Cyber attacks stories - Page 42

It's crucial that other organisations don’t follow suit by ensuring their digital attack surface is constantly monitored, kept under control & secure.

Cisco and Dimension Data urge firms to proactively combat cyber threats as ransomware attacks surge, with nearly half of businesses hit in 2016.

An expanded partnership between Carbon Black and IBM Security aim to provide increased cyberattack visibility and accelerated incident response times.

The largest DDoS attack targeting Australia in 2017 is around 228 Gbps in June and almost 80% of the DDoS attacks seen in Australia are under 2 Gbps.

It was only weeks ago that one of the single largest data breaches in history was announced - now Equifax may have been hacked again.

The North Korean Government is suspected of being behind a spear phishing campaign that targeted US power companies, says FireEye.

We spoke to Steve Nunez about Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and how big data is helping to fend them off.

According to Carbon Black's national security strategist, the rogue nation has been carrying out a stealth campaign that threatens even worse mayhem.

Kaon Security has announced a partnership with Catapult Software that will provide security auditing and ICS assessment services across New Zealand.

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

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

86% of high-growth companies see cybersecurity as a means of new business opportunities, not just defence, says Vodafone report.

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

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

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.

Singapore’s financial sector conducted a massive business continuity exercise in order to test response to both cyber and physical attacks last month.

As net speeds soar, NZTech chief flags rise in cyber attacks, linking digitalisation to a spike in cyber crime sophistication.