Cyber attacks stories - Page 124

Next week marks the start of the Australian Government's Stay Smart Online week, which aims to raise awareness about cybersecurity best practices.

The Government Cyber War Games included five teams, two of which were made up of representatives from multiple departments.

Oracle, Chairman and CTO, Larry Ellison yesterday introduced the latest version of their database technologies.

Amidst high-profile hacks, Aussie firms are urged to bolster defences with key cybersecurity strategies to deter relentless cyber threats.

Spear phishers continue to exploit security weaknesses in organisations using social engineering. It's becoming the most significant security threat.

ForeScout and CyberArk forge a key alliance, launching a security solution to bolster defences against cyber threats and protect privileged accounts.

Palo Alto's new service is for machine learning & advanced analytics in order to correlate potential threats & prevent successful cyber breaches.

APAC ranked highest in ransomware threats & malware detections, with online banking malware and malicious mobile app downloads also prevalent.

User awareness is the biggest challenge local ANZ firms face in fighting cyber threats, a report from Kaon Security says.

UK businesses are still missing cyber attacks and suffering breaches daily despite the use of multiple security tools, says Ixia.

Security firm Aleron says that cybersecurity management is a complex problem and transparency can result in even more ambiguity.

The banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector in Australia is one of the most prone industries to cyberattacks.

CylancePROTECT achieves highest malware prevention efficacy in iT-CUBE Systems' endpoint security solutions test.

More than a quarter of all business email compromise (BEC) scams around the world target Australia, new research says.

Android users are being urged to apply any security patches for their devices, after security researchers discovered a 'high severity' vulnerability.

Urgent call for updates: Apache Struts hit by critical vulnerability, CVE-2017-9805, risking remote code execution.

The company refers to a survey they conducted that shows some organisations need to be better prepared for when the scheme is implemented.

The company refers to finding from their SME Snapshot study that showed Australia's SME sector remains unfazed from global security threats.

Mitigation plans against cyber attacks fail due to a lack of support from the board. But if the board starts leading the charge, they will succeed.

Businesses should worry less about security and start addressing operational risk when it comes to moving to cloud, according to Palo Alto Networks.