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Interview: Understanding the bleeding edge to do business at the cutting edge

With a career spanning over five decades, Richard Cousins explains why understanding the bleeding edge of technology is essential for thriving in business.

By Robin Block • 5 min read • Wed, 22nd Nov 2017

Breach Prevention

Expert says Cash Converters cybersecurity breach 'yet ANOTHER wakeup call'

Cash Converters breached, hackers have access to UK customer account details, usernames, passwords, addresses and partial credit card numbers.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 21st Nov 2017

Breach Prevention

'Leaker' behind massive NSA breach possibly still working at agency

A cybersecurity expert has said it is a 'stunning admission' by the former CIA director about the NSA breach that is being touted as catastrophic.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Wed, 15th Nov 2017

Unified Communications

'No way' to stop sale of 46 million Malaysians' personal data after crippling breach

A cyber breach has left data from 46 million Malaysian mobile users for sale at RM32,000. Once bought, there's 'no way' to halt its sale or misuse.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 14th Nov 2017

Data Protection

Current IT security not up to the job – time to make some changes

IDC says billions of dollars are spent around the world every year on various forms of IT security, and yet, data breaches are still happening.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 14th Nov 2017

Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

'Victory for the good guys' - criminal behind Mandiant hack arrested

FireEye has nabbed the hacker behind the Mandiant attack that compromised researcher Adi Peretz's accounts, claiming it as a victory for the good guys.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 6th Nov 2017

Malware

Japanese firms face 'Night of the Devil' after ransom wiper attacks

Japanese firms are reeling from a spate of 'Night of the Devil' cyberattacks, with a new wiper masking as ransomware.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Mon, 6th Nov 2017

Unified Communications

Major data breach hits Malaysia's 46 million mobile phone users

A data breach has put more than 46 million Malaysian mobile phone users at risk and has affected many of the country's major telecommunicatio.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 2nd Nov 2017

Breach Prevention

Trend Micro gains 'perfect' 100% breach detection score in NSS Labs testing

rend Micro says it has achieved a 'perfect score' for breach detection in NSS Lab's Breach Detection System Report.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Fri, 27th Oct 2017

Breach Prevention

Kaspersky CEO rubbishes 'false' allegations of hacking from US media

It was only weeks ago when the US Government had been hacked again and blamed Kaspersky Labs - the cybersecurity company's CEO says they're false.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 27th Oct 2017

Breach Prevention

RSA boosts solution portfolio as GDPR regulations approach

RSA extends its governance, risk and compliance solution to help businesses comply with security legislation such as GDPR.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Oct 2017

Data Protection

Industry experts weigh in on getting ready for GDPR

A recent worrying survey found that only 3 in every 10 UK businesses have started preparing for the GDPR - seven experts have provided their insights.

By Ashton Young • 6 min read • Tue, 17th Oct 2017

Firewalls

Not again… Expert discusses potential SECOND Equifax breach

It was only weeks ago that one of the single largest data breaches in history was announced - now Equifax may have been hacked again.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 16th Oct 2017

Encryption

Why encryption is a critical step towards NDB compliance

1,901,866,611 data records from 918 breach incidents were compromised globally with only 4.6% of breaches rendered useless due to encryption.

By Graeme Pyper • 4 min read • Mon, 16th Oct 2017

Breach Prevention

Hacking of national security projects highlights importance of patching

The recent release of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) 2017 report revealed a small breach – with massive implications.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Oct 2017

DataCentre infrastructure

Accenture's data breach stark reminder of server misconfiguration dangers

Publicly downloadable information included credentials, platform configurations, certificates, decryption keys and API data.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Oct 2017

Malware

Asian SMEs lagging behind in data breach disclosure policies

Asia Pacific's SMEs also worry about the cost of implementing cybersecurity technologies, believing that other business areas need funding more.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Mon, 9th Oct 2017

Stories from Other Regions

Data breach stories

Firewalls

Understanding post-breach threat detection in the digital era

Cyber security is the top concern for businesses in Southeast Asia as the region becomes the top target for cyber attackers, according to a report by Mandiant.

By Francis Teo • 5 min read • Thu, 26th Oct 2017