https://securitybrief.com.au/story/cowbell-appoints-ellen-brookes-as-claims-specialist SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-18T10:00:00+12:00 Cowbell appoints Ellen Brookes as claims specialist Small Business (SMB), Distributors, Australian, Cybersecurity, Sydney, Customer Experience (CX), United Kingdom (UK), InsurTech, Cyber insurance, United States (US), Incident Response, Cowbell, APAC, Incident management, Cyber Risk, Job moves 2026-08-18T10:00:06+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/bugtri-launches-in-sydney-to-curb-ai-vulnerability-spam SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-17T18:32:00+12:00 Bugtri launches in Sydney to curb AI vulnerability spam Security Operations Centres (SOCs), Email Security, Threat detection, AI Security, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Ethics & Governance, Cybersecurity, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Startup ecosystem, OpenSSF, United Kingdom (UK), Australian Government, Generative AI (GenAI), Bug Bounty, AppSec, Incident Response, Enterprise security, Application Security, Infosec, Open source, Australian Signals Directorate 2026-08-17T22:30:06+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/apt36-linked-malware-cluster-targets-south-asia-telecoms SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-17T18:10:00+12:00 APT36-linked malware cluster targets South Asia telecoms Threat intelligence, Cloud, Cybersecurity, National Security, Network Security, Fileless malware, Cloud Services, Energy sector, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), Cyber warfare, India, Incident Response, Phishing, Critical Infrastructure, Social Engineering, Spyware, Cyber espionage, Acronis 2026-08-17T18:15:05+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/proofpoint-warns-of-mygov-invoice-scams-in-australia SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-17T17:01:00+12:00 Proofpoint warns of myGov & invoice scams in Australia Scams, Small Business (SMB), Threat intelligence, Cybercrime, Email Security, Regulatory technology, Risk & Compliance, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Australian Taxation Office (ATO), Cybersecurity, Proofpoint, Public Sector, Spear Phishing, Identity Theft, Accounts payable, Machine learning (ML), Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), EOFY, Business Email Compromise, Compliance, Phishing, Enterprise security, Infosec, Social Engineering, Fraud prevention, GovTech, Multi-factor authentication (MFA), Online fraud 2026-08-17T17:15:05+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/recordpoint-names-christian-lucarelli-chief-revenue-officer SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-17T11:27:00+12:00 RecordPoint names Christian Lucarelli Chief Revenue Officer New Zealand (NZ), Digital Transformation, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Partner Programmes, Risk & Compliance, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Data Privacy, Financial Services, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Ethics & Governance, Cybersecurity, Melbourne, Sydney, Data residency, Data management, Government, Public Sector, United Kingdom (UK), London, Data governance, United States (US), Information Governance, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Victorian government, Data classification, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Compliance, Nintex, APAC, Data Protection, Critical Infrastructure, TechnologyOne, Siemens, IBM, GRC, AvePoint, EMEA, Data Discovery, Job moves 2026-08-17T11:30:05+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/crowdstrike-expands-quiltworks-to-smaller-businesses SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-14T10:49:00+12:00 CrowdStrike expands QuiltWorks to smaller businesses Small Business (SMB), Managed Services, Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP), Digital Transformation, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Westcon-Comstor, Cyber attacks, Security Operations Centres (SOCs), Partner Programmes, Application infrastructure, Risk & Compliance, Europe (European), Zero Trust Security, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Managed Service Provider (MSP), AI Ethics & Governance, Cybersecurity, CrowdStrike, Threat Landscape, Pax8, Cyber insurance, Arrow Electronics, Incident Response, Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Phishing, Data Protection, Infosec, Ransomware, Cyber Risk, AI Safety 2026-08-14T11:00:06+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/australia-new-zealand-face-surge-in-critical-flaws SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-14T10:30:00+12:00 Australia & New Zealand face surge in critical flaws Microsoft, Software Updates, New Zealand (NZ), Network Infrastructure, Microsoft Office, Threat intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), Patching, Cyber attacks, Security Operations Centres (SOCs), Email Security, Ruckus Networks, Supply Chain, Risk & Compliance, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Cloud, Australian, Cybersecurity, Supply Chain Security, Threat actors, WordPress, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), Australasia, PowerShell, Incident