The AI advantage being seen in Australian SOCs
05 June, 2025 by Les Williamson, ANZ Regional Director, Check Point Software TechnologiesA much clearer picture is emerging about where artificial intelligence is advantageous in cybersecurity research and operational settings.
Employees clicked phishing links more often in 2024
13 January, 2025 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNetskope Threat Labs' latest Cloud and Threat Report found that phishing attacks fooled nearly three times more enterprise employees in 2024 than in 2023.
Proofpoint uncovers social engineering technique
24 June, 2024 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingProofpoint has observed threat actors using a social engineering technique involving tricking Chrome users into running malicious PowerShell scripts.
How attackers are weaponising GenAI through data poisoning and manipulation
08 April, 2024 by Gabriel Moss, software engineer, Advanced Technology Group, Barracuda Networks IncThe possibility for shared large language models to be manipulated through data poisoning increases the possibility that models could collapse in on themselves.
Aussie workers wilfully gamble with enterprise security: report
29 February, 2024 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNearly three in four Australian employees admit to engaging in actions such as reusing or sharing passwords despite 98% of them knowing the risks involved.
Most Australian businesses paying ransoms
15 November, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA survey commissioned by McGrathNicol found that 73% of Australian businesses falling victim to ransomware in the past five years yielded and paid up.
Aussie orgs report facing cyber risks
25 October, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThree in four Australian organisations have been hit by at least one successful ransomware attack in the past two years, according to research from Veritas.
Ransomware analysis: Akira
08 August, 2023 by Steven Campbell, Akshay Suthar & Connor Belfiore – Arctic WolfThreat intelligence researchers and analysts from Arctic Wolf's Labs and Incident Response divisions give us the lowdown on Akira ransomware attacks.
URLs now top ransomware vector
02 August, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingMalicious or compromised URLs have taken over from email attachments as the top method for spreading ransomware, according to Palo Alto Networks.
Threat spotlight: Malicious HTML attachments double
15 May, 2023 by Fleming Shi, Chief Technology Officer, Barracuda NetworksBarracuda Networks CTO Fleming Shi shines a light on the cybercriminal misuse of HTML as an attack tool.
Half of malware in Australia now delivered by the cloud
19 January, 2023 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingNew research from Netskope has found that cybercriminals are increasingly turning to cloud applications rather than web traffic to deliver malware payloads.
Malicious code that disables security software discovered
16 December, 2022Sophos has revealed discovery of malicious code in multiple drivers signed by legitimate digital certificates.
New Android malware family uncovered
11 October, 2022 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingMobile security platform provider Zimperium has discovered a new Android spyware family being distributed by Iranian hacking group AppMilad.
Emotet back on top as nastiest malware
11 October, 2022 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingOpenText Security Solutions has named the Emotet botnet the nastiest malware group in existence for 2022, with the malware having survived last year's takedown.
Supply chain leaving Aussie orgs at risk of ransomware
12 September, 2022 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAround 68% of Australian IT leaders believe their supply chain partners and customers are leaving them more exposed to ransomware attacks, research suggests.
