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Is Your Conveyancing Practice Secure From Hacking?
The recent media reports of fraud against conveyancing practices suggest that professionals should be taking measures for protecting their businesses from cyber attacks. Cybercriminals primarily rely on an email-based attack known as phishing to help commit payment redirection fraud. A recent Telstra Security Report found that the most common ...
Cheap Shots are taking Creep Shots of Women
Do you ever get that feeling that’s someone is watching you, or you are being followed? It freaks me out. Now, how do you feel when some random person has taken a photo of you?
Well, sometimes you can never be too sure about what the case is. But, what happens when the creep shots take cheap shots? Yep, a whole new level we are heading to.
What is ...
Australian Companies Urged to Consider Pros and Cons of Paying a Ransom
The conversation is becoming more commonplace about whether companies should pay in a ransomware attack. Unfortunately, these crippling cyber-assaults are taking place too frequently across the globe, with targets and outcomes getting more consequential and more threatening for our workforce and communities.
Cyber-criminals and other nefarious actors ...
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 ...
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In The News
Macquarie Cloud Services’ Cloud Reset Podcast Launches Exclusive AI Series Featuring Australia’s Tech Leaders
Macquarie Cloud Services has unveiled a special AI-focused series within its acclaimed Cloud Reset podcast, bringing together some of Australia’s most influential tech leaders to explore how AI will shape business decisions in the years ahead.
In the first episode, ‘The AI Calls You Make in 2025 Will Make or Break You by 2030’, hosts Jonathan Staff ...
Tenable Appoints Scott Magill as Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand
Tenable®, the exposure management company, today announced the appointment of Scott Magill as Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand. In this role, Magill will lead Tenable’s operations and strategy in the region, driving business growth and strengthening channel partnerships.
Western Digital Global World Backup Day Survey Finds One in Four Surveyed Australians Still Avoid Backing Up Their Data
Despite Positive Momentum, Many Still Face Challenges with Storage Limits, Time Constraints and Awareness
Macquarie Cloud Services Achieves 2025 Dell Technologies Titanium Partner Tier
Macquarie Cloud Services, part of Macquarie Technology Group (ASX: MAQ) has attained Titanium tier in the Dell Technologies Partner Program for 2025.
The Titanium tier is the highest level in Dell Technologies’ partner program, marking Macquarie Cloud Services as one of a select group. This attainment reflects Macquarie’s technical expertise and ...
SailPoint Unveils Harbor Pilot: AI-powered Agents Transforming Identity Security
New AI-powered digital agents accelerate identity security operations and decision-making
SailPoint sets its sights on securing the rising number of AI agents in the enterprise
March 31, 2025: The New PCI DSS Security Standard Will Hit Thousands of Organisations All Around The World, And Make Wafs Mandatory
Next Monday (March 31, 2025), all organisations around the world taking payments using credit or debit cards will be hit by the new release of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) standard, which aims to increase safe payments worldwide. The new version of the standard, PCI DSS v4.x, will bring a whole range of new requirements, ...
ESET Unveils AI-Powered Next-Gen MDR Services for Australian Businesses
ESET Enhances business solutions to address cybersecurity challenges in Australia, including MDR services.
WatchGuard Unveils FireCloud Internet Access to Drive Hybrid SASE Implementations
FireCloud Internet Access is the first of the FireCloud suite of products in WatchGuard’s SASE portfolio.
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