Response, Attack Surface Management, Security vulnerabilities, Critical Infrastructure, Fortinet, Cyber espionage, Document Management, ServiceNow, Recorded Future, Cloud Security 2026-08-14T10:30:05+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/quest-wins-irap-status-for-australian-government-sales SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-13T17:00:00+12:00 Quest wins IRAP status for Australian government sales Disaster Recovery (DR), Data Analytics, Digital Transformation, Privileged Access Management (PAM), Identity and Access Management (IAM), Regulatory technology, Data sovereignty, Risk & Compliance, Zero Trust Security, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Ethics & Governance, Cybersecurity, IT Governance, Quest Software, Public Sector, Federal Government, Data governance, Australian Government, Data Security, Active Directory, Access Control, Identity Security, Incident Response, APAC, Data Protection, IT Procurement, IRAP, Australian Signals Directorate, Hybrid Cloud, Data Discovery, Cloud Security 2026-08-13T17:15:06+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/security-chiefs-more-worried-than-staff-over-ai-governance SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-13T12:19:00+12:00 Security chiefs more worried than staff over AI governance Digital Transformation, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), IT Department, Security Operations Centres (SOCs), Risk & Compliance, System on a chip (SOC), Europe (European), Data Privacy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Ethics & Governance, Cybersecurity, IT Governance, Explainable AI, Security Services, Africa, AI Adoption, Security Posture, Middle East, Data governance, Rapid7, Managed Detection and Response (MDR), APAC, Enterprise security, Data Protection, Infosec, Cyber Risk, GRC, Omdia, EMEA, Cloud Security 2026-08-13T12:30:05+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/hitachi-vantara-posts-12-revenue-growth-on-ai-demand SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-13T11:00:00+12:00 Hitachi Vantara posts 12% revenue growth on AI demand IT Budget, Digital Transformation, IT Department, International Data Corporation (IDC), Data centers (DC), Hitachi Vantara, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), IT Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Infrastructure, Data management, Data infrastructure, Virtual Storage Platform, AI Adoption, Cloud Storage, United States (US), Data Storage, Cloud Management, Modernisation, Data Security, Resilience, Cyber resilience, APAC, Data Protection, Enterprise Storage, Japan, Unstructured data, Data breach, Object storage, Business Continuity, Block storage, Omdia, Hybrid Cloud, EMEA, GigaOm, Analyst report 2026-08-13T11:00:05+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/industrial-ransomware-hits-1-140-incidents-in-q2-2026 SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-12T15:16:00+12:00 Industrial ransomware hits 1,140 incidents in Q2 2026 New Zealand (NZ), IT Department, Cybercrime, Cyber attacks, Industrial Control Systems (ICS), Identity and Access Management (IAM), Supply Chain, Operational Technologies (OT), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), IT Infrastructure, Australian, Cybersecurity, Threat actors, Downtime, Threat Landscape, Remote Access, Industrial Automation, Spear Phishing, Virtualization, Virtualisation, File encryption, SCADA, Cybercriminals, System integrators, Resilience, Cyber resilience, Microsoft Teams, Business Email Compromise, Phishing, Critical Infrastructure, Dragos, Data theft, Industrial cybersecurity, Social Engineering, Data breach, Ransomware, Business Continuity, OT security, Queensland 2026-08-12T15:30:06+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/crowdstrike-named-leader-in-idc-marketscape-mdr-study SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-12T14:24:00+12:00 CrowdStrike named leader in IDC MarketScape MDR study Digital Transformation, Threat intelligence, International Data Corporation (IDC), Cyber attacks, Security Operations Centres (SOCs), Email Security, AI Security, Risk & Compliance, System on a chip (SOC), Zero Trust Security, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity, CrowdStrike, Network Security, United States (US), Security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR), Identity Security, Incident Response, Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR), Managed Detection and Response (MDR), IDC MarketScape, Extended Detection and Response (XDR), Enterprise security, Cloud Security, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Analyst report 2026-08-12T14:30:05+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/many-anz-ransomware-victims-still-pay-study-finds SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-12T12:25:00+12:00 Many ANZ ransomware victims still pay, study finds New Zealand (NZ), Disaster Recovery (DR), Digital Transformation, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), IT Department, Cybercrime, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Risk & Compliance, IT Infrastructure, Australia & New