Sophos unearths origin of prominent cryptominer

The cryptominer was recently discovered when attackers targeted internet-facing database servers (SQL servers), and the MrbMiner was downloaded and installed.More

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Kaseya announces unified RMM solutionMore

McAfee names ThreatQ innovation partner of the yearMore

Alibaba Cloud and LGMS tackle hybrid and multi-cloud securityMore

Top security threats for 2021More

BackupAssist partners with Wasabi for greater cyber-resilienceMore

Microsoft top targeted brand by cyber criminals in Q4 2020More

Sophos named a Numbering Authority in CVE programme

The programme, which runs an open data registry of vulnerabilities, enables programme stakeholders to correlate vulnerability information used to protect systems against attacks. More

Cybercriminals leverage AI to sustain attacks on enterprises

What is less discussed is how cybercriminals are taking advantage of those very same technologies to automate their attacks, too.More

Pure Security & 6clicks take security risk management platform to market

“We are leading by example through our adoption of 6clicks, not just in Pure Security, but across the Tesserent group."More

How the editorial team works at Techday: Our tips for you

Preparing your releases in a particular way will not only make our lives easier, but improve the chances of your lead being picked among the masses.More

Hackers in your bedroom: Hackers targeting smart sex toys

A group of researchers reported vulnerabilities in an internet-enabled male chastity cage. More

Emotet remains leading malware in global threat index

The malware has impacted 7% of organisations globally, following a spam campaign which targeted more than 100,000 users per day during the holiday season.More

Hornetsecurity acquires Altaro, the latest in acquisition spree

The move is a culmination of a medley of acquisitions made by Hornetsecurity recently, following the January 2019 acquisition of Spamina, a Spanish cloud email security company, as well as EveryCloud, its British market partner, in early 2020.More

The current state of ransomware — and its future

Discoveries made by analysts at Sophos have unearthed a new development: ransomware code appears to have been shared across ‘families’, and some of the ransomware groups seemed to work in collaboration more than in competition with one another. More

IT professionals destroying end-of-life hardware over fears of data breaches - report

IT directors are destroying end of life tech hardware as opposed to erasing its data out of fear of making a mistake and facing data breaches.More

SASE vs zero trust – or the best of both worlds

Zero trust and SASE work together by converging a least-privilege access strategy with an architecture that simplifies how highly distributed users, BYOD, and cloud resources are secured.More

ESET brings endpoint security platform to Australia

ESET Protect is designed to automate ESET security solutions across on-premise and cloud environments for businesses of all sizes.More

Telcos plagued by DNS attacks, but budgets should focus elsewhere

“What is most attacked, or hardest to defend, is not always the same."More

Worldwide cybersecurity spending to increase 10% in 2021 — Canalys

This will contribute to a swelling of the valuation of the cybersecurity market, which is set to reach $60.2 billion this year.More

Fortinet promises free cybersecurity training until skills gap trend reverses

"We are committed to continue offering the entire catalogue of self-paced Network Security Expert training at no cost until we see the skills gap trend reverse."More

APAC secure content management market to hit $2.2 billion by 2024

The proliferation of cloud-based deployments will largely drive this, the report says, as the COVID-19 pandemic motivates more enterprises to move their workloads to the cloud and rely more on the internet. More

Cybersecurity strategies must involve every part of the organisation - study

In the past year, a third of the breaches incorporated social engineering techniques and the cost of a breach caused by a human error averaged to $3.33 million. More

As digital transformation grows in A/NZ companies, misconceptions about their role in cloud security abound

While an 81% majority of A/NZ organisations are accelerating their digital transformation, a giant 99% of surveyed respondents say they believe their cloud security provider provides enough protection, according to a Trend Micro study. More

Australians fear COVID-19 misinformation threat - study

Australians want to see greater transparency about the extent of the problem, new polling has found.More

Entrust acquires HyTrust, with aim to improve data encryption solutions

Entrust says the acquisition will bolster its effort to deliver data protection and compliance solutions to its customers, while accelerating their digital transformations.More

Cybersecurity spending to increase following SolarWinds hacking

Hackers breached software provider SolarWinds, directly infecting the company’s Orion software as well as several local, state and federal agencies.More

Cyberattacks on healthcare organisations "out of control" - Check Point

There has been a 45% increase in cyberattacks on healthcare organisations worldwide in the last two months, making healthcare the most targeted industry by cyber criminals.More

Sophos Rapid Response puts out the ransomware fire

“Attackers are using a range of techniques and whichever defence has a weakness is how they get in. When one technique fails they move on to the next, until they find a weak spot."More

