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Top Cyber Threats Faced by Retailers and the Way to Fight Back

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...

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Property Giant Meriton Faces Data Breach; Personal Documents Feared to Be at Risk

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...

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How Will the Parliament Approved Privacy Penalty Bill Impact Companies?

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...

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AT&T Suffers a Major Data Breach, Informs 9 Million Customers

Cybercriminals have managed to cause a data breach at the vendor system of AT&T, the multinational telecommunications company, in January 2023 and exposed vast amounts of data, including wireless account numbers, first names of customers, wireless phone numbers, and email...

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Highlights of the Report on Internal Controls and Governance 2022

With the all-pervasive menace of cyber crime on the rise, a study was conducted to analyse the internal controls and governance at the 25 largest public sector agencies in NSW, Australia, for the year 2022. The study conducted by the...

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What Should CEOs Do to Secure Their Businesses from Cybercrime?

Top honchos at leading companies are ramping up defences around their IT infrastructure in view of the escalating cyber threats, either by hiring cybersecurity support services or by enhancing the capabilities of their in-house cybersecurity team. They are supposedly on...

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Breach of Australian Celebs’ Health Data and the Role of Cybersecurity

To tackle the growing menace of ransomware and other types of attacks, organisations should take recourse to conduct a cybersecurity audit and identify the gaps.

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Australian Government Imposes Tougher Penalties for Data Breaches

Given the stiff laws enacted by the Australian government to prevent incidents of data breaches, enterprises must strengthen their cybersecurity infrastructure.

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Australian Businesses Lack Robust Cybersecurity Measures

Australian businesses can conduct web application cybersecurity assessments to detect and remediate bugs or vulnerabilities in their web apps to deliver better UX.

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How Australian CEOs Can Address Cybersecurity Issues

Businesses in Australia need to address the menace of cybersecurity by implementing measures such as red team assessment, cybersecurity management, etc.

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