Global Stories

Sophos announces Incident Response Retainer for 24/7 support

Sophos has launched its Sophos Incident Response Retainer, offering organisations speedy access to its fixed-cost incident response service.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 31st Aug 2023

Breach Prevention

Cost of data breach in Australia has grown 32% in 5 years: IBM

The average cost of a data breach in Australia has grown 32% in the last five years, reaching AU$4.03 million per the 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Report.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Thu, 31st Aug 2023

Ransomware

Majority APAC health providers facing cyber incidents: Claroty

Claroty's Global Healthcare Cybersecurity Study 2023 reveals priorities and challenges amid escalating cyber-physical connectivity.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Thu, 31st Aug 2023

Ransomware

NCC Group reveals Cl0p ransomware attack continues to dominate

The findings mark a 154% increase year-on-year (198 attacks in July 2022), and a 16% rise on the previous month (434 attacks in June 2023).

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 23rd Aug 2023

Ransomware

New security vulnerabilities exploited en masse in 2023 - Rapid7

Rapid7 released its 2023 Mid-Year Threat Review, which provides a detailed snapshot of the attack landscape in the first six months of this year.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 23rd Aug 2023

Network Infrastructure

Video: 10 minute IT Jams - An update from Check Point Software

Check Point Software's Security Engineering Manager, Sadiq Iqbal, discusses the company's cyber security solutions for the APAC market.

By Tom Raynel • 6 min read • Fri, 18th Aug 2023

Encryption

MongoDB announces general availability of encryption technology

MongoDB has unveiled MongoDB Queryable Encryption, a technology that safeguards sensitive data when it is queried and used on the platform.

By Gaurav Sharma • 4 min read • Thu, 17th Aug 2023

Digital Transformation

Qualys unveils first-party software risk management solution

The new solution aids security teams to detect, prioritise and remediate vulnerabilities within company-developed software and embedded open-source components.

By Gaurav Sharma • 4 min read • Fri, 4th Aug 2023

Physical Security

CyFox identifies critical hijacking vulnerability in popular streaming software

Critical hijacking vulnerability in Stremio 4.4 puts 5 million users at risk; remote code execution and information theft possible.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 3rd Aug 2023

Application Programming Interface

How to understand IDOR vulnerabilities for your protection

Once a customer is aware of the endpoints they have, instrumenting them for security posture becomes the next priority.

By Jason Kent • 5 min read • Thu, 3rd Aug 2023

Ransomware

Cohesity reveals companies' cyber resilience deficiencies

According to the research, 78% of respondents say their company will pay a ransom to recover data and restore business processes.

By Gaurav Sharma • 6 min read • Fri, 28th Jul 2023

Cybersecurity

Outpost24 releases a unified exposure management solution

New threat exposure management capabilities give cybersecurity teams unified insights into their exposure to respond quickly to critical risks.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Fri, 21st Jul 2023

DevOps

watchTowr partners with Mantel to deliver penetration testing

watchTowr has partnered with Mantel Group to deliver continuous penetration testing technology to Australian and New Zealand organisations.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Thu, 20th Jul 2023

Cybersecurity

Norton attempts to resolve faulty driver issues for Windows PC users

Norton launches Driver Updater, a service that detects and updates outdated, corrupt, or missing drivers on Windows PCs.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Mon, 17th Jul 2023

Firewalls

Gartner recognizes Huawei for its network firewall solutions

Huawei was recognized as a Gartner Peer Insights customer's choice for network firewalls for a third consecutive year.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Thu, 13th Jul 2023

Malware

Check Point reveals Trojan Qbot most prevalent malware of 2023

Check Point Software Technologies reveals that the Trojan Qbot is the most prevalent malware of 2023, with SpinOk and ransomware also causing concern.

By Catherine Knowles • 6 min read • Wed, 12th Jul 2023