Cybersecurity stories

2021 was open season for attackers as ransomware gangs targeted health care facilities, schools, and critical infrastructure, with the number of publicly reported data compromises rising by 17% in 2021.>>

ThycoticCentrify has announced two new leaders to its international sales teams. >>

While phishing attacks remain a consistent threat to online security, attackers are switching up the topics they use to bait unsuspecting victims.>>

Phishing emails in the last quarter of 2021 were primarily focused on users' everyday tasks, new research has found.>>

Negligent insiders are the root cause of 56% of incidents while credential thefts have almost doubled and are the costliest to remediate. >>

In December 2015, an unprecedented cyber-attack against a power grid left nearly a quarter of a million people without electricity for hours in Ukraine. And though this incident occurred overseas, Australia is not immune to threats against critical infrastructure.>>

"Financial wellness is more than spending wisely and having healthy savings levels - it is also about keeping our money safe and not losing it to bad guys.">>

Advantage has employed the services of Dr Bryce Antony in response to the increasing demand for cybersecurity mitigation strategies.>>

A massive Omicron-led spike in COVID test-related phishing attacks in the past few months poses a serious threat to businesses, according to Barracuda Networks.>>

Last year's Apache Log4j vulnerability created a lot of chaos, so what can be done to protect companies from the security implications?>>

The Asia-Pacific region has seen a huge digitalisation leap due to the pandemic, with cybersecurity measures taking a back seat, resulting in several high profile ICT supply chain attacks last year.>>

You don’t have to look far in the media to find experts predicting that 2022 will be the year of automation.>>

StrongDM, the infrastructure access platform, announced the results of a new survey of 600 DevOps professionals in 2022: The Year of Access.>>

Cybersecurity company Red Sift has launched a new product to help security experts reduce the amount of time spent investigating malicious emails.>>

Cybersecurity firm Virsec has appointed technology industry veteran Brian Marlier as its chief revenue officer to drive its next stage of growth. >>

Ransomware had a monumental impact on organisations in 2021, responsible for approximately 38% of all breaches, and 31% of breaches in APAC.>>

Cyber security firm Check Point Software Technologies has announced the extension of the Check Point Quantum portfolio.>>

Kaspersky has uncovered a series of attacks by advanced persistent threat actor BlueNoroff against small and medium-sized business, resulting in major cryptocurrency losses for the victims.>>

Named after 'trellis', a supporting structure commonly used to support trees and plants, the company's ‘living security’ will learn and adapt.>>

Avast has announced a new firewall will be packaged with its latest free and premium product updates for Windows.>>

With more than 30 years in the industry, HID Global is in a unique position to identify key enablers, disruptive events, and game-changing developments that will shape the security landscape in 2022.>>

The recent World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2022, which was published this week, contained several warnings about the state of data usage and prioritisation on cyber security.>>

"Together, our solutions uniquely solve the challenges of IoT security, from embedding security protections on-chip or at device manufacturing to on-device secure communications and firmware updates once in the field.">>

The appointment as VAR and MSP will enable Ascention to resell Ping Identity's services and solutions as part of its own data management solution.>>