Denver-based identity-defined security specialist Ping Identity has appointed Ashley Diffey as Country Manager for Australia, New Zealand and Japan, with a brief to continue driving increasing demand for the firm’s offerings in the region. Based in Melbourne, Diffey will be responsible for… Read More ›
AustCyber, an independent not-for-profit cyber security growth network, has laid bare urgent vulnerabilities within the Australian economy due to politicians, bureaucrats, as well as industry and academia not taking a whole-of-economy approach to cyber-security and cyber resilience. Speaking at a media… Read More ›
Sydney, 30 July 2019 – Australian businesses must treat cyber security as a growth accelerator and not a handbrake, as they embrace the challenges and opportunities of the digital age. At the same time, widespread digital transformation has amplified the requirement… Read More ›
According to the ACCC, Australians have lost $16 million to identity theft so far this year and with cybercriminals targeting online user scrambling to file their tax returns, many Aussies are vulnerable to the growing sophistication of their scams. “With so… Read More ›
Apps should be approached with scepticism in terms of end-user privacy guarantees, according to nCipher Security strategy and business chief John Grimm. Noting the move by the Democratic National Convention urging users to delete a Russian photo-altering mobile application after speculation… Read More ›
Sydney-based cyber security specialist Huntsman Security has launched a new test tool, allowing companies to assess the efficacy of their security defences in real–time. The company billed the ‘Auditor’ as a self-install, agent-less product that provides internal and external stakeholders with a clear… Read More ›
US password management specialist LastPass by LogMeIn has unveiled a strategic drive that will see it focusing on growth in the Asia-Pacific region, by expanding its global data centre footprint to Australia in a bid to capitalise on dramatically rising demand… Read More ›
The Australian Cyber Security Growth Network has invited applications for matched funding from industry-led cyber security projects that contribute to the continued growth of Australia’s cyber security sector, and its impact both domestically and overseas. “The Projects Fund was established as a… Read More ›
Australian businesses are being urged to hire professional in-house hackers or face imminent cyber-attacks that could destroy years of operations with just one click of a mouse, according to coding bootcamp firm Coder Academy. Coder Academy – which bills itself… Read More ›
ZTE launches its first cybersecurity lab in Nanjing, China. The company is already planning to expand across the globe with cybersecurity developments in Italy and Belgium already in the pipeline. The opening of a new lab represents an important milestone… Read More ›
US security intelligence firm LogRhythm has appointed Queensland-headquartered Baidam Solutions as its latest information security and technical solutions reseller consulting partner in Australia. The new appointment will enable LogRhythm to tap into Baidam Solutions’ established relationships in Federal Government, further… Read More ›
Symantec has released new research on a new cryptojacking campaign, dubbed Beapy, which is primarily impacting enterprises in China. Beapy is a cryptojacking campaign that uses the EternalBlue exploit and stolen and hardcoded credentials to spread rapidly across networks. Beapy… Read More ›
Android apps laden with adware were installed more than 30 million times before being removed from the Google Play Store, according to cyber security software provider Avast. The company said in a blog published on 23 April that it discovered… Read More ›
Australian cyber security expert Troy Hunt has expressed frustration at the seemingly persistent refusal of smart device manufacturers and distributors to take seriously the potential security flaws in the products they make and sell. Working with UK-based penetration testing collective… Read More ›
‘GDPR will be ubiquitous and unsuccessful’ Opentext CEO Mark Barrenechea is asserting that the battle to maintain some reasonable chance of safeguarding our privacy online has been lost, due in part to advances in cyber crime, a lack of concern… Read More ›
New data released by Australian web security firm Kasada has found that 90% of credential abuse attacks emanates from within Australia. The firm’s inaugural Bots Down Under – An Australian Market Threat Report also found that 86% of Australia’s top 250 websites… Read More ›
Global CIOs admit certificate-related outages routinely impact critical business applications and services Almost two-thirds of global organisations (60 percent) experienced certificate-related outages that impacted critical business applications or services within the last year, according to a study released by a;t… Read More ›