"Australian manufacturers are headed for stormy waters as nation states up the ante on surveillance and the risk of cyber incident is high and rising."

Venafi has announced the findings of new research that evaluates the security impact of the increasing number of nation-state attacks and recent shifts in geopolitics.

And they are right to be worried, according to new research.

Nation-state techniques, such as those used in the SolarWinds attack, are already being adopted by ransomware gangs.

IBM’s Security X-Force, a task force created in the early days of the pandemic with an aim to combat cyber-attacks related to potential vaccines’ supply chains, released details on a coordinated effort to disrupt the COVID-19 ‘cold chain’.

Nation-state attacks have targeted telecommunications and internet service providers, government organisations, and other institutions globally.

At least 174 municipal institutions, with more than 3,000 subset organisations, have been targeted by ransomware during the last year.

With 2019 coming to a close, Ping Identity, Attivo Networks, and LogRhythm’s experts share what 2020 holds in store for cybersecurity.

In today’s ever-evolving cyber landscape, speed is essential for effective cyber defence.

Cyber-attacks will continue so long as the target seems worthwhile and the attackers have funding to continue their work.

The diverse geopolitical and economic interests of the states in the region play a significant role in driving and shaping cyber threat activity against entities operating in APAC.

Security teams and solutions will have to contend with synergistic threats, increasingly backed by artificial intelligence to avoid detection.

Norwegian cybersecurity firm Visma is accusing a Chinese state-sponsored attack group (APT10) of allegedly attacking their systems and engaging in cyberespionage.

Late last week, Australian security agencies reported they were looking into a security breach of the Federal Parliament’s network.

Rising geopolitical tensions coupled with an expanding attack surface have left governments and organisations vulnerable to targeted attacks.

The report found that a new breed of cyberattacks (seemingly fuelled by geopolitical tension) is emerging.

Carbon Black chief cybersecurity officer Tom Kellermann combines his thoughts with those of Carbon Black's threat analysts and security strategists.

LogRhythm’s predictions paint a sombre picture for the state of cybersecurity in 2019.

Erroneous alerts regarding potential missile strikes that caused civil disruption in Hawaii and Japan in recent history.

Proofpoint researchers have looked ahead at the trends and events likely to shape the threat landscape in the year to come.

“Increasingly, we see criminal groups are also using the techniques and tradecraft that were typically the domain of nation states to break into companies.”

Malicious groups and individuals worldwide are increasingly targeting critical infrastructure such as power and water supplies, telecommunications and transport systems.

64% of incident response professionals had experienced attackers launching secondary command and control after an initial attack was shut down.

With tensions between global superpowers rising, cyber attacks have become a new frontier for governments to gain an advantage over one another.