We are always hearing about technologies that are trending. But what happens next for technology disruptors? For me, it's about understanding these developments and actually looking intrinsically about why these particular trends are going to accelerate the cloud computing space. The way I see it is that machine learning algorithms and advanced ...
Critical Communications

Critical Communications

Topic: Communication for internal teams on the importance of understanding risk If all communication was abolished, society would crumble. Fast. Yet one area that I have noticed in the security industry which I believe needs a lot of attention - and often goes unmentioned - is how we communicate internally to our teams on the importance of ...
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OpenText Cybersecurity Unveils 2024’s Nastiest Malware: Ransomware Threats Escalate Against Critical Infrastructure

OpenText Cybersecurity Unveils 2024’s Nastiest Malware: Ransomware Threats Escalate Against Critical Infrastructure

As cyberattacks grow more insidious, organisations are ramping up cybersecurity investments to defend essential services Sydney, Australia – 31st October 2024 – OpenText (NASDAQ: OTEX), (TSX: OTEX), has revealed its highly anticipated “Nastiest Malware of 2024” list, spotlighting the year’s most notorious cyber threats. Now in its seventh year, ...
Qualys Cloud Platform Completes IRAP Protected Assessment, Reinforcing Commitment To Cybersecurity Excellence 

Qualys Cloud Platform Completes IRAP Protected Assessment, Reinforcing Commitment To Cybersecurity Excellence 

Qualys, a leading provider of disruptive cloud-based IT, security and compliance solutions, today announced that its multi-tenant Qualys Cloud Platform was successfully assessed at the ‘PROTECTED’ level by the Infosec Registered Assessors Program (IRAP), an initiative by the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD). This achievement demonstrates that ...
Hunter Versus Spy: Sophos “Pacific Rim” Report Details its Defensive and Counter-Offensive Operation with Multiple Interlinked Adversaries Based in China

Hunter Versus Spy: Sophos “Pacific Rim” Report Details its Defensive and Counter-Offensive Operation with Multiple Interlinked Adversaries Based in China

Sophos recently released “Pacific Rim,” a report detailing its defensive and counter-offensive operation over the last five years with multiple interlinked nation-state adversaries based in China targeting perimeter devices, including Sophos Firewalls. The attackers used a series of campaigns with novel exploits and customised malware to embed tools to ...
Trend Micro Celebrates Cybersecurity Excellence With Foodstuffs South Island, Accor, Dole, And Others

Trend Micro Celebrates Cybersecurity Excellence With Foodstuffs South Island, Accor, Dole, And Others

New Zealand's leading grocery group, Foodstuffs South Island, has been recognised as a winner of the Customer Innovator Award for integrating security into its digital strategies SYDNEY, November 1, 2024 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cybersecurity leader, today announced the winners of its 2024 Customer Awards. The ...
Forescout Vedere Labs Unveils Riskiest Connected Medical Devices

Forescout Vedere Labs Unveils Riskiest Connected Medical Devices

Forescout today published the “Unveiling the Persistent Risks of Connected Medical Devices” report. Building on “The Riskiest Connected Devices in 2024” report from June, this research analyses more than 2 million devices across 45 healthcare delivery organisations (HDOs) during the last week of May 2024. The findings reveal a growing risk from ...
ExtraHop® Report Reveals Data Breach Costs Exceed Industry Estimates

ExtraHop® Report Reveals Data Breach Costs Exceed Industry Estimates

SEATTLE – October 29, 2024 – ExtraHop®, a leader in cloud-native network detection and response (NDR), today released a new report analysing the short- and long-term financial impacts high-profile data breaches have on publicly traded companies. According to the findings, a data breach costs an organisation US$677 million on average, millions more ...
Fortinet Delivers AI-Enhanced Data Protection And Insider Risk Management

Fortinet Delivers AI-Enhanced Data Protection And Insider Risk Management

FortiDLP’s unified approach to data protection enables enterprise organisations to anticipate and prevent accidental and malicious data loss across cloud deployments, applications, and managed and unmanaged devices 
Trustwave’s 2024 Retail Report Series Highlights Alarming e-Commerce Threats And Growing Fraud Against Retailers

Trustwave’s 2024 Retail Report Series Highlights Alarming e-Commerce Threats And Growing Fraud Against Retailers

October 30, 2024 – Trustwave, a leading cybersecurity and managed security services provider, has released a series of reports detailing the threats facing the retail sector, marking the second year of its ongoing research into these critical security issues.  In its annual research, Trustwave SpiderLabs highlights the unique factors at play in ...
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