HWL Ebsworth, a law firm in Australia, seems to have been hacked by Russian hackers. The incident has sent the Albanese government into a tizzy, prompting the opening of a crisis group in response. Dubbed a major hack in Australia...
FIIG Securities, the Australian bond broker with $5 billion under advice and 6,000 Australian investors, has become the latest victim of the notorious Russian ransomware gang. This incident brought to the fore the role of IT security consulting in preventing...
Espionage in the digital age has taken on a new dimension altogether. Countries are using advanced spying tools to snoop on their adversaries. The snooping is not only on government-controlled entities but on other industries as well. These include services,...
Cybercrime has spread like wildfire across the entire global digital landscape. The sophistication and skullduggery used by cybercriminals to break into IT systems and cause data breaches are astounding. Although no country is immune from this threat, irrespective of their...
In an era when everything is supposedly connected digitally, can threat actors in the form of cybercriminals be far away? Remember, no digital device is useless for hackers, as they can pry it open to unearth data. Similar is the...
According to CYE’s first cybersecurity maturity report, the healthcare sector can be put at the bottom of the cybersecurity ladder. Also, notwithstanding the fact that the healthcare sector handles highly sensitive patient data, it still lacks when it comes to...
The menace of cybercrime has hit every third business in town, even the cloud data management and data security firm Rubrik. The firm has confirmed being targeted by a ransomware group by exploiting Rubrik’s GoAnywhere zero-day vulnerability. Fortra, which was...
If you think that cybercriminals target only big corporations, think again. The retail sector, of late, has emerged as one of the biggest targets for hackers. The reasons are easy to guess. These include retailers handling a large cache of...
Cybercriminals seem to have upped their ante and attacked companies with vulnerable IT networks. After targeting several well-known entities, both government-owned and private, they attacked one of Australia’s largest property giants, Meriton, on 14 January 2023. Meriton owns many luxury...
The Australian business landscape witnessed several data breaches, such as those at Optus Telecom, Latitude Financial, and many others. These breaches were mainly the result of inadequate cybersecurity measures in these organisations. So, to safeguard customers’ interests and protect their...