in order to distract the Russian government from a counteroffensive in the country’s north. The researcher also evidenced a 2019 wargame in which participants — “bikini” trolls — were used to “lure” soldiers into dates and away from their post.

the business premises. Physical site security is equally as vital as cyber security for securing your data. According to the 2019 Verizon report, physical theft was identified as one of the nine basic patterns of security incidents and data breaches,...

keeping pace with the growth rate of cyber crime". "We've seen exponential growth in cyber crime, year on year, since about 2019. "We've got about 30,000 people — which is a huge amount of people — over the next four years that we're going to need to...

flight delays after the third-party system used for check-ins and boarding was infiltrated. A similar instance happened in 2019, when the personal data of more than 120,000 Air New Zealand frequent flyer customers was compromised after two staff members...

created by a Turkish-speaking entity called Nitrokod. The campaign has claimed roughly 111,000 victims in 11 countries since 2019, according to the CPR team, including Australia. The campaign drops malware from free software available on popular...

breach, according to Sophos researchers, which has led to an "attack, change, attack, change" cycle, a trend observed since 2019. Half of (49 per cent) of the surveyed respondents are planning to make changes in the next six months due to experiencing...

Entrust had yet to bend to LockBit's demands. The LockBit gang, whose malware of the same name was first detected in 2019, has become one of the more prolific threat groups in the growing and evolving ransomware scenes. DDoS campaigns are designed to...

in organisations considered to be of strategic interest to Beijing. Those targeted for “credential phishing” since 2019 include the International Federation for Human Rights, Amnesty International, the Mercator Institute for China Studies, Radio Free...

to build on and update the extensive analysis of competition in the social media services sector, published in the ACCC’s 2019 Digital Platforms Inquiry. Businesses, consumers and other stakeholders are encouraged to respond to an issues paper released...

collective Lazarus Group, amid reports the virtual currency mixer has been used to launder billions in stolen assets since 2019. Virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash has been sanctioned by the US Department of Treasury due to claims the transaction...

created the RAT, is facing six charges for his alleged role in creating, selling and administering the RAT between 2013 and 2019. He was scheduled to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on 29 July 2022, but the matter was adjourned until 19 August...

The US Treasury Department sanctioned three North Korean hacking groups (Lazarus Group, BlueNoroff, and Andariel) in 2019 for sending stolen financial assets to the North Korean government. Previously, the US government outlined that the various tactics...

Meituan were fined $2.75 billion and $527 million, respectively, in 2021. Alibaba's fine equated to about 4 per cent of its 2019 domestic sales, while Meituan's was equivalent to 3 per cent of its 2020 domestic sales. The CAC outlined that Didi had...

executives in Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand who revealed that across APAC, fraud cost has increased from 2019 pre-pandemic levels. The study analysed fraud trends in retail, e-commerce, financial services and lending industries. It...

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:...