Cybercrime

National Plan to Combat Cybercrime 2022

The threats posed by cybercrime have significantly evolved since the release of Australia’s 2013 National Plan to Combat Cybercrime. Advances in technology and the greater degree to which the Australian community utilises digital and communications technologies continue to increase opportunities for cybercriminals to take advantage of Australians and impact our security, public safety and prosperity. […]

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Security spotlight: The cost of human error and the advantages of automation

Why organisations are reconsidering manual approaches to managing security, and how intelligent automation helps to prevent potential threats from slipping through costly cracks. Cybercrime is on the rise Cybercrime is rife right now. As companies embrace digital transformation and adapt to hybrid models of work, cyber attackers are on the move, too. One can almost

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Compliance with the NSW Cyber Security Policy

Cyber security is increasingly a focus of governments around Australia. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) is the Australian Government’s lead agency for cyber security and is part of the Australian Signals Directorate, a statutory authority within the Australian Government’s Defence portfolio. The ACSC has advised that government agencies at all levels, as well as

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2021 Bitdefender Global Report: Cybersecurity and Online Behaviours

Executive Summary PLATFORMS, APPLICATIONS,SERVICES Internet users have on average8 online platform accounts. Of those analyzed, the top used are Facebook, WhatsApp, Gmail and YouTube. There are several usage differences among males and females and across age groups. Facebook and WhatsApp are used most by those 25+, Gmail is more popular after 35, while YouTube and

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FIN8 Threat Actor Goes Agile with New Sardonic Backdoor

Since January 2016, FIN8 has been steadily building a reputation among financially motivated advanced threat actors. Bitdefender researchers are constantly monitoring this group’s activity, and previous research released in early 2021 documented the use of a new, improved version of the BADHATCH backdoor. This whitepaper focuses on the analysis of a new backdoor component discovered

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