Telstra survey: Half of Australian firms pay to unlock ransomware
It's common for businesses to pay ransomware attackers and may would do it again.
It's common for businesses to pay ransomware attackers and may would do it again.
The role of artificial intelligence in improving security defences has expanded dramatically in recent years – but it may have expanded a bit too far, with a UK court blasting the provision of patient healthcare data to Google’s DeepMind for analysis.
David Braue | 10 Jul | Read more
Anyone can connect to a CloudPets toy as long as they're in Bluetooth range.
British ISP TalkTalk has received a record £400,000 (USD $510,000) fine for a breach that exposed personal data of over 155,000 customers.
Australian businesses must get more proactive about identifying potential breaches of sensitive credit-card, healthcare and other information before it's exfiltrated from the company, according to one vendor who says sensitive data – and, often, the laptops they're stored on – are disappearing from Australian businesses at a surprising rate.
David Braue | 28 Sep | Read more
The decision to forge a strategic partnership with Symantec is helping Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) set the bar for cyber-insurance in Australia by supporting policyholders with rapid access to security specialists in the event of a breach, according to the newly-appointed local head of the firm's cyber-insurance operations.
David Braue | 16 Aug | Read more
Been hit by a security breach? You're not alone, with new research suggesting that fully 63 percent of Australian organisations have had to deal with cybersecurity incidents – and that Australians are better than most at compromising their company's security.
David Braue | 06 May | Read more
Security practitioners can now demonstrate their security breach remediation skills in a hands-on, online test laboratory established by security peak body ISACA as it expands its security training and certification programs to help deal with what board member and past international president Rob Stroud calls a “huge shortfall” in security skills.
David Braue | 17 Aug | Read more
Nearly half of Australian IT managers believe their organisations are targeted for a security breach every week – with one in eight believing they had been attacked in the past 60 seconds – according to a customer survey conducted at the recent AusCERT conference on the Gold Coast.
David Braue | 15 Jul | Read more
The closure of a shady telemarketing company came just days after an IDG report revealed new insights into online antivirus-related pressure sells that are netting big bucks from those “Your PC may be infected” advertisements.
David Braue | 15 Jun | Read more
As if it wasn't enough that security staff were playing a continuous game of catch-up – investigating an average of 1.5 security breaches per week even as research reveals institutional investors don't believe company boards have the security threat under control – it turns out Australians' world-leading love of social media has made us world-leading targets for ransomware purveyors and malware criminals that are using extremely complex techniques against us.
David Braue | 20 Apr | Read more
Imagine it's the end of 2015 and you're about to read an expose from a fly on the wall at top closed-room board meetings across the enterprise discussing the state of information security. You're excited, right?
David Geer | 11 Dec | Read more
Sony Pictures is reportedly exploring if its breach has links to North Korean threats over its movie The Interview. But whoever was behind the attack may have also leaked pre-release versions of new movies from the film studio.
A major security breach was the last thing Apple needed in the leadup to the high-profile launch of its iPhone 6, and the "outraged” company was quick to argue that the leak of nude celebrity photos from its iCloud service was a targeted attack. Others said the leak was a reminder of the importance of two-factor authentication
David Braue | 08 Sep | Read more
Given the billions of dollars that have been invested in security over the last decade or so, you'd expect that malware distributors and data thieves to be scurrying away with their tails between their legs. But that's simply not the case.
Anthony Caruana | 31 Mar | Read more