Check Point exposes Android malware vendor using dark net to rebrand products

Check Point security researchers have exposed an Android malware vendor using a marketer on the dark net to rebrand its products, with the intention of supercharging business and throwing off security vendors. More

CompTIA forms Cybersecurity Advisory Council, led by 16 security execs

The new body will be co-chaired by Tech Data director of security solutions Tracy Holtz, and Alvaka Networks chief operating officer and chief information security officer Kevin McDonald.More

Dark net vendors wanting Bitcoin payments for unverified COVID-19 vaccines

As the medicines are being offered on the dark net, purchasers have no way of knowing whether they are genuine, according to Check Point.More

Check Point invests in local cloud capabilities in A/NZ

As public cloud usage in Australia and New Zealand grows, the company says it will continue to invest locally to support businesses.More

Malware variants becoming increasingly prevalent, sophisticated and evolved

"The modern threat landscape and ongoing evolution of malware are loud factors pushing every business to understand and identify modern malware threats and the necessary precautions to take to protect against them."More

22 billion records exposed from breaches in 2020 — report

The research also found that 35% of the breaches recorded by Tenable were caused by ransomware attacks, while 14% of breaches stemmed from email compromises.More

Swann home security kit recognised for innovation

The new 4K NVR Enforcer Kit was named a 2021 CES Innovation Award Honouree.More

Malware vendors look to marketing to spread Android RAT

What happens when an Android malware vendor teams up with a marketer? It turns out the answer is quite a lot.More

Check Point uncovers live Linux attack, urges users to take action

“What we have identified is a live and ongoing cyber attack campaign targeting specific Linux users."More

Country-wide phishing reports up 75% in 2020

In total, Australians lost $176 million to scams in 2020, 23% higher than the previous year, with phishing the most reported type.More

Users pay with personal data - Kaspersky on WhatsApp move to share data with Facebook

"Nothing is truly free, and, unfortunately, the current business model for free services means that, essentially, we pay with our data."More

Online gaming a 'hotbed' for DDoS attacks — report

The latency and availability issues present in online gaming, in particular, presented an attractive target to attackers, in addition to the enduring popularity of gaming in the era of COVID-19.More

DCI Data Centers to build $400m facility in Sydney

DCI Data Centers has secured development approval for a new AU$400 million data centre in Sydney’s Eastern Creek.More

Palo Alto Networks advances attack surface management with Expanse

"By integrating Expanse's attack surface management capabilities into Cortex after closing, we will be able to offer the first solution that combines the outside view of an organisation's attack surface with an inside view to proactively address all security threats."More

A brief history of cyber-threats — from 2000 to 2020

Many significant cybersecurity events have occurred since the year 2000 — not every one of them ‘firsts’, but all of them correlating with a change in security behaviour or protection.More

Red Hat to acquire Kubernetes-native security provider StackRox

Red Hat will further expand its security offering, adding StackRox's complementary capabilities to strengthen integrated security across its open hybrid cloud portfolio.More

The best DDoS protection depends on the use case

On-demand, always-on and hybrid models provide different services for different needs, writes Radware product marketing manager Eyal Arazi.More

Huawei: Corporates must focus on data minimisation and business continuity to mitigate data security challenges

"From a long-term sustainable point of view, organisations will need to adopt data minimisation and privacy by design and default."More

IronNet expands Asia Pacific presence with new strategic partnership

“The combination of M.Tech’s extensive network in Asia Pacific and our unparalleled expertise in threat intelligence and detection will help more enterprises across the region to proactively identify and take down known and unknown threats before they happen.”More

New year, time to update your passwords

The most popular passwords of 2020 were easy-to-guess number combinations, such as 123456, the word password, qwerty, iloveyou, and other uncomplicated options.More

Demystifying 'zero trust' and its role in cybersecurity

The principle of ‘zero trust’ in cybersecurity is simple: Trust nothing, and verify everything.More

LogRhythm buys out MistNet to bolster analytics capabilities

LogRhythm says its aim is to bring stronger levels of machine learning-based detection and response.More

Sophos unearths origin of prominent cryptominer

Ensign and Cybereason expand security offerings with partnership

Kaspersky steps in to protect automotive industry from cyber threats

Trend Micro adds cloud-native container security to Cloud One Services Platform

Kaseya announces unified RMM solutionMore

McAfee names ThreatQ innovation partner of the yearMore

Alibaba Cloud and LGMS tackle hybrid and multi-cloud securityMore

Top security threats for 2021More

BackupAssist partners with Wasabi for greater cyber-resilienceMore

Microsoft top targeted brand by cyber criminals in Q4 2020More