ACIC: Business email fraud victim numbers rise in Australia
More Australian organizations are falling prey to email fraudsters.
More Australian organizations are falling prey to email fraudsters.
Even weak attackers can pull off a password reset man-in-the-middle attack by getting you to register at a new website.
Users tend to receive the most emails with malicious attachments on Thursdays and they’re most likely to click on messages in the morning purporting to be from the local postal service, according to an analysis of email attacks that has reinforced the importance of time and human factors for cybersecurity protection.
David Braue | 08 Jun | Read more
A phishing attack or ransomware infection could signal your organisation is about to be fleeced by email fraudsters.
Overseas success has long been the often-elusive goal of many Australian companies, but one Brisbane startup is seeing doors opening after its participation in an Austrade trade mission to Silicon Valley last month.
David Braue | 13 Mar | Read more
A coalition of lawyers, security experts, and rights advocates are campaigning to stop a plan to require foreigners reveal social media passwords before entering the US.
US president Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban had security executives seriously concerned, even as the new leader prepared and then delayed the signing of a far-reaching order around government cybersecurity.
David Braue | 06 Feb | Read more
Forgot your password? Well, Facebook wants to help you recover your account. The company is releasing an open source protocol that’ll let third-party sites recover a user’s account through Facebook, or any trusted service.
Michael Kan | 31 Jan | Read more
Facebook's new tool won't kill passwords, but it could be a better way to recover a hijacked account than security questions and account recovery links.
Data breaches continue to get bigger and badder, with Yahoo announcing the compromise of 1 billion accounts – back in 2013, meaning that hackers had three years to abuse the breach. As with the other biggest data breaches suffered throughout the year, there were several things every user should do.
David Braue | 19 Dec | Read more
Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter were handing over data to a monitoring tool that law enforcement agencies were using to track protesters, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
Michael Kan | 12 Oct | Read more
Australian business executives are proving to be desirable targets for scammers that have been remarkably successful at using business email compromise (BEC) (also known as 'whaling') schemes to wring millions of dollars from unwitting victims. Yet even as they struggle to clamp down on losses to scammers breaches of the so-called human firewall, those same businesses are also becoming key contributors to efforts to stop BEC in its tracks.
David Braue | 19 Sep | Read more
The Australian government has had a mixed bag of outcomes this year around cybersecurity, with many lauding its leadership in the area
David Braue | 29 Aug | Read more
There are many benefits to having your employees active on social media. Exposure, name recognition and free publicity come to mind. But there are potholes along the way.
Scott Goldman | 06 Jul | Read more
Reports that iOS exploits have been sold for $1m boost Apple’s confidence that it’s approach to security is on the money.