Security Awareness involves educating individuals within an organisation about potential cyber threats, safe online practices, and the importance of maintaining a security-conscious mindset. Security Awareness programs aim to empower employees to recognise and mitigate cybersecurity risks, reducing the likelihood of falling victim to social engineering attacks such as phishing or malware. Effective security awareness efforts encompass regular training sessions, simulated phishing exercises, and the dissemination of relevant information to foster a culture of cybersecurity vigilance.
As Australian organisations race to embed AI tools across human resources, finance and operations, they may be missing a critical security fault line. While disgruntled employees or contractors gone rogue remain a concern, the next major data breach is increasingly likely to come from an algorithm that never intended malice.
Robots that escape from police, algorithms that unwittingly conspire to create $23 million price tags, and chatbots whose creative output rivals that of their human creators; ...
Louise Hanna has witnessed and sailed many seas towards the evolution of cybersecurity from the inside out. Now General Manager at Excite Cyber, Hanna recently shared ...
As the boundaries between our personal and professional lives continue to blur, World Password Day is a timely reminder that this convergence extends to how we manage ...
Bitdefender researchers have uncovered a surge in subscription scams, both in scale and sophistication, spurred by a massive campaign involving hundreds of fraudulent ...
In 2024 and continuing into 2025, social media platforms were prime targets for cybercriminals, with content creators facing the brunt of the malicious attacks, including a ...
Cloud environments are a notorious ransomware attack hot spot. It’s a calculated strategy on the part of the cybercriminals. As the old adage goes, ‘follow the money’, and ...
If you’ve ever wondered how someone could lose access to their WhatsApp account in a matter of seconds, the answer lies in cleverly crafted scams. Cybercriminals don’t need ...
Over the past year, Bitdefender researchers have been monitoring a persistent malicious campaign that initially spread via Facebook Ads, promising ‘free access’ to ...
KnowBe’s new HRM framework guides organisations to transform employees into an active layer of defence through data-driven insights, cultural understanding and targeted ...
SYDNEY, Australia – 4 September 2025 – Barracuda threat analysts have published a report on the latest techniques being used by the Tycoon phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) kit ...
