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The race to zero hours: Why latest guidelines spell danger for Australia’s Cybersecurity

The race to zero hours: Why latest guidelines spell danger for Australia’s Cybersecurity

Cybercrime is the biggest threat facing corporate Australia today, costing the economy more than an estimated $3trillion.
Russians buy fake employment & illness certificates on Telegram to avoid conscription

Russians buy fake employment & illness certificates on Telegram to avoid conscription

Since Putin’s mobilization order was announced, Flashpoint has observed a growing number of chatter and advertisements on Russian illicit communities and social media platforms, offering methods or access to avoid the draft.
IoT Software vulnerability in the IKEA TRÅDFRI smart lighting system

IoT Software vulnerability in the IKEA TRÅDFRI smart lighting system

Researchers at the Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC) have discovered an availability vulnerability in the IKEA TRÅDFRI smart lighting system.
What is a ‘Denial of Service’ software vulnerability and what impact could it have on you?

What is a ‘Denial of Service’ software vulnerability and what impact could it have on you?

By Jonathan Knudsen, Head of Global Research, Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center The Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC) recently published a vulnerability advisory related to Open5GS, which is full of dense technical detail. But what does it all mean for organizations? What’s the potential impact? To answer that, let’s take a step ...
Why You Should Care About the Optus Breach If You’re A Customer

Why You Should Care About the Optus Breach If You’re A Customer

By now, you’ve likely seen the news about Optus, Australia's second-largest telco, having suffered a serious data breach, and the exposing of the private information of their millions of current and historic users through a malicious cyber-attack. What might not be clear to many, is the implications of the breach, and steps that can be taken toward ...
4 Critical Factors in Software Due Diligence Audits for Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

4 Critical Factors in Software Due Diligence Audits for Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)

The fervor of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) is robust in Asia Pacific, according to leading firm EY (source). The pandemic that has ravaged economies and industries worldwide, led to an acceleration of digital transformation across many industries, even traditionally stoic and static ones like hospitality, food, entertainment, aviation, and ...
Why SD-WAN Is Worth the Hype: Transform Your Network

Why SD-WAN Is Worth the Hype: Transform Your Network

Is the hype surrounding software-defined wide area networks (SD-WANs) worth it? SD-WAN allows IT engineers to centrally and intelligently manage or orchestrate wide-area networks using applications like SD-WAN controllers. As this fast up-and-coming technology continues to evolve, the best way to get the most of it is to understand its value and how it ...
MyCISO Launches in Style

MyCISO Launches in Style

Thursday, 18th August, I was the MC of the MyCISO Launch event hosted at the stunning ‘Shell House’ in Sydney, Australia. The team has been working on the development of the MyCISO product for a number of years, so the launch was a huge milestone for them. The launch opened with guest speaker, Jan Schreuder, Co-Founder of the Cyber Leadership ...
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Logicalis Expand APAC SOC Services With Launch of Cisco MXDR

Logicalis Expand APAC SOC Services With Launch of Cisco MXDR

Logicalis, a leading provider of global IT solutions and managed services, has announced it is the first partner in Asia Pacific (APAC) to launch Cisco Extended Detection and Response (XDR) as a Global Managed Service (MXDR).
Microsoft Report – Fraudsters Using AI to Supercharge Their Scams – Tips to Protect Yourself

Microsoft Report – Fraudsters Using AI to Supercharge Their Scams – Tips to Protect Yourself

Today, Microsoft has released its latest Cyber Signals report on AI-assisted scams, including those targeting e-shoppers and job seekers. To read the full report, please click here. Why is this relevant now? AI-assisted scams are on the rise; over the past year alone, Microsoft has thwarted $US4 billion in fraud attempts and approximately 1.6 ...
Tenable Comment: MITRE CVE Program Funding Set To Expire

Tenable Comment: MITRE CVE Program Funding Set To Expire

MITRE’s CVE program has been an important pillar in cybersecurity for over two decades. The lack of certainty surrounding the future of the CVE program creates great uncertainty about how newly discovered vulnerabilities will be catalogued. Please find below a comment from Satnam Narang, sr. staff research engineer at Tenable and a bog here from ...
DDoS Threat Landscape Shifts: U.S. Hit Hardest, but Australia and NZ Remain on Alert

DDoS Threat Landscape Shifts: U.S. Hit Hardest, but Australia and NZ Remain on Alert

New data from Radware’s Hacktivism Unveiled Q1 2025 report underscores a sharp escalation in politically motivated cyberattacks, particularly Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) campaigns. The United States emerged as the most frequently targeted nation, experiencing 558 attacks—13.5% of all incidents globally—outpacing Ukraine (400) and Israel (340). ...
Gerry Sillars is Bolstering Semperis’ Identity-Driven Cybersecurity Efforts in APJ

Gerry Sillars is Bolstering Semperis’ Identity-Driven Cybersecurity Efforts in APJ

Gerry Sillars is Bolstering Semperis’ Identity-Driven Cybersecurity Efforts in Asia Pacific and Japan
Tenable Announces Co-CEOs – Steve Vintz and Mark Thurmond

Tenable Announces Co-CEOs – Steve Vintz and Mark Thurmond

Tenable®, the exposure management company, today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously appointed Steve Vintz and Mark Thurmond as Co-Chief Executive Officers on a permanent basis. Following an extensive search process that considered both internal and external candidates, the Board concluded that Vintz and Thurmond are best positioned ...
12th Annual Edition of the BeyondTrust Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report Reveals Record-Breaking Year for Microsoft Vulnerabilities

12th Annual Edition of the BeyondTrust Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report Reveals Record-Breaking Year for Microsoft Vulnerabilities

Total vulnerabilities reached an all-time high of 1,360 in 2024, an 11% increase from the previous record of 1,292 in 2022 Elevation of Privilege (EoP) and Remote Code Execution (RCE)—primary goals of any threat actor looking to exploit a system—continue to dominate the vulnerability categories year-over-year
New Research Reveals Australian Businesses Are Experiencing a Rise In Fraud

New Research Reveals Australian Businesses Are Experiencing a Rise In Fraud

61% of Australian respondents have reported increases in the most common types of fraud such as identity theft, account creation fraud and digital document forgeries.
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