Cybersecurity stories

Sophos has released new findings on the Tor2Mine cryptominer that show how the miner evades detection, spreads automatically through a target network, and is increasingly harder to remove from an infected system. >>

"Human augmentation is a burgeoning area of technology which in fact remains underexplored.">>

WSO2 has introduced a new identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) solution designed to improve customer identity and access management (CIAM) across online portals.>>

Research carried out by cyber crime experts FoxTech has revealed that among the worst industries at risk of cybersecurity breaches are computer software development companies.>>

Cybersecurity provider Check Point Software Technologies has been recognised as a Major Player by IDC.>>

Okta has announced the availability of Okta Workflows as a standalone offering for all customers. >>

"While we are generally more mindful today of the dangers posed by hackers to our laptops and computers, we also need to recognise that smartphones are prone to cyberattacks as well.">>

Scammers too band together in clans to automate and streamline fraudulent operations.>>

"For organisations with critical information systems and/or classified information, the loss of data could be hugely damaging. The potential that these frameworks have is very concerning.">>

The Empired User Secure Score works alongside Microsoft Teams, to give organisations a bird’s eye view of the level of security compliance from their team.>>

Debit card system eftpos has initiated a new AI-driven counter fraud platform for their technology in an effort to prevent online cybercrime and fraud in Australia.>>

Cybersecurity is treated a lot like aviation security. Breaches that don't result in catastrophic consequences don't stay in the national psyche for very long, in much the same way near-misses in aviation don't invite much public scrutiny.>>

Dell Technologies and Amazon Web Services have teamed up to bring Dell’s cyber recovery vault to the AWS Marketplace with the launch of Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery for AWS. >>

"Sorting through and making sense of potentially thousands of user activity events to identify suspicious activity used to be near impossible.">>

“Already with an initial customer trial of MFN up to this point we are achieving real impact," says GCSB director-general Andrew Hampton.>>

Australians have been found to have seemingly mixed priorities when it comes to cybersecurity, a new study by PWC has revealed. >>

A cyber security breach that brought Waikato District Health Board to its knees took out one of the country's four regional cancer hubs, prompting the Cancer Control Agency to declare a national emergency to get patients with life-threatening cancer conditions moved to other hospitals.>>

Like any balance of supply and demand, there's a frustrating gap between what graduates are taught and what the market needs.>>

The MOUs are designed to advance the two countries’ relationships in the three areas and make it easier for both countries to trade with each other.>>

The Sabbath ransomware affiliate group is continuing to rebrand itself while still launching relentless ransomware operations, according to new research from Mandiant. >>

As organisations become more data-driven, they store more data in on-prem and cloud stores that employees can access from anywhere with phones, tablets and laptops.>>

The collaboration will help businesses looking to upskill security teams to fortify the already-secure cloud by fulfilling the need for security to be intrinsic to a developer’s workflow.>>

The industrial Internet of Things, protecting systems during the holiday season, and using encryption to help address cloud misconfiguration, are amongst the most recent insights from global technology firm Thales.>>

"The ongoing challenge of data protection is being magnified not only by the rapid evolution of cyber threats but also by the necessity of working from home during the pandemic.">>