Global Stories

Threat actors ramp up their social engineering attacks

As people get better at identifying potential threats in their inbox, threat actors must evolve their methods. Their new M.O? Social engineering.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 24th Jun 2022

Leadership

KnowBe4 appoints Natalie Burrows as ANZ director of sales

Natalie Burrows appointed as ANZ director of sales to help improve overall security culture and tackle social engineering for APAC organizations.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Fri, 3rd Jun 2022

Malware

Fortinet launches security awareness and training service

Fortinet has launched a new security awareness and training service to enhance workforce cyber awareness and mitigate threats.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Tue, 19th Apr 2022

Hacking

Hacking humans: Social engineering exploits business vulnerabilities

The rise in online transactions has led to a surge in cyber-attacks, with fraudsters exploiting vulnerabilities in corporate payment systems, warns eftsure.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 15th Oct 2021

Supply Chain

Sharp increase in cyber attacks in last quarter of 2020 - report

Attacks on trade enterprises have significantly risen, with a 56% increase in the trade industry, according to Positive Technologies.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 22nd Apr 2021

Virtual Private Networks

Security threats endanger tens of millions working from home

There are pressures to stay trading, but it is imperative to ensure that actions taken now don't encourage security disasters in the future.

By Pascal Geenens • 6 min read • Thu, 9th Jul 2020

Cybersecurity insurance

COVID-19 could boost need for cyber insurance

Cybercriminals exploit COVID-19 fears, targeting vulnerable groups with scams and malware, raising cyber insurance need.

By Bruce Perry • 4 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2020

eCommerce

Venafi uncovers suspicious retail lookalike domains using valid certificates

The total number of certificates using lookalike domains is more than 400% greater than the number of authentic retail domains.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 18th Nov 2019

Malware

Organisations' cybersecurity readiness for new regulations still low - ESET

Across all countries surveyed, prioritisation was identified as the biggest organisational cybersecurity challenge (20%).

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 11th Nov 2019

Opinion

Overcoming deepfakes with deep learning

As deepfakes become more convincing, experts turn to deep learning to detect AI-manipulated videos, countering the rising threat of misinformation.

By Christopher Brown • 4 min read • Thu, 4th Jul 2019

Cybersecurity

Cyber threats progressing as defenses evolve - Trustwave

Trustwave's 2019 Global Security Report reveals a sharp rise in focused cyber threats and highlights the ongoing evolution of both attacks and defences.

By Staff Writer • 6 min read • Mon, 29th Apr 2019

Health Technologies

Okta launches $50mil fund to fuel identity solutions startups

The fund will seek out startups that are aligned with Okta's vision of enabling any organisation to use any technology.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Thu, 4th Apr 2019

Phishing

Email fraud increased by 476% in last year - Proofpoint

As these threats continue to grow in volume and sophistication, it is imperative that organisations implement a people-centric security approach.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 8th Feb 2019

Phishing

Proofpoint: Social engineering and credential stuffing attacks up in 2018

Proofpoint's 2018 report reveals a surge in social engineering attacks, with phishing incidents up 9% and credential compromises rising 70% since 2017.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 30th Jan 2019