Zealand, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity, Chief Information Officer (CIO), IT Governance, Network Security, Downtime, Commvault, Extortion, Incident Response, Cyber resilience, Fraud, Data Protection, Malware, Asia Pacific, Ransomware, Business Continuity 2026-08-12T12:30:05+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/hid-launches-self-service-visitor-kiosk-for-enterprises SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-12T11:54:00+12:00 HID launches self-service visitor kiosk for enterprises Data centers (DC), Human Capital Management (HCM), Identity and Access Management (IAM), Data Privacy, HID Global, Cybersecurity, QR code, RFID, Near Field Communication (NFC), Surveillance, Identity verification, Facial recognition, Access Control, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Incident Response, Enterprise security, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Physical Access Control, Infosec, Critical Infrastructure, Identity proofing, Hospitals, Accessibility 2026-08-12T12:00:05+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/equinix-launches-managed-private-cloud-service-in-australia SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-12T11:18:00+12:00 Equinix launches managed private cloud service in Australia Outsourcing, Managed Services, IT Budget, Manufacturing, Equinix, Digital Transformation, IT Department, ICT sector, Skills shortage, Data centers (DC), Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Supply Chain, Data sovereignty, Risk & Compliance, Financial Services, Cloud, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity, Healthcare, AI Infrastructure, Hybrid IT, Government, Public Sector, Colocation, Equinix Fabric, Network Edge, Digital Media, Data Hosting, Data Localisation, Private Cloud, Compliance, Gartner, Object storage, Block storage, Hybrid Cloud, Cloud Security, Analyst report 2026-08-12T13:00:08+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/cloudflare-sees-surge-in-hyper-volumetric-ddos-attacks SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-12T11:15:00+12:00 Cloudflare sees surge in hyper-volumetric DDoS attacks Threat intelligence, Internet Service Provider (ISP), Cybercrime, Northern Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Cloudflare, Regulatory technology, DDos-as-a-Service (DDosaaS), Risk & Compliance, Cloud, Managed Service Provider (MSP), Chinese, Cybersecurity, DNS attacks, Network Security, Public Sector, Cloud Services, United States (US), Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS), Cyber warfare, Israel, Indonesia, Incident Response, Ukraine, Content delivery network (CDN), Digital Sovereignty, Infosec, Critical Infrastructure, 2026, Law enforcement 2026-08-12T11:30:06+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/knowbe4-launches-free-cyber-awareness-kit-for-2026 SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-12T11:14:00+12:00 KnowBe4 launches free cyber awareness kit for 2026 Cyber attacks, Risk & Compliance, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Hybrid & Remote Work, Cybersecurity, Online learning, Threat Landscape, Resource Kit, Digital Literacy, National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA), Deepfakes, eLearning (e-Learning), KnowBe4, Information Governance, Free Resource, Data Security, Human Risk Management, CISA, Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Business Email Compromise, Compliance, Phishing, Enterprise security, Data Protection, Infosec, Social Engineering, AI Safety 2026-08-12T11:15:05+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/why-cyber-resilience-is-an-identity-challenge SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-12T10:35:00+12:00 Why cyber resilience is an identity challenge Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), IT Department, Privileged Access Management (PAM), Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), Identity and Access Management (IAM), AI Security, Risk & Compliance, Zero Trust Security, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity, Software Development, AI Agents (Agentic AI), IT Governance, Security by Design, Threat Landscape, Okta, Identity governance, Five Eyes, Authorisation, Access Control, Identity Security, Cyber resilience, Digital Identity, Compliance, Enterprise security, Infosec, OT security, Australian Signals Directorate, Cloud Security, Opinion, Mathew Graham 2026-08-12T10:45:06+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/identity-the-new-security-perimeter-in-the-age-of-autonomous-ai SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-12T02:04:00+12:00 Identity the new security perimeter in the age of autonomous AI Privileged Access Management (PAM), Security Operations Centres (SOCs), Identity and Access Management (IAM), Threat detection, Supply Chain, AI Security, Risk & Compliance, Zero Trust Security, AI Ethics & Governance, Cybersecurity, AI Agents (Agentic AI), Threat Landscape, BeyondTrust, Identity governance, Security Posture, Hugging Face, Access Control, Identity Security, Incident Response, Phishing, Infosec, Ransomware, Multi-factor authentication (MFA), Observability, Cloud Security, Opinion, Len