Security

76% of Aussie orgs lack an incident response plan

24 April, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

48% of Australian respondents believe they have improved their security posture, even though 76% still lack a consistent incident response plan.


The world must work together on cybersecurity

23 April, 2018

Establishing a global, coordinated approach to cybersecurity was the takeaway theme from the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) Conference 2018.


Fake Facebook account impersonated NZ minister

20 April, 2018

A fake account set up to impersonate a NZ government minister has led to calls for New Zealanders to report suspicious Facebook activity to CERT NZ.


Australian orgs can't identify 41% of network traffic

20 April, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Australian IT leaders are concerned about a lack of visibility into their organisation's network traffic, which is exposing them to security, legal and productivity risks.


Tech giants sign cybersecurity accord

19 April, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

A group of 34 technology giants has signed an accord agreeing not to assist governments in conducting offensive cyber attacks and to work to protect all citizens from the growing cyber threat.


Canberra blames Russia for cyber incidents

17 April, 2018 by Jonathan Nally

Russian state-sponsored actors were responsible for router-based cyber attacks in October 2017, according to the federal government.


Cyber delegation visiting the US this week

16 April, 2018 by Jonathan Nally

More than 60 Australian cybersecurity industry leaders are heading to the US this week to build partnerships to fight cybercrime.


NZ reviewing national cybersecurity strategy

16 April, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

The NZ government will work with the private sector and the public to refresh New Zealand's national cybersecurity strategy.


40% of hackers can exfiltrate data in an hour

13 April, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

The second annual Nuix Black Report shows that 40% of hackers say they can break into a system, locate valuable data and exfiltrate it within just one hour.


63 data breach reports filed in Q1

12 April, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

There have been at least 63 notifiable data breach reports filed in the first five weeks following the introduction of the government's new mandatory reporting scheme.


Canberra hosts cybersecurity experts

11 April, 2018 by Jonathan Nally

Government ministers and cybersecurity professionals have lined up to emphasise the challenge posed to Australia by cyber threats and security concerns.


NZ gets stuck into Facebook too

09 April, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

New Zealand's privacy commissioner is grilling Facebook over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but hasn't decided whether to launch a formal investigation.


Cybersecurity boosted by new Perth CRC

05 April, 2018

The Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre, based at Edith Cowan University, is the result of collaboration between industry, government and research sectors.


Ransomware supplanting data theft

05 April, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

The IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index shows that cybercriminals are increasingly favouring ransomware and destructive attacks over data breaches.


86% of software vulnerabilities patched on day 1

04 April, 2018 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

While the number of documented software vulnerabilities grew last year to nearly 20,000, 86% of these had patches available within 24 hours of public disclosure.


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