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Cybersecurity starts with employees

04 June, 2025 by Jacqueline Jayne*

As the cyberthreat landscape continues to evolve rapidly, the gap between technical defences and human awareness continues to grow.


Race against the clock: Building resilient cyber defences for tomorrow's threats

02 June, 2025

According to the latest annual report from the ACSC, small businesses lose on average $49,600 per cybercrime incident, with data compromises happening every 13 seconds.


Threat actors using aggressive new extortion tactics: report

29 May, 2025

The latest extortion and ransomware report from Palo Alto Networks reveals aggressive new tactics and the escalation of threat actor collaboration.


LockBit named nastiest malware of 2024

05 November, 2024 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

LockBit, a ransomware malware known to have been used to attack Australian targets, has been named the nastiest malware of 2024.


Scattered Spider: where every click is one step closer to chaos

20 September, 2024 by Chris Fisher*

Cybercriminal group Scattered Spider often uses social engineering to gain access to identities and is slick at bypassing multifactor authentication.


Tenable upgrades Nessus risk assessment platform

06 September, 2024 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Tenable has introduced new capabilities to its Nessus vulnerability assessment platform aimed at helping customers better identify and prioritise risks.


Half of Australian ransomware victims paid up: survey

09 August, 2024 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

A survey from Cloudflare indicates that 50% of the Australian companies falling victim to ransomware in the last two years paid off their attackers.


Mimecast unveils Human Risk Management Platform

24 July, 2024 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Mimecast's new Human Risk Management Platform can help enterprises assess and mitigate employee security-related risk on a granular level.


The true cost of cyber attacks

11 July, 2024 by Matt Caffrey, Senior Solutions Architect, Barracuda Networks

The average annual expense of recovering and dealing with cyber attacks has surpassed AU$4.1 million.


Cysurance to offer cyber insurance to Sophos customers

11 July, 2024 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Australian Sophos customers will be able to take advantage of discounted cyber insurance provided by Cysurance under a new partnership between the companies.


66% of Aust organisations plan to use GenAI to enhance security: study

09 July, 2024

A study by Tenable shows companies plan to use GenAI to enhance security measures and align IT objectives, but only 11% exhibit high confidence in implementation.


Beware of EOFY scams and breaches: how Aussie businesses can stay safe

26 June, 2024 by Reuben Koh, Director, Security Technology & Strategy APJ, Akamai

With the end of financial year approaching, we can anticipate seeing an increase in financial scams.


IMT sector was Australia's most targeted in 2023: report

17 May, 2024 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

The information, media and technology sector has been the Australian industry most targeted by threat actors in 2023 in a report from Ensign InfoSecurity.


Australian ransomware payments average at $9.27 million

03 May, 2024 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Data from Sophos suggests that Australian businesses falling victim to a ransomware attack coughed up an average of nearly $10 million in 2023.


Bolstering AI-powered cybersecurity in the face of increasing threats

15 April, 2024 by Chris Fisher*

The escalation of complex cyber risks is becoming a pressing issue for those in business leadership roles.


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