Cybersecurity stories

As cyber adversaries who target industrial facilities continuously pick apart weaknesses in operational technology (OT) environments to orchestrate their attacks, the need grows by the day for enterprises to evolve their OT vulnerability management practices.>>

ESET achieved high scores in the categories of active prevention, passive response, and combined prevention/response capabilities, scoring 96%, 100%, and 98%.>>

"Going deeper, four years to zero trust is a very ambitious goal – and a strategy that will no doubt continue to evolve as government agencies dig in.">>

TXOne Networks, a global provider of ICS and industrial IoT (IIoT) security, has launched a new edition of its portable security device.>>

According to a new study from F-Secure, phishing emails mimicking HR announcements or asking for assistance with invoicing get the most clicks from recipients. >>

2021 was open season for attackers as ransomware gangs targeted health care facilities, schools, and critical infrastructure, with the number of publicly reported data compromises rising by 17% in 2021.>>

ThycoticCentrify has announced two new leaders to its international sales teams. >>

While phishing attacks remain a consistent threat to online security, attackers are switching up the topics they use to bait unsuspecting victims.>>

Phishing emails in the last quarter of 2021 were primarily focused on users' everyday tasks, new research has found.>>

Negligent insiders are the root cause of 56% of incidents while credential thefts have almost doubled and are the costliest to remediate. >>

In December 2015, an unprecedented cyber-attack against a power grid left nearly a quarter of a million people without electricity for hours in Ukraine. And though this incident occurred overseas, Australia is not immune to threats against critical infrastructure.>>

"Financial wellness is more than spending wisely and having healthy savings levels - it is also about keeping our money safe and not losing it to bad guys.">>

Advantage has employed the services of Dr Bryce Antony in response to the increasing demand for cybersecurity mitigation strategies.>>

A massive Omicron-led spike in COVID test-related phishing attacks in the past few months poses a serious threat to businesses, according to Barracuda Networks.>>

Last year's Apache Log4j vulnerability created a lot of chaos, so what can be done to protect companies from the security implications?>>

The Asia-Pacific region has seen a huge digitalisation leap due to the pandemic, with cybersecurity measures taking a back seat, resulting in several high profile ICT supply chain attacks last year.>>

You don’t have to look far in the media to find experts predicting that 2022 will be the year of automation.>>

StrongDM, the infrastructure access platform, announced the results of a new survey of 600 DevOps professionals in 2022: The Year of Access.>>

Cybersecurity company Red Sift has launched a new product to help security experts reduce the amount of time spent investigating malicious emails.>>

Cybersecurity firm Virsec has appointed technology industry veteran Brian Marlier as its chief revenue officer to drive its next stage of growth. >>

Ransomware had a monumental impact on organisations in 2021, responsible for approximately 38% of all breaches, and 31% of breaches in APAC.>>

Cyber security firm Check Point Software Technologies has announced the extension of the Check Point Quantum portfolio.>>

Kaspersky has uncovered a series of attacks by advanced persistent threat actor BlueNoroff against small and medium-sized business, resulting in major cryptocurrency losses for the victims.>>

Named after 'trellis', a supporting structure commonly used to support trees and plants, the company's ‘living security’ will learn and adapt.>>