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Cyber attacks stories

Only 6% of ANZ businesses alerted of breach and data loss

Only 6% of breaches in Australia and New Zealand are flagged by internal systems, highlighting data management challenges, says Commvault.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 23rd Mar 2023

Cybersecurity

Secureworks launches its Taegis security posture dashboard

Secureworks reduce cyber risk and bolster cyber resiliency with the new dashboard, which companies can use to evaluate and strengthen their security posture.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Thu, 23rd Mar 2023

Power / Energy

Energy security the 'most exciting' development in new survey

Respondents were asked about changes in the utility industry, including the most exciting smart/IoT technology developments in the next 12 months.

By Tom Raynel • 3 min read • Wed, 22nd Mar 2023

Unified Communications

Terabit DDoS attacks are coming, are you protected?

Attackers continue to find new ways to flood target networks with massive-scale attacks that have grown exponentially and crossed the terabit attack rate.

By Itay Raviv • 5 min read • Tue, 21st Mar 2023

Malware

8.4% CAGR for DNS security market between 2023 and 2033: FMI

According to Future Market Insights, the demand registered in the DNS security market will increase at a noteworthy CAGR of around 8.4% from 2023-2033.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Tue, 21st Mar 2023

Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

Microsoft zero-day linked to Russian bad actors – report

Microsoft discloses a zero-day vulnerability in Outlook that has been exploited for almost a year to target organizations and critical infrastructure.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Mon, 20th Mar 2023

Malware

Check Point finds potential cybercrime scenarios in ChatGPT4

Check Point analysed ChatGPT4 and released five scenarios that threat actors can exploit to streamline malicious efforts faster and more precisely.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Mon, 20th Mar 2023

Ransomware

Ransomware down 57% but other threats looming, warns report

The Secureworks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) has found that most real-world security incidents start with much smaller organisational issues.

By Zach Thompson • 4 min read • Fri, 17th Mar 2023

Firewalls

Barracuda reveals three new phishing tactics used in January

The three new phishing tactics for security breaches include the misuse of web translation, image-only emails, and the insertion of special characters.

By Gaurav Sharma • 4 min read • Fri, 17th Mar 2023

Identity and Access Management

Cyber attack risk high due to outdated authentication methods

Concerningly, 39% of UK businesses have experienced a cyber attack in the past year, according to Yubico's State of Global Authentication survey.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 17th Mar 2023

Ransomware

Rapid7 to acquire Minerva Labs for $38M, extend MDR services

Rapid7 has acquired Minerva Labs, a provider of anti-evasion and ransomware prevention technology, to enhance its threat detection capabilities.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 16th Mar 2023

Space Technologies

Former Northrop Grumman Executive Joins QuSecure Leadership Team

QuSecure has named former Northrop Grumman executive Aaron Moore as EVP, Head of Engineering to lead its engineering and software development.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Wed, 15th Mar 2023

Stories from Other Regions

Cyber attacks stories

Breach Prevention

59% of IT leaders feel Govt should be doing more - KnowBe4

KnowBe4's latest research finds 59% of New Zealand's IT decision-makers feel the government should be doing more to protect local businesses from cyber attacks.

By Zach Thompson • 2 min read • Wed, 22nd Mar 2023

Ransomware

Jumpsec reports a 17% increase in ransomware across the UK

The reported ransomware incidents increased by 17% in the UK last year, with LockBit dominating the ransomware attack landscape, in the UK and worldwide.

By Gaurav Sharma • 4 min read • Tue, 21st Mar 2023

Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

Safeguarding your Active Directory: 5 best practices to bolster your cyber resilience

Active Directory attacks have been on the rise over the past few years, prompting more organisations to rethink their cybersecurity strategies.

By Bryan Patton • 5 min read • Thu, 16th Mar 2023

Firewalls

The costs of email breaches that hit over 70% of Australian companies

Email remains the most widely used business communication channel. It is also an attractive target for cybercriminals.

By Mark Lukie • 3 min read • Wed, 15th Mar 2023

Fintech

67% rise in fraud losses in the UK in 2022, says money.co.uk

The personal finance experts at money.co.uk, in their 2022 Fraud Report, have revealed the average monthly losses to fraudsters in 2022 to be over £333 million.

By Gaurav Sharma • 7 min read • Wed, 15th Mar 2023