This month in security: February 2021
Australian IDs and credit cards traded on dark web for less than $20, Oxfam Australia investigates suspected data leak, while QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and Singtel fall victim to the Accellion breach.
Cyber News Roundup - Accession hack, the potential end of EMOTET, and deep fake Twitter profiles attack
Gar and Brad are back with the latest cyber security news and insights for 2021.
Why a single cyberattack could mean lights out for the energy sector
Ageing infrastructure, poor security practices and unwillingness to change have always held back cybersecurity in the energy sector, but the dangers are growing far too large to ignore.
This month in security: January 2021
ASIC and Reserve Bank of NZ become the latest targets of the Accellion hack, Emotet gets disrupted by a global police operation, massive data leak exposes information scraped from more than 2 million Australian social media accounts, and hackers use fake collaboration apps to steal data from remote workers.
Recapping the biggest cybersecurity trends of 2020
A lot has happened in 2020, and we’ve all had to adapt as best we can to entirely new ways of both living and working. Let’s take a look back at the defining cybersecurity trends of the year.
This month in security: December 2020
Johnson & Johnson’s CISO says healthcare organisations are seeing cyberattacks every minute of every single day, Australia’s largest cryptocurrency exchange accidentally leaks data, and hackers put access to 100s of C-suite email accounts up for sale.
We found a vulnerability and were pleasantly surprised by the response
Discovering vulnerabilities is par for the course for any digital organisation, but what sets them apart is how gracefully they handle its disclosure.
This month in security: November 2020
Aussie Netflix users are being targeted by a new phishing scam, Microsoft suspects Russian and North Korean hackers are behind cyberattacks on COVID-19 vaccine researchers, dodgy video call invite forces Aussie hedge fund out of business, and the City of Port Phillip accidentally leaks personal details on the data.gov.au website.
Timeless tips for business cybersecurity in the COVID era
Since the pandemic, cyberattacks have grown more sophisticated and more focused on high-value targets, and companies making the transition to digital ways of working are especially vulnerable.
