business has already successfully delivered for hundreds of clients across dozens of industries throughout Australia." Since 2019, Atturra has been driving revenue growth exceeding a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 23 per cent. Over the past...

focused on innovation in secure mobility, applied artificial intelligence (AI) and tactical communications security. In 2019 and 2020 Penten was awarded Cyber Business of the Year at the Australian Defence Industry Awards. For more information visit...

the policies disable the antivirus security, and implement the malware. LockBit ransomware was first observed in September 2019, since then the malware has become significantly advanced, and once ransomware ads were barred on hacking forums, a new leak...

data will be published. ACSC explains that malicious actors have been targeting Australian organisations with LockBit since 2019. “LockBit (AKA LockBit 2.0, ABCD) is a ransomware variant first detected in September 2019, used by cyber criminals...

Carefully crafting the character Marcela (Marcy) Flores, the hackers added their target as a friend on Facebook in late 2019 before kickstarting their online friendship by exchanging messages in November of the following year. The cyber criminals...

and reiterates the call to all countries to refrain from behaviour that violates international commitments. In September 2019, Australia, the US and The Netherlands launched the Joint Statement on Advancing Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace,...

– updated their sanctions lists 210 times in 2020. Sanctions-related fines issued by OFAC alone exceeded $1.3 billion in 2019. Other countries are also increasing their sanctions activity; in September 2020 China’s Ministry of Commerce announced...

and Cybersecurity Ventures, the sums paid in ransom to unlock data are thought to have increased from $11.5 billion in 2019 to an estimated $20 billion in 2021. “Attackers gain initial access to a company's network via a remote desktop protocol (RDP) or...

in Hong Kong, $3.87 in Japan and $3.84 in India. All four countries reported higher costs per transaction than the regional 2019 average that involved other APAC markets at $3.40. “With sophisticated threats on the rise, taking a multi-layered solution...

According to data from the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), it responded to 2,266 cyber security incidents from June 2019 to June 2020 and, on average, assists six entities to respond to cyber security incidents each day. The Australian federal...

the video game industry suffered more than 240 million web application attacks in 2020, a 340 per cent increase over 2019. The “relentless” web application and credential stuffing attacks targeted gamers and gaming companies throughout 2020. Mobile...

According to data from the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), it responded to 2,266 cyber security incidents from June 2019 to June 2020 and, on average, assists six entities to respond to cyber security incidents each day. The Australian federal...

especially over the past few months, with the threat of more on the horizon. ACSC reported 59,806 cyber crimes between July 2019 and June 2020, and the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that one in three data breaches (35 per cent) in Australia...

that has uncovered a massive uptick in credential stuffing attack traffic on financial services web applications between 2019 to 2020. Akamai’s research uncovered data indicating there has been over 193 billion credential stuffing attacks worldwide,...

health and transportation is the government services sector. And, it’s easy to see why. In a 12-month period between July 2019 and June 2020, the Australian government was the target of more than 400 cyber attacks — approximately one-third of all...

to governments. “Elections are also a prime target,” the Foreign Secretary said. “Russian actors tried to interfere in the 2019 general election … spreading lies online, taking aim squarely at British democracy. “In 2017 the Russian military mounted the...

on UnitingCare in Queensland. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) had to respond to 2,266 events between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020, Nexon outlined with the most threatening of all incidents being ransomware attacks. Network and security...

along with reduced efficiency as a result. The average cost to organisations from their longest amount of downtime in 2019 was $762,231, and the average interruption to operations was 18 hours. Unbeknownst to many, incidence response costs can arise...

in service with the Deployable Joint Force Headquarters (DJFHQ) — was selected by Army’s Land Network Integration Centre in 2019 to support its interim Track Management Capability (TMC). TMC aims to bolster coalition interoperability by consolidating...

detected on Android devices in 2020, Trojans and malware accounted for 95.9 per cent, an increase from 92.2 per cent in 2019. “[This] year’s Threat Report clearly shows how cyber criminals are willing and able to evolve their tactics to exploit...