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Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - An update from Secureworks
Wed, 19th Apr 2023
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Alex Tilley, who is the Head of Threat Intelligence for APJ at Secureworks, joins us today to tell us more about Secureworks and what its solutions are for the security threats of today.
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Microsoft Exchange and Log4j continue to be top points of compromise
Fri, 24th Mar 2023
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Arctic Wolf, a global specialist in security operations, has published its annual Arctic Wolf Labs Threat Report, revealing a year of turbulence.
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Business email compromise doubled in 2022: Secureworks
Mon, 20th Mar 2023
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Analysis of over 500 incidents that Secureworks responded to in 2022 found companies need to make themselves a more challenging target.
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BEC overtakes ransomware as cyber crime of choice
Mon, 20th Mar 2023
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The number of incidents involving business email compromise has doubled, replacing ransomware as the most common type of financially motivated cyber threat.
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Customer records compromised in 29% of NZ orgs - Trend Micro
Thu, 24th Nov 2022
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"To avoid the attack surface spiralling out of control, they need to combine asset discovery and monitoring with threat detection and response on a single platform."
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The growing threat of CEO fraud and how to mitigate it
Tue, 4th Oct 2022
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By posing as the CEO or other senior figures, attackers guarantee that malicious emails get employees' attention. Many employees are reluctant to question a request from their CEO, so they usually provide the information.
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Breaking down BEC – the costliest risk facing your organisation
Tue, 4th Oct 2022
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According to the Australian Cyber Security Centre’s Annual Cyber Threat Report 2020-21, BEC cost Australian organisations AUD$81 million during a twelve month period.
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Spamhaus teams up with Validity to fight malicious emails
Wed, 11th Aug 2021
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"IP and domain reputation data contains fingerprints of malicious behaviour. Therefore, it is vital to expand the breadth of data shared, analysed, and utilised globally."
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DDoS campaigns, BEC scams & Emotet: CERT NZ reports top security threats
Wed, 25th Nov 2020
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It has been yet another tumultuous quarter for New Zealanders and their wallets, with almost $6.4 million in reported financial losses due to cybersecurity incidents.
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Five ways to ensure cyber-criminals don’t damage your business over Christmas break
Mon, 16th Dec 2019
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The Christmas period creates a series of opportunities for threat actors to compromise business owners and steal credentials and data for illicit use, Watchguard finds.
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Check Point researchers uncover how to steal $1 million by email
Mon, 9th Dec 2019
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A series of spoofed emails enabled a Hong Kong-based hacker to make off with a million dollars.
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Barracuda announces general availability of forensics and incident response offering
Tue, 1st Oct 2019
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The standalone solution gives customers and service providers the ability to increase email security with automated incident response and threat insights.
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Spear phishing techniques evolving to execute lateral attacks – Barracuda
Thu, 22nd Aug 2019
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Barracuda’s research uncovered fresh insights into how these popular attacks are evolving and the tactics used by cybercriminals to try to make them successful.
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Native email security systems inadequate – Mimecast
Mon, 17th Jun 2019
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In the report, 85% of the 1,025 global respondents experienced an impersonation attack in 2018.
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Forrester names Proofpoint leader in enterprise email security
Tue, 11th Jun 2019
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Email remains the preferred attack vector for cybercriminal activity, from low-level cybercriminals to nation states.
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Forrester names Trend Micro Leader in email security
Thu, 23rd May 2019
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TrendMicro earned the highest score for technology leadership, deployment options and cloud integration.
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Email attacks targeting financial services up 60% - Proofpoint
Wed, 1st May 2019
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These attacks are socially engineered to target specific people within financial services organisations who can execute requests on the attacker’s behalf.
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Built-in email security measures inadequate - Trend Micro
Tue, 5th Mar 2019
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The Cloud App Security report details how escalating email threat levels are exposing organisations to an increased risk of fraud, spying, information theft, and spoofing.
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Massive jump in email fraud targeting healthcare - Proofpoint
Tue, 12th Feb 2019
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The report analyses more than 160 billion emails sent across 150 countries in both 2017 and 2018 to identify email fraud attack trends.
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Email fraud increased by 476% in last year - Proofpoint
Fri, 8th Feb 2019
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As these threats continue to grow in volume and sophistication, it is imperative that organisations implement a people-centric security approach.
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Phishing emails only going to get smarter, warns security firm
Wed, 9th Jan 2019
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Phishing emails typically mimic the look and feel of an email written by someone in authority, such as a bank, or even a colleague.
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Scamwatch issues urgent warning about BEC scams
Mon, 26th Nov 2018
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Scamwatch is warning Australian businesses to take an urgent look at how they deal with accounts and invoices.
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Exclusive: Over half of ASX companies at risk of email fraud
Thu, 30th Aug 2018
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Businesses can be more susceptible to phishing attacks and business email compromises (BEC) than they realise.
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