At the end of August 2018, the Sednit group launched a spear-phishing email campaign, in which it distributed shortened URLs that delivered first-stage Zebrocy components.

The convergence of IT, Internet of Things (IoT) and operational technology (OT) makes it more difficult for the healthcare industry to manage a wide array of hard-to-control network security risks.

New data ranking the ‘cybermaturity’ of organisations reveals the most commonly targeted sectors are also the most prepared to deal with the ever-evolving threat landscape.

“We hope the report will provide industry, government and the education sector with information about how technology is being adopted."

The Australian Information Commissioner (OIAC) has released the latest quarterly report on the notifications under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme.

“Australian businesses are finding themselves operating in a very difficult environment."

The report studied attitudes of banking customers in Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Taiwan.

A range of skills is needed to secure modern infrastructure, respond to incoming threats, and ensure proper operations.

Security leaders need to look beyond perimeter security, leverage automation, and have a better grasp of the psychology of both cybercriminals and their business users.

Video consumption is set to rise significantly with 5G.

Data breaches are becoming more serious as cybercriminals continue to target intellectual property.

These attacks are socially engineered to target specific people within financial services organisations who can execute requests on the attacker’s behalf.

Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) has found that poorly implemented private key generation is facilitating the theft of cryptocurrency.

The findings illustrate cybercriminals deviating towards a more focused approach against targets by using better obfuscation techniques and improved social engineering skills.

Compromised enterprise networks from unpatched vulnerabilities and bad security hygiene continued to be fertile ground for hackers in 2018.

Failure to test can leave organisations less prepared to effectively manage the complex processes and coordination that must take place in the wake of an attack.

The report highlights the unique triple threat facing manufacturing, including the risks associated with IT, OT and IP.

"It’s been over a decade since blockchain was first introduced and though the hype has faded, distributed ledger technology is far from dead."

Sonicwall has released its latest Cyber Threat Report, sharing insights into the tactical advances by the security industry and cybercriminals.

Cisco, Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet, all with a strong focus on network security products, outperformed the market, recording strong double-digit growth.

More than 50% of the organisations surveyed said privileged accounts never expire or get deprovisioned.

Cloud data protection requirements continue to drive encryption use, with encryption across both public and private cloud use cases growing over 2018 levels

The report analyses survey results from different industries, organisation sizes and IT team sizes.

“Security is everyone’s responsibility and it’s time for a more holistic and preventative approach to cyber risk management."