October 2020’s Most Wanted Malware: Trickbot and Emotet Trojans Are Driving Spike in Ransomware Attacks
Check Point Research reports that Trickbot and Emotet top the Global Threat Index, and are being used for distributing ransomware…
Organisations Paid Hackers $23.5 Million for These 10 Vulnerabilities in One Year
In times of uncertainty, security becomes an ever more pressing priority. The stakes are high: organisations are more reliant on…
Speech to the House of Representatives – Cyber threats to democratic institutions
PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA WEDNESDAY, 28 OCTOBER 2020 TIM WATTS MP SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR CYBER…
Security audit of publicly accessible Australian government websites has been released
Professor Dali Kaafar and the Optus Macquarie University Cyber Security Hub has released a security audit of publicly accessible Australian…
University of Wollongong deploys Tenable for cybersecurity
The University of Wollongong (UOW), ranked in the top 50 Universities in the Asia-Pacific region[1], has selected Tenable®, Inc. to prioritise…
Zerologon exploited by nation-states
According to the Microsoft’s Security Intelligence team, they’ve observed that a nation-state actor has been leveraging CVE-2020-1472, a critical elevation…
APP-ACSM | Skills & Training | Strategy & Architecture | Vulnerabilities | White Papers & Research | September 24, 2020
Data Integrity: Recovering from Ransomware and Other Destructive Events – NIST Publishes SP 1800-11Destructive malware, ransomware, malicious insider activity, and even honest mistakes all set the stage for why organizations need to quickly…
APP-ACSM | Governance, Risk & Compliance | Strategy & Architecture | Vulnerabilities | September 23, 2020
New OT cyber security specialist to protect Australian business interestsThe founder of a new Australian-based OT cyber security consultancy has warned that security managers need to do more to…
Election Security Study: Disinformation campaigns biggest potential threat to future Australian elections
With all eyes on the upcoming US Presidential election, ANZ IT professionals weigh in on the future of election security.…
APP-ACSM | Hacking & Penetration Testing | Information Security | Vulnerabilities | September 9, 2020
Service NSW cyber incidentService NSW is in the final stages of analysis into the cyber attack earlier this year on 47 staff email accounts and in a statement, confirmed, “we’re now working to notify…
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