Unpatched Citrix bug being exploited
17 January, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingCybercriminals are now actively exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in Cisco software that could affect thousands of Australian organisations.
CrowdStrike report highlights 2019 cyber crime "trends"
17 January, 2020Cyber attackers' average dwell time increased last year, with most cyber attackers aiming to disrupt business, CrowdStrike's report claims.
Password-related phishing emails are catch users hook, line and sinker
16 January, 2020'Urgent' phishing emails pushing users to check their passwords attracted the most clicks in Q2, 3 and 4 of 2019, according to a recent study.
Privacy International urges Google to crack down on Android security
15 January, 2020Privacy International has released a petition, calling on Google to help fight vulnerabilities in pre-installed Android apps.
Microsoft patches serious PKI vulnerability
15 January, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingMicrosoft has patched a PKI spoofing vulnerability considered so severe that the US NSA took the unprecedented step of reporting it to the company.
TrickBot cybercrime ring develops fileless backdoor
14 January, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingRussian cybercrime enterprise TrickBot has developed a PowerShell-based fileless backdoor designed to stay hidden from modern cybersecurity controls.
Bushfire crisis sparks scams, InfoTrust claims
14 January, 2020 | Supplied by: InfoTrustScammers are using Australia's bushfire crisis to trick organisations out of thousands of dollars after the disaster sparked a torrent of goodwill.
Cable modems haunted by newly discovered cyber vulnerability
14 January, 2020A newly discovered cyber vulnerability could be putting hundreds of millions of cable modems at risk, according to a group of Danish security researchers.
TikTok's privacy impact analysed
13 January, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingChinese social media app TikTok demands a potentially concerning level of device control, but there's no evidence this control is being abused according to Proofpoint.
Best of 2019: Email providers' phishing nets have "big holes"
06 January, 2020 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingAcross the festive season we'll be reprising some of our best articles from 2019. Today we revisit a UK experiment in email phishing.
More vigilance needed to improve cybersecurity: survey
13 December, 2019 | Supplied by: ESET Internet SecurityAustralians are forgoing cybersecurity because it's "inconvenient, they're not worried about the risks or don't know how to protect themselves online", ESET's survey has found.
Outdated firmware could be putting IP camera security at risk
10 December, 2019Nearly four out of every 10 cameras are vulnerable to a cyber attack, according to research by Genetec.
Voice assistant systems vulnerable to lasers
09 December, 2019A strategically pointed laser can be used to hijack voice assistants such as Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant, researchers have shown.
Data on 1.2 billion consumers exposed online
26 November, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingA massive trove of around 4 billion customer records has been found online sitting on an unsecured server.
BlueKeep exploit found in the wild
05 November, 2019 by Dylan Bushell-EmblingThe security researcher who named the BlueKeep vulnerability has warned that honeypots set up to detect such attacks have been targeted by threat actors.
