Russian military aggression, both directly in their territories and indirectly through cyber and other attacks. In October 2019, the government of Georgia, alongside international partners including the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), called...

10 IPS signatures accounted for 87 per cent of all network attacks; unique detections reached their highest count since Q1 2019. This increase indicates that automated attacks are focusing on a smaller subset of potential exploits rather than trying...

New York’s Department of Financial Services for “significant cyber security violations”, after four security breaches from 2019 to 2021 that exposed a sizeable amount of sensitive customer data. The cruise line operator had violated a state cyber...

began to appear. However, Group-IB researchers believe the initial test versions of the malware date back to November 2019. Conti has dominated the ransomware scene in terms of the number of companies whose data has been encrypted. In 2020, Conti...

list as well as sending SMS messages to other phone numbers. xHelper: A malicious application seen in the wild since March 2019, used for downloading other malicious apps and display advertisements. The application is capable of hiding itself from the...

and sovereign capability to protect the country’s national interests and citizens who are most at risk from cyber harms. In 2019 we conducted an assessment in Vanuatu. Since then, Vanuatu has strengthened its cyber security in several ways, including:...

compliance costs More than two-thirds of financial institutions surveyed indicated they had increased compliance staff since 2019. Labour and training accounted for 54 per cent of average compliance costs while technology, including adding or...

we have nothing to do with politics or special services like the FSB, FBI and so on," LockBit said in its statement. In 2019, the US government sanctioned Evil Corp members as part of an international sting operation, which it described at the time as...

who has been named as shadow assistant minister for defence. Before securing a seat in the House of Representatives in May 2019, Thompson served with the Australian Army’s 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. During his six years with the ADF from...

that consumers trust the least in relation to their perceived data security practices has substantially changed. In 2019, retail was cited by 50 per cent of consumers as the riskiest sector in terms of data security, followed by travel (40 per cent) and...

of terrorism (CFT), which could save on overall compliance costs. Financial crime compliance costs jumped 18 per cent from 2019 to 2020, largely driven by increased labour costs. However, financial institutions that allocated a larger share of financial...

in the matter. Despite RI Advice commissioning two independent risk assessments and a cyber resilience initiative in 2019, the Federal Court ruled that the practices were too slow to implement. According to Ajay Unni, CEO and founder of StickmanCyber,...

security firm Cybereason. The firm discovered the activity last year but said the hacking campaign dates to at least 2019, and it suggested that reams of data could have been stolen in the interim. The research is an unsettling reminder of the scope of...

information. Few state and territory governments have previously revealed the existence of formal bug bounty programs. In 2019, NSW Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello stated that NSW had created such a program as part of the development of the...

flaws detailed above. CISA and the FBI also published a list of the top 10 most exploited security flaws between 2016 and 2019 and a top list of routinely exploited bugs in 2020 in collaboration with the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and the...

purchasing processes for agencies and providing more opportunities to AWS partners to work with government customers. In 2019, AWS and DTA signed an agreement to enable Australian federal, state, and territory agencies and departments, as well as public...

for Australian governments and public sector agencies, enabling them to improve services for citizens around the country. In 2019, AWS and DTA signed an agreement to enable Australian federal, state, and territory agencies and departments, as well as...

for adaptive applications. To satisfy the growing demand in Australia and New Zealand, F5 expanded its global footprint in 2019 by deploying a regional point of presence (PoP) in Sydney. Over the past several years, F5 has transformed its business and...

since the 1980s to expedite the digital process, rather than manually sharing, entering and analysing data. Fast forward to 2019, the Australian federal government created a legislation called the Consumer Data Right (CDR), known as “open banking” in...

were submitted for the second round of the ADFCGP program, of which 285 have commenced participation. ADFCGP was launched in 2019, with the final intake expected at the end of 2023. The 12-month online program is delivered by the Joint Cyber Directorate...