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Scammers leveraging SIM jacking for ‘unvetted access’ to personal data

Scammers leveraging SIM jacking for ‘unvetted access’ to personal data

University of Melbourne cyber security expert Suelette Dreyfus warns of falling prey to “SIM jacking”, a technique which ...

Tue, 31 May 2022
How APIs are changing the landscape for IT security professionals

How APIs are changing the landscape for IT security professionals

The careers of IT security professionals in 2022 can be described in a range of different ways, Stephen Gillies, APAC ...

Stephen Gillies Tue, 31 May 2022
Super fund hit by phishing attack, customer data exposed

Super fund hit by phishing attack, customer data exposed

This week, Spirit Super contacted almost 50,000 of its members following a data incident that has resulted in personal ...

Tue, 31 May 2022
Aussie IT leaders: Web app proliferation increased attack vulnerability

Aussie IT leaders: Web app proliferation increased attack vulnerability

Fastly and Ecosystm have released a white paper that has found 75 per cent of Australian businesses are now living with ...

Tue, 31 May 2022
New KPMG Australia partner is former deputy national cyber security adviser

New KPMG Australia partner is former deputy national cyber security adviser

Greg Miller, former deputy cyber policy coordinator in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet under the last Labor ...

Mon, 30 May 2022
Millions of Aussies’ personal data compromised by COVID-19 apps, study finds

Millions of Aussies’ personal data compromised by COVID-19 apps, study finds

Deakin University academic associate Professor Toija Cinque is calling for stricter policies regulating the type of ...

Mon, 30 May 2022
Infraud transnational cyber crime group members jailed in US federal prison

Infraud transnational cyber crime group members jailed in US federal prison

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has sentenced two members of the Infraud transnational cyber crime group to federal ...

Mon, 30 May 2022
Australian inaction keeps software supply chain security risks alive

Australian inaction keeps software supply chain security risks alive

The SolarWinds compromise exposed a security problem that just isn’t that easy to resolve, and we’re only now starting ...

Matias Madou Mon, 30 May 2022
Check Point hits global security prescribed Common Criteria certification

Check Point hits global security prescribed Common Criteria certification

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd has announced its successful completion of a new Common Criteria certification ...

Fri, 27 May 2022
WA bolsters cyber security posture with new strike team

WA bolsters cyber security posture with new strike team

The WA government is set to uplift their cyber security defences after the Essential Eight cyber security controls were ...

Fri, 27 May 2022
Mastercard launches Cyber Front attack simulation and assessment platform

Mastercard launches Cyber Front attack simulation and assessment platform

MasterCard has launched Cyber Front, a new attack simulation and assessment platform designed to bolster businesses and ...

Fri, 27 May 2022
A new perspective on the ultimate end point: Approaching security as a culture

A new perspective on the ultimate end point: Approaching security as a culture

Alex Nixon from Kroll advocates for a more considerate and nuanced approach to security as a culture, supported by an ...

Alex Nixon Fri, 27 May 2022
Australia, US, India and Japan lock in cyber security cooperative

Australia, US, India and Japan lock in cyber security cooperative

Allies Australia, Japan, US and India are set to work together on bolstering cyber security with initiatives aimed at ...

Thu, 26 May 2022