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Accenture attacked with LockBit ransomware

Accenture attacked with LockBit ransomware

Global cyber consulting company Accenture has been breached by a cyber threat using a strain of ransomware known as ...

Mon, 16 Aug 2021
Penten announces new major shareholder

Penten announces new major shareholder

Australian owned cyber security company Penten announced that Five V capital was successful in its tender to become the ...

Mon, 16 Aug 2021
REvil, DarkSide behind spike in ransomware attacks

REvil, DarkSide behind spike in ransomware attacks

The malicious cyber actors have contributed to a 64 per cent surge in ransomware activity over the past 12 months.

Charbel Kadib Mon, 16 Aug 2021
Receiving weird texts lately? You’re not alone

Receiving weird texts lately? You’re not alone

Australians the country over have been receiving scam text messages this last week, prompting the ACCC’s Scamwatch to ...

Fri, 13 Aug 2021
Australian organisations back identity-first security

Australian organisations back identity-first security

As Australia falls back into remote work patterns, security teams need to address the risks associated with distributed ...

Jim Cook Fri, 13 Aug 2021
Tools and tactics to train cyber security savvy employees

Tools and tactics to train cyber security savvy employees

Richard Addiscott from Gartner offers tips to organisations looking to enhance the cyber security capabilities of their ...

Richard Addiscott Fri, 13 Aug 2021
Anchoram Consulting and Hackdev Technology sign security deal

Anchoram Consulting and Hackdev Technology sign security deal

Anchoram Consulting has signed a bilateral agreement to work with India’s Hackdev Technology.

Thu, 12 Aug 2021
Scam losses double amid COVID lockdown

Scam losses double amid COVID lockdown

Australians shed over $27 million last month, falling victim to a spike in scamming activity.

Charbel Kadib Thu, 12 Aug 2021
Sophos Australia opens new data centre

Sophos Australia opens new data centre

Sophos has announced that its new data centre in Sydney, designed to address growing local demand for the Sophos Central ...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021
Vocus and AWS team-up for ‘Future State’ program

Vocus and AWS team-up for ‘Future State’ program

Vocus has announced it has migrated its contact centre platform to Amazon Connect, aimed at delivering a more ...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021
Proofpoint appoints former head of cyber security at Jetstar as CISO

Proofpoint appoints former head of cyber security at Jetstar as CISO

Leading cyber security firm Proofpoint has appointed the former head of cyber security at Jetstar Group as resident ...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021
ISG names CyberCX as cyber security market leader

ISG names CyberCX as cyber security market leader

CyberCX was named as the market leader for Australia’s cyber security sector across several dimensions in ISG’s 2021 ...

Wed, 11 Aug 2021
Qualys to acquire TotalCloud

Qualys to acquire TotalCloud

Qualys announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire TotalCloud, a cloud workflow management and no-code ...

Tue, 10 Aug 2021