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ACSC High Alert – FireEye identifies global campaign leveraging malicious updates to SolarWinds software.

As of 13 January 2021, the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) confirmed it has received a number of reports from…

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Senetas announces the first quantum resistant network encryption capability

Australian cybersecurity specialist, Senetas, has announced the first quantum resistant network encryption capability, protecting sensitive government and business network data…

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STAYING SECURE WHEN SHOPPING ONLINE THIS FESTIVE SEASON

With holiday season shopping in full swing, and the Boxing Day sales just around the corner, Australians are being urged…

Featured

Featured | November 30, 2020

KnowBe4 2021 cybersecurity predictions – MFA exploitation, QR code phishing and ransomware mobile attacks

By Jacqueline Jayne, Security Awareness Advocate, KnowBe4 APAC: Remote working security – Coronavirus has forced organisaions to move their workforce…

EDITOR'S DESK

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APP-ACSM | Cyber Security | Editor's Desk | Movers & Shakers | February 14, 2021

AustCyber becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stone & Chalk

Stone & Chalk and AustCyber announce they will merge. AustCyber is the Australian Cyber Security Growth Network. Established by the…

Editor's Desk

Editor's Desk | September 29, 2020

(Cyber) Security Culture Eats (Cyber) Security Strategy for Breakfast

By Jacqueline Jayne IT professionals around the world have some thorough and detailed frameworks and guidelines to use when it…

Editor's Desk

Editor's Desk | September 18, 2020

Misinformation spread by the tricks of our brains

The brain can be untrustworthy when it comes to deciphering fake news, and especially when headlines are repeated, presented with photos, or generally easy to imagine, experts…

Editor's Desk

Editor's Desk | September 18, 2020

Reverse engineering surveillance capitalism

By Iain Strutt The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic has seen many of us working from home for extended periods. A…

Cyber Security Weekly Podcast

Podcast

Podcast | February 26, 2021

Episode 246 – Security & Surveillance Market Update 2021 – with Genetec ANZ Country Manager

Executive Editor Chris Cubbage speaks with George Moawad, ANZ Country Manager for Genetec.

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Podcast

Podcast | November 16, 2020

Episode 225 – Protect & Assist – Interview with the Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre

Executive Editor Chris Cubbage speaks with Abigail Bradshaw CSC, Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC).

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Podcast

Podcast | November 15, 2020

Episode 224 – DTEX Systems strong growth in alignment with Australian Cyber Collaboration Centre (A3C)

Executive Editor Chris Cubbage speaks with Abigail Bradshaw CSC, Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC).

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Skills & Training

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APP-ACSM | Cyber Security | Skills & Training | February 17, 2021

Interactive Tool developed for Australia’s Cybersecurity Talent Gap

CompTIA and partners work to expand the Australian cybersecurity workforce pipeline CompTIA, a nonprofit association for the IT industry and…

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NCCoE Releases Two Final Data Integrity Practice Guides

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) released two final practice guides: SP 1800-25: Identifying…

Skills & Training

Skills & Training | November 25, 2020

Creating a strong culture of security within organisations

The importance of a strong cybersecurity posture is not a new concept. Data from the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)…

Skills & Training

Skills & Training | November 17, 2020

New NICE Framework Released

The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) released the first revision to the Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework). The NICE…

Governance, Risk & Compliance

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APP-ACSM | Cyber Security | Governance, Risk & Compliance | White Papers & Research | February 12, 2021

NIST’s Key Practices in Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management

NIST has released NISTIR 8276, Key Practices in Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM): Observations from Industry. This final document…

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APP-ACSM | Cyber Security | Governance, Risk & Compliance | February 5, 2021

Container Forensics – What to do if container get compromised

By Pushkar Tiwari As forecasted by IDC, 80 percent of the workload is shifting to Containers/Microservices by 2023, which would…

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APP-ACSM | Cyber Security | Governance, Risk & Compliance | White Papers & Research | January 28, 2021

Attribute-based Access Control: NIST Draft SP 800-204B is Available for Comment

Deployment architecture in cloud-native applications now consists of loosely coupled components (microservices), with all application services provided through a dedicated…

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APP-ACSM | Cyber Security | Governance, Risk & Compliance | Network Security | January 27, 2021

Prisma Cloud enhanced

A number of enhancements have been made to Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma® Cloud. Prisma Cloud delivers cloud workload protection capabilities…

Hacking & Penetration Testing

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APP-ACSM | Hacking & Penetration Testing | Vulnerabilities | February 11, 2021

More than 100 Financial Services Firms Hit with DDoS Extortion Attacks

FS-ISAC, a global cyber intelligence sharing community solely focused on financial services, announced today that last year, more than 100…

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APP-ACSM | Cyber Security | Hacking & Penetration Testing | January 27, 2021

New Year, New Version of DanaBot

By Dennis Schwarz, Axel F., and Brandon Murphy Proofpoint researchers discovered an updated version of DanaBot in the wild. DanaBot…

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How to avoid a data breach – Perimeter 81 discusses

According to Perimeter 81, the largest hack in 2019 – committed by a former Amazon employee who stole data of…

Hacking & Penetration Testing

Hacking & Penetration Testing | December 8, 2020

New NIST Report on Hardware-Enabled Security in the Cloud

NCCoE Seeks Comments for NIST Report on Safeguarding Containers in Cloud Environments In today’s cloud data centers and edge computing,…

Information Security

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APP-ACSM | Cyber Security | Information Security | Vulnerabilities | February 25, 2021

Accellion Data Breach – Impact on Australian organisations

Richard Marr, General Manager, APAC, Auth0 Since the emergence of the Accellion data breach in December, we have seen a…

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APP-ACSM | Information Security | Movers & Shakers | February 11, 2021

AIIA announces new 2021 Board of Directors

Australia’s peak representative body and advocacy group for Australia’s ICT industry, the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) today announced their…

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