Telstra: We blocked 2.9 million scam calls in a month, but they keep coming
Telstra calls on industry, government and regulators to address Australia's scam call problem.
Telstra calls on industry, government and regulators to address Australia's scam call problem.
High-profile ransomware attacks have driven so many businesses to adopt protective technologies and policies that many attackers have shifted their focus to cryptocurrency-based attacks and novel attacks like formjacking and air-gap compromise, according to new figures from Telstra that also highlighted the ongoing role of human error in data breaches.
David Braue | 18 Apr | Read more
It's common for businesses to pay ransomware attackers and may would do it again.
More than 400 young hackers are waking from their first decent sleep in two days after four teams from the University of NSW (UNSW) beat out the competition to dominate this year’s Cybersecurity Challenge Australia (CySCA) 2018.
David Braue | 11 Oct | Read more
'Just hang up' if they get an unexpected help call from someone claiming to be from Telstra, a government agency or any other familiar organisation.
Humans continue to prove remarkably adept at throwing spanners into the cybersecurity works and any CISO must prepare for the ‘unknown unknowns’ those humans can cause, Telstra’s head of cybersecurity told a packed CSO-Kaspersky Lab event this month.
David Braue | 13 Aug | Read more
The workers in Telstra’s mailroom knew something was strange when the room was clogged with workers asking for the packages they had been sent.
David Braue | 10 Aug | Read more
Your inbox is now overwhelmingly the favorite way cybercriminals try to hack your computer.
Don't click "View my bill" if you receive these emails from Telstra or EnergyAustralia.
CSO Webinar: Removing the hype and complexity around today's security threats
This is what Dr Seuss said and it’s something former Telstra CISO discussed during his opening keynote address at the Emerging Cyber Threats summit held in Sydney on 7 and 8 June 2017.
Anthony Caruana | 13 Jun | Read more
A new attack aimed at building a massive botnet to launch paid-for traffic attacks is very likely to have recruited vulnerable routers based in Australia, according to security firm Flashpoint.
The Christmas season is ramping up but Australian shoppers risk being victimised by scammers, new figures suggest, with many still unable to pick out phishing emails and unaware that their home Wi-Fi network can be compromised. This is a concern for anyone shopping online: with Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales being buried in a mass of scams, malware, and even fake Wi-Fi, it’s harder than ever for online shoppers to go about their business untouched.
David Braue | 28 Nov | Read more
Telstra is building a brand new security team called “Secure Code” that will be dedicated to catching bugs in code on the fly from development teams across the globe.
Some of the world’s major record labels and music rights holders are persisting with a federal court bid to use new Australian legislation to make telcos block torrent file sharing sites.
Andrew Colley | 09 Nov | Read more