Personal Security involves adopting practices and measures to protect personal information, online accounts, and digital devices from potential cyber threats. This includes employing strong, unique passwords, enabling two-factor authentication, staying vigilant against phishing attempts, and keeping software and security applications up-to-date. By fostering a heightened awareness of potential risks and adopting proactive security habits, individuals can significantly reduce the likelihood of falling victim to cybercrimes such as identity theft or unauthorised access to their personal, and likely by extension, their organisations assets.
As Australia’s digital economy deepens its reliance on data, the stakes are rising for both consumers and organisations. Identity crime can no longer be treated as an unfortunate by-product of cyber incidents; it is a systemic risk demanding systemic solutions.
Introduction
Australia is fast becoming a hotspot for AI-generated cybercrime. Risks that were once theoretical are now costing businesses millions, even as security teams ...
This holiday shopping season can make or break many Australian businesses. While consumers are shopping for bargains, attackers are searching for vulnerabilities.
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Introduction
When the panel took the stage for “Public, profiled, and unprotected: How OSINT, AI and Geolocation blur the line between privacy and surveillance” at Cyber Con ...
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Study shows verified brand identities in email protect consumers from phishing while driving higher engagement and brand credibility during peak online shopping season and beyond
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Barracuda has published details of a new, evasive and stealthy phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) kit that hides its malicious content in web page iframes to bypass detection and ...
Bengaluru, India – November 27, 2025 – As millions of shoppers gear up for Black Friday and the holiday shopping season, CloudSEK, a global leader in AI-driven digital risk ...
New data from Darktrace reveals a 54% jump in phishing attacks impersonating well-known festive retailers like Walmart, Macy’s and Best Buy in just the last week