Cybersecurity

Metaverse or MetaWorse? Cybersecurity Threats Against the Internet of Experiences

The term “metaverse” was created by author Neal Stephenson for his 1992 cyberpunk novel Snow Crash. It describes the virtual reality (VR) world in which the book’s protagonist, Hiro, socializes, shops, and vanquishes real-world enemies through his avatar.1 Hiro accesses the metaverse using a pair of VR goggles and a headset and appears inside the

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Joint cybersecurity advisory

 2021 Top MalwareStrains This joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) was coauthored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC). This advisory provides details on the top malware strains observed in 2021. Malware, short for “malicious software,” can compromise a system by performing an unauthorized function or process. Malicious cyber

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Global Media Summit 2022

Our Live! NetEvents Global Media Summit is a tailored intimate and focussed event enabling your organization to spend quality time with the participating global media. The event provides an opportunity to speak in the morning conference sessions plus a series of scheduled briefings in the afternoon with approx. 50+ press and analysts covering 30+ countries throughout worldwide.

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Digital Skills and Cyber Security: How Do We Secure Our Future?

This report investigates the impact of the twin shocks on digital skills shortages and the Victorian labour market. Specifically, it attempts to gain a better understanding of the current digital skills issues, and the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic posed to the development of a Digital CBD. Prior to the pandemic, many organisations were trying to

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2022 Global Risk Survey

Embracing risk in the face of disruption The world is different than it was two years ago and so is the risk environment in which organisations operate. Change is fast and disruptive. As the world continues to change quickly, and not always for the better, Australian business leaders are grappling with new and emerging risks,

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The Threat Report: Summer 2022

The first quarter of 2022 in cybersecurity was more about evolution than revolution. The techniques and prevalence of ransomware attacks advanced while Russian cyberattacks continued a slow-building evolution fed by the continuing conflict in Ukraine. Our latest Trellix Threat Report includes our findings from Q1 2022 and other vital research including the evolution of Russian

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The State of Ransomware in Education 2022

Findings from an independent, vendor-agnostic survey of 5,600 IT professionals in mid-sized organizations across 31 countries, including 730 respondents from the education sector. Introduction Sophos’ annual study of the real-world ransomware experiences of IT professionals in the education sector has revealed an ever more challenging attack environment together with the growing financial and operational burden

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The State of Industrial Security in 2022

Industrial security: Challenges and opportunities Security for the industrial internet of things (IIoT) and operational technology (OT) is in its infancy in many organizations. Several factors — including security incidents — are driving awareness and improvements. There’s certainly plenty of room for both, considering more than 90% of organizations surveyed acknowledged experiencing a security incident

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