These sessions will focus on the Number 8 of the Essential 8 and the strategies to secure users, systems and SaaS data Is your business ready for the region’s Positive Security Obligations? New research data shows Australian and New Zealand businesses are at varying states of preparedness for the government’s tough new cyber security obligations. […]
Microsoft has released its third edition of Cyber Signals, a regular cyberthreat intelligence brief spotlighting security trends and insights gathered from Microsoft’s 43 trillion daily security signals and 8,500 security experts. This edition highlights new insights on the wider risks that converging IT, Internet-of-Things (IoT), and Operational Technology (OT) systems pose to critical infrastructure, and
Living a hybrid life, counting benefits and costs ESET’s predicted trend for 2023 is that the changes in human behavior online, expressed in both professional and personal lives, will further blur the line between the physical world and our engineered virtual worlds. As security professionals, we are confronting the implications of these changes across the
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Why and how managed detection and response (MDR) providers help protect against adversary cyber threats. Now more than ever, 24/7 threat hunting can make the difference between stopping an advanced cyberattack and falling victim to one. With IT capacity in short supply, many organisations are turning to managed detection and response (MDR) providers to help
The metaverse has emerged as one of the most exciting new frontiers since the advent of the internet. This massive set of virtual worlds creates endless possibilities and potential for new activities and experiences that have not been available in the cyber world before. Tech giants such as Microsoft, Facebook and Roblox are already investing
When you think of the word resilience, what comes to mind? I bet you’re thinking of someone or something who has suffered (to quote the Great Bard) the “slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” but has the fortitude and audacity to become even stronger. That’s a perfectly acceptable definition and I applaud the spirit of
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Every year, we look into our crystal balls and share our thoughts on what the next year in cyberthreats may look like. The Advanced Research Center team’s work has informed predictions spanning from hacktivism to cyberwar to the software supply chain. We started 2022 with an industry-wide vulnerability in Log4J, which was closely followed by
Financial services is among the industries that have been the heaviest hit by cybercrime — from the heyday of the Zeus and other banking trojans to Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks, modern phishing attacks, and ransomware. FinServ is a vital sector that plays a major role not only in the lives of people, but also in
The recent wave of cyber incidents has put Australians citizens under huge stress over the safety of their personal information. For cybersecurity executives, complacency has never been an option. Failure to perform the most basic cyber hygiene practices could cost millions of dollars, create unmeasurable litigation stress, and seriously damage a company’s reputation. Now, more
The 2022 Singapore User Risk Report complements research from the 2022 Human Factor from Proofpoint. Since its inception, the Human Factor has explored a simple premise: that people—not technology—are the most critical variable in today’s cyber threats. Since then, this once-contrarian notion has become a widely acknowledged reality. Cyber attackers target people. They exploit people.
