Preparing and Responding to Cyber Security Incidents
According to a report by the OAIC (Office of the Australian Information Commissioner), there were 518 notifiable data breach incidents in the first half of 2020. The report cites malicious criminal activities and human error as the leading causes of data breaches. Looking at those figures, not much seems to have changed over the last two years…
Ransomware in Australia: What You Need to Know
Ransomware is a huge problem for businesses across the world, and Australia’s no exception. Below, we break down everything you should know about this emerging threat, and how to keep your data safe.
Ransomware Attack Trends
Ransomware is a type of malware hackers use to scramble your files…
Holiday trading hours
Our offices will be closed for the holidays from Friday 25 December 2020 to Friday 1 January 2021. Our support team will still operate during the office close down period from 8am to 6pm AEDT, Monday to Friday, excluding Christmas day, Boxing day and New Year’s day. We will have emergency contacts available to ensure your cyber security needs are managed through the holiday period…
How to keep your business cyber safe during the holidays
The holidays are a time of great excitement, not only for you and yours, but also for hackers and cybercriminals. They know that with all the shopping and preparation everyone is doing, people may be less diligent with their cybersecurity. Here are some important things to do to keep you cyber safe this holiday season and beyond…
54,000 NSW driver licences leaked in AWS cloud: But, there’s hope on the horizon
Cyber Security NSW recently informed Transport for NSW that a cloud storage folder containing personal information, including approximately 54,000 NSW driver licences, were left open in a misconfigured Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket hosted by Amazon’s cloud service…
Dark web monitoring: Going dark in Australian workplaces
While there are numerous positive and beneficial aspects of the dark web, it has become a well-known global market place where bad actors in the workplace can commit cybercrimes almost undetected. Fortunately, the advent of new and emerging technologies enable us to monitor dark web and potentially derail cybercriminals…