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Top eight DDoS attacks that organisations must avoid

DDoS attacks are on the rise, increasing by 37% in 2021. Here are eight of the most common and sophisticated attacks businesses should be prepared for.

By Eva Abergel • 5 min read • Fri, 22nd Apr 2022

Advanced Persistent Threat Protection

Attackers innovate, adapt to achieve mission - report

While progress has been made in threat detection and response, adversaries continue to innovate and adapt to achieve their mission in targeted environments.

By Shannon Williams • 6 min read • Fri, 22nd Apr 2022

DevOps

Evolving techniques targeting cloud native environments uncovered

Attackers are finding new ways to target cloud native environments, new research from Aqua Security has revealed.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 22nd Apr 2022

EduTech

Check Point discovers security flaw in major NFT marketplace

Check Point Research has identified a security flaw in Rarible, an NFT marketplace with over two million active users.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Thu, 21st Apr 2022

Firewalls

Sophos unveils cloud protection advancements with Linux and offerings

Sophos has unveiled advancements to Sophos Cloud Workload Protection, including new Linux host and container security capabilities.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 21st Apr 2022

Breach Prevention

APAC unprepared to weather storm of cybersecurity breaches

Sixty eight percent of enterprises in Asia Pacific suffered from at least on security breach in 2021, according o a new report from Forrester.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 20th Apr 2022

Malware

Four critical cyber attack prevention strategies in 2022

The growing threat of cyber adversaries loomed over organisations throughout 2021, and it shows no signs of slowing down as we enter March 2022.

By Tyler Farrar • 7 min read • Thu, 14th Apr 2022

Security Information and Event Management

ANZ organisations cite fewer cyber attacks but longer downtime

More than half of security leaders say they have seen an increase in attempted cyber attacks. In addition, many have been directly impacted by data breaches.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Wed, 13th Apr 2022

Cloud Security

How to cope with ANZ's coming cybersecurity talent shortage

Australia's recent budget ushers in the nation's 'biggest ever' cybersecurity spend and, likely also, massive demand for cybersecurity jobs.

By Christopher Cochran • 4 min read • Wed, 13th Apr 2022

Malware

Ransomware payments hit new records as Dark Web leaks climb

The average ransom demand in cases worked by the Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 security consultants rose 144% in 2021 to $2.2 million.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Wed, 13th Apr 2022

Privileged Access Management

Legislative compliance requires privileged access management

Australia's Security Legislation Amendment (Critical Infrastructure) Act 2021, extends cybersecurity provisions to data, finance, water, energy, and more.

By Joseph Carson • 5 min read • Mon, 11th Apr 2022