Noe 2026-08-12T02:15:05+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/refrigeration-controller-flaws-threaten-cold-chains SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-11T13:52:00+12:00 Refrigeration controller flaws threaten cold chains Software Updates, Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), Internet of Things (IoT), Patching, Industrial Control Systems (ICS), Supply Chain, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Risk & Compliance, Warehouse Management Solutions (WMS), Australian, Cybersecurity, Supply Chain Security, Healthcare, Network Security, Claroty, Private networks, Cyber-physical systems (CPS), SCADA, Supermarkets, Access Control, Resilience, Incident Response, Security vulnerabilities, Cold Storage, Critical Infrastructure, Industrial cybersecurity, Hospitals, Food safety, OT security, Industrial IoT (IIoT), Danfoss, Firmware 2026-08-11T14:00:05+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/google-adds-cluster-wide-network-policy-to-gke-preview SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-11T13:00:00+12:00 Google adds cluster-wide network policy to GKE preview Security Operations Centres (SOCs), Identity and Access Management (IAM), Application infrastructure, Risk & Compliance, Cloud Native, Zero Trust Security, Google Cloud, IT Governance, Network Security, Kubernetes, GKE, DNS security, Security Posture, DevOps, Container Security, Micro-segmentation, Google, Access Control, Google Kubernetes Engine, Compliance, Enterprise security, Data Protection, Posture management, Open source, Observability, East West, Opinion 2026-08-11T13:15:05+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/nutanix-launches-mcp-server-for-ai-cloud-operations SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-11T12:04:00+12:00 Nutanix launches MCP server for AI cloud operations Public Cloud, Data centers (DC), Application infrastructure, Risk & Compliance, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Cloud, Cybersecurity, Software Development, AI Agents (Agentic AI), Developer tools, AIOps, IT Governance, Java, Virtualization, Virtualisation, DevOps, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Cursor, Generative AI (GenAI), Cloud Management, Javascript, Access Control, IaC, PowerShell, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Private Cloud, Multi-cloud, Nutanix, Compliance, Open source, Observability, Hybrid Cloud, Python, AI Safety 2026-08-11T12:15:06+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/the-next-australian-mining-catastrophe-won-t-be-a-cyberattack-it-will-be-a-failed-system-upgrade SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-10T18:54:00+12:00 The next Australian mining catastrophe won't be a cyberattack: it will be a failed system upgrade Digital Transformation, Skills shortage, Health and Safety, Industry 4.0, Supply Chain, Risk & Compliance, Operational Technologies (OT), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity, ESG reporting, Regulation, Downtime, Data governance, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Labour Shortage, Process automation, UiPath, Critical Infrastructure, Change Management, Ransomware, Business Continuity, Opinion, Justin Grose 2026-08-10T19:00:07+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/ai-cyber-threats-rise-as-australian-incidents-surge SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-10T18:48:00+12:00 AI cyber threats rise as Australian incidents surge Disaster Recovery (DR), Digital Transformation, Cybercrime, Cyber attacks, Supply Chain, AI Security, Risk & Compliance, Data Privacy, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI Ethics & Governance, Cybersecurity, Information Commissioners Offices Office, Law firms, Regulation, Network Security, Threat Landscape, Deepfakes, AI Adoption, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, APRA, Machine learning (ML), Data Security, Incident Response, ASIC, OAIC, Cyber resilience, Risk assessment, Business Email Compromise, Compliance, Fraud, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, Phishing, Infosec, Incident management, Data breach, National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework (NIST CSF), Ransomware, Business Continuity, Online fraud, Cyber Risk, AI Safety 2026-08-10T19:00:08+12:00 https://securitybrief.com.au/story/customer-verification-in-australia-a-complete-guide SecurityBrief Australia en 2026-08-10T14:00:00+12:00 Customer verification in Australia: A complete guide Cybercrime, Data Quality, Risk & Compliance, Applications, Banking, Data Privacy, Financial Services, Australian, Artificial Intelligence (AI), eCommerce, Cybersecurity, Telcos, Anti-money laundering (AML), Data management, Customer data, Customer Experience (CX), Encryption, Privacy Act, Money Laundering, Identity Theft, Know your customer (KYC), Customer Journey, Machine learning (ML), Data Security, Identity verification, Facial recognition, Risk assessment, User experience (UX), Digital Identity, AUSTRAC, Data Protection, Synthetic Identity, Fraud prevention, Multi-factor authentication (MFA), Behavioural Biometrics, Opinion, Edmund Ng, Residential Property 2026-08-10T14:00:05+12:00