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Kroll expands data breach notification support for AU businesses
Fri, 13th Nov 2020
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
Risk solutions provider Kroll has expanded its breach notification services to assist Australian organisations with data breaches.
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More than just malware, ransomware 2.0 hits businesses hard
Fri, 13th Nov 2020
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malware
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
Cyber criminals are shifting their focus from encrypting data to publishing confidential information online, according to Kaspersky researchers.
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Cloudbric's pandemic response recognised at 2020 Golden Bridge Awards
Tue, 10th Nov 2020
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ddos
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hybrid & remote work
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healthtech
Cloudbric, which offered free cybersecurity services to several vulnerable industries, was honoured for its work to keep businesses safe.
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Corero Network Security lands customer wins in Asia, Australia, US
Fri, 6th Nov 2020
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ddos
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cybersecurity
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juniper networks
Corero Network Security is reporting strong growth in 2020, which has been propelled in part by a ‘record’ order intake in Q3.
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Four security threats affecting FSIs in 2020
Thu, 5th Nov 2020
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advanced persistent threat protection
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supply chain & logistics
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cybersecurity
The 2020 Future Cyber Threats report by Accenture highlights six extreme threats to the global financial services sector. Here are four of them.
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The value of trust in the age of data breaches
Fri, 30th Oct 2020
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cybersecurity
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fido alliance
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covid-19
Australian government recognises the FIDO Alliance's certification program for strong authentication, setting a trend for other governments.
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Five Eyes nations want legal access to backdoors to fight 'illegal content'
Tue, 13th Oct 2020
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encryption
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encryption backdoor
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law enforcement
The nations argue that encryption can make the enforcement of public safety difficult, particularly when it comes to serious problems like child exploitation.
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Yubico launches latest YubiKey with NFC & USB-C support
Fri, 11th Sep 2020
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hybrid & remote work
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wfh
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yubico
Yubico launches YubiKey 5C NFC, a hardware authentication key for secure authentication across various devices and platforms.
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Emotet malware is on a rampage after months of silence
Thu, 10th Sep 2020
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malware
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ai security
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CERT agencies around the world are reporting a surge in cyber attacks related to the Emotet malware, which is being distributed by email.
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Lazarus Group linked to phishing attacks on cryptocurrency sector
Fri, 28th Aug 2020
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cryptocurrency
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blockchain
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phishing
Cybersecurity firm F-Secure links Lazarus Group, aka APT38, to recent attack on cryptocurrency company in its new research.
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DDoS attacks bigger & more prevalent in Q2 2020 - Cloudflare report
Thu, 13th Aug 2020
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ddos
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cybersecurity
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cyber attacks
Cloudflare recorded the ‘biggest ever’ attacks – 88% of all large (100 Gbps) attacks this year were launched after the lockdown period in March.
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10 billion records sit in unsecured databases - China leads the pack
Tue, 11th Aug 2020
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vpns
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cybersecurity
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cloud services
A white hat hacker hacker uncovered a total of 9517 unsecured databases worldwide, collectively containing more than 10 billion entries.
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42% more plaintext HTTP servers than HTTPS counterparts - report
Wed, 5th Aug 2020
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vpns
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datacentre infrastructure
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cybersecurity
Rapid7 has released a report detailing the changing internet risk landscapes of 2020, and other issues facing cybersecurity teams.
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Almost 10,000 unsecured databases with more than 10 billion credentials exposed
Thu, 30th Jul 2020
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data privacy
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cybersecurity
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passwords
Research has identified a total of 9,517 unsecured databases containing 10,463,315,645 entries with such data as emails, passwords, and phone numbers.
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LPM Property Management leaves Amazon S3 buckets unsecured
Thu, 16th Jul 2020
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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breach prevention
New Zealand property management firm LPM Property Management left over 31,000 images of personal information exposed on an unsecured Amazon database.
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New report reveals countries most targeted by 'significant' cyber-attacks
Mon, 13th Jul 2020
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cybersecurity
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cybersafety
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specops software
US suffers 156 significant cyber-attacks between 2006-2020, compared to UK's 47, India's 23, Germany's 21, and Australia's 16.
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CIOs put too much trust in TLS certificates - survey
Fri, 3rd Jul 2020
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devops
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apm
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cybersecurity
Despite the prolific usage of TLS certificates within organisations, many CIOs aren't concerned about security risks associated with TLS machine identities.
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Oracle launches second Gen 2 Cloud region in India
Wed, 1st Jul 2020
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network infrastructure
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sdn
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naas
Oracle's second Gen 2 Cloud region in India is live in Hyderabad, expanding support for over 15,000 customers amid a global cloud region expansion.
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Report: Brute-force attacks feed on remote working vulnerabilities
Tue, 30th Jun 2020
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malware
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
A new report from ESET has detailed the extent to which attackers employ brute-force tactics to infiltrate remote desktop protocols.
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Kiwis and Aussies among most concerned globally about data privacy
Mon, 29th Jun 2020
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uc
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data protection
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data privacy
New research from Genesys finds the two neighbours value their data privacy more than other regions - but, as always, there are key differences of opinions too.