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As more businesses fall victim to cyber-attacks company leaders and their IT and security teams are extending resilient capabilities to endpoint devices and applications
Absolute • Fri, 20 Sep 2024
New NSW department to employ CISO for broad ‘IT security oversight’
The Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade (DEIT) is a newly established NSW government department set-up to boost the state’s R&D presence and it is looking ...
• Thu, 28 Jul 2022
CyberCX introduces the ‘largest’ private sector cyber security training academy
CyberCX has kicked off the largest private sector training academy for cyber security professionals in Australia, aiming to empower and develop homegrown talent.
US security vendor’s customer data allegedly stolen in June hack
Cyber security company Entrust has disclosed it was hit by a cyber attack in June, where customers’ data was reportedly compromised.
3 steps towards a passwordless future
Over many years, people have built a tacit link between passwords and identity. We have assumed that when someone is issued with a username and password combination that ...
South Korea to ‘cyber sanction’ the North if it conducts nuclear testing
South Korea’s Foreign Minister, Park Jin, has warned North Korea that it is likely to face cyber and tech sanctions if it goes ahead with a nuclear test it has been ...
Ransomware Continues to Disrupt OT Operations
At the end of 2021, Dragos assessed with high confidence that ransomware would continue to disrupt OT operations into 2022. So far, that assessment holds true.
Dragos • Thu, 28 Jul 2022
No to ransomware: How 1.5m people avoided extortion with free decrypting tools
As ransomware extortion gangs persist, the “No More Ransom” project is offering free tools for decrypting 165 families of ransomware.
• Wed, 27 Jul 2022
US boosts bounty to $10m for North Korean hacker tip-offs
The US State Department has announced that it will inflate rewards paid for tip-offs about North Korean state-backed cyber threat group members this week.
Italian tax office reportedly hit by LockBit 3.0 hack
The LockBit ransomware gang has reportedly hacked L’Agenzia delle Entrate, Italy’s tax office, imposing a ransom deadline on 1 August.
Closing the cyber security skills gap in 2022 will be more important than ever
Cyber security has begun rising to the top as one of the key concerns for business leaders in 2022. Because of this, building strong cyber security programs that can hold ...
Aaron Rosenmund • Wed, 27 Jul 2022
Rapid7 introduces new InsightCloudSec capabilities
Rapid7, a security analytics and automation company, has announced “new layered context capabilities”, updating the company’s InsightCloudSec offering.
Defending Australia against the rise of ransomware
Global ransomware attacks have risen sharply as cyber criminals continue to refine their strategies, tactics and methods.