Review their networks for the presence of affected SonicWall products. The Australian Cyber Security Centre has issued an alert over SonicWall, a network and cyber security appliance vendor, reporting that ransomware activity is currently targeting their Secure Mobile Access (SMA) and Secure Remote Access (SRA) products. This ransomware activity is…
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Reporting of personal information from Waikato DHB breach. Privacy Commissioner John Edwards is very concerned about RNZ’s reporting of personal information which was taken from documents leaked online following the Waikato District Health Boards’ cyberattack. “This reporting would appear to raise quite significant ethical questions, and I would be concerned…
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Investment in digital trust programs key over the next two years. Building digital trust across the ecosystem has become a defining indicator of a successful digital transformation journey. Enterprises are accelerating their investments