University of Brighton’s Senior Network Officer, Stephen Elliott, tells us how the institution has been able to rollout more complicated applications and patch key vulnerabilities since working with F5 and how BlueFort helps the university to deliver the right expertise as and when needed. University of Brighton Information Services has a small team focused predominantly […]

Following a cyberattack, Optus, one of the largest telecommunications companies in Australia, is investigating the possible unauthorised access of current and former customers’ information. Upon discovering this, Optus immediately shut down the attack. Optus is working with the Australian Cyber Security Centre to mitigate any risks to customers. Optus has also notified the Australian Federal […]

Uber, one of the world’s leading automotive companies, has announced it has suffered a data breach. In a statement released by the company, it said: ‘An Uber EXT contractor had their account compromised by an attacker. It is likely that the attacker purchased the contractor’s Uber corporate password on the Dark Web, after the contractor’s […]

NetWitness, a RSA business, a globally trusted provider of cybersecurity technologies and incident response, will attend GITEX at Mindware’s stand (stand H3-D1). It will showcase its newest NetWitness Platform XDR 12 -the first one on the market to deliver on the promise of extended detection and response: the ability for security teams to detect attacks […]

Forter has announced it has partnered with Save the Children Australia on a pro-bono initiative to reduce attempted donation fraud. As the country’s largest not-for-profit development agency for children, Save the Children Australia reaches thousands of children across hundreds of communities, with the support of funding from more than 116,000 Australians, corporate and philanthropic partners, […]

Facilitating global trade requires a robust digital infrastructure supported by a thorough understanding of the value of data. Younis Othman, Director of Information Technology Department, Dubai Customs, talks to Intelligent CISO’s Alix Pressley about how Dell Technologies’ suite of data protection solutions meet the organisation’s constantly evolving data protection needs and help the customer to […]

Cybersecurity risks are increasing rapidly in the era of remote work, hybrid and multi-cloud adoption, and digital acceleration.  As more people connect to corporate networks and systems from new locations and different devices, cybercriminals are evolving their techniques and the sophistication of their cyberattack methods. These factors combined have created the perfect storm of more advanced […]

Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, has published a new sectoral survey report, The State of Ransomware in Retail 2022, which found that retail had the second highest rate of ransomware attacks last year of all sectors surveyed after the media, leisure and entertainment industry. Globally, 77% of retail organisations surveyed were hit – […]

Cybereason has issued a global Threat Analysis Report investigating the Ragnar Locker ransomware gang and its attacks on networks of global critical infrastructure operators. Ragnar Locker first emerged in 2019 and since its debut hundreds of companies have been victimised. Cybereason assesses the threat level of Ragnar Locker ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure operators as […]

Cloud adoption continues to be important for many organizations as they transform how they do business in today’s digital world. US-based Jonathan Nguyen-Duy, Vice President, Global Field CISO at Fortinet, tells us while there are many benefits associated with cloud adoption, the security implications of moving to the cloud cannot be ignored if organizations are […]