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ExtraHop report finds 82% of Australian and New Zealand organisations paid up in ransomware attacks

As organisations increasingly find themselves under attack, new data discovers them drowning in cybersecurity debt. IT Security and Chief Information Security Officers have long struggled to articulate the cost of cybersecurity debt to their organisations. Yet doing so is key to getting the funding required to pay down this debt, since it can expose organisations […]


Scam reports skyrocket as conversational ‘smishing’ robs Australians of millions

New research reveals conversational text scams were the fastest growing and most prevalent mobile threat in Australia over the past year. 2023 is set to be the worst year on record for scams, with new data revealing 86,146 scams have been reported this year, an increase of more than 54% compared to the same time […]


Group-IB uncovers over 600 hijacked Instagram accounts used to spread financial phishing in Indonesia

Group-IB, one of the global leaders in cybersecurity, headquartered in Singapore, uncovered a novel and extensive scam campaign targeting both Instagram and banking users in Indonesia, which aims to gain access to their bank accounts. As part of the ongoing brand-protection efforts, the company’s Digital Risk Protection unit identified more than 600 hijacked Instagram accounts used to spread phishing […]


ManageEngine launches security and risk posture management for Australia and New Zealand customers

ManageEngine, the enterprise IT management division of Zoho Corporation, has added a security and risk posture management dashboard to Log360, its unified security information and event management (SIEM) solution with integrated DLP and CASB capabilities. Enterprises across Australia and New Zealand can leverage this new feature to implement proactive security strategies and prevent cyberattacks before […]


A reality check of the security threat posed by ChatGPT (and Bard)

Whether or not attacks get slicker or more frequent, defenders know what it takes to address the threat, says BeyondTrust Director, Solutions Engineering Asia Pacific, Scott Hesford. The race to produce an accurate conversational AI platform is in full swing, as is a parallel effort to find and demonstrate powerful use cases for the technology […]


ManageEngine to host the Australian Cloud Series 2023 in three cities

ManageEngine, the enterprise IT management division of Zoho Corporation, is bringing its Australian Cloud Series 2023 to Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane in March. The Australian Cloud Series 2023 will share best practices for organizations to stay resilient despite external disruptions while still maximizing the benefits of the cloud; boosting the end-user experience; ensuring faster, platform-native AI and […]


The threat from within: How businesses can mitigate attacks from outside with awareness on the inside

Daniel Benad, Group Vice President and Regional GM, ANZ and Oceania, Rimini Street asks: “If trusted employees are the biggest threat to data security, does that mean we can never be safe?” Cybersecurity has been leading the news in Australia in recent months. Seemingly every sector has been hit by an attack, from government departments […]


Lack of IT skills greatest data security challenge Australian enterprises face 

Rubrik, the Zero Trust data security company, has announced the Australian findings from its inaugural  State of Data Security report, commissioned by Rubrik and conducted by Wakefield Research.   Among the key findings regarding the most pressing challenge, Australian cybersecurity leaders face in securing their organisation’s data was ‘insufficient talent in IT and SecOps’, cited by […]


Cyberthreat landscape study 2023: Outpost24’s honeypot findings from over 42 million attacks

The Outpost24 research team have released the results of attack data gathered from a network of honeypots deployed to gather actionable threat intelligence. In total, 42 million attacks were registered between January 1 and September 30 2022, with 20 honeypots evenly distributed around the world. A detailed research report, uncovered the following key attack findings: […]


Allied Bank adopts a proactive security strategy with Recorded Future Intelligence

Pakistan’s largest bank relies on Recorded Future Intelligence Cloud to detect and respond to threats before they can do harm. The financial services industry is changing quickly as institutions undergo Digital Transformations to meet client expectations for a digital and online banking experience. But while digital technologies are critical to innovation, they also expose financial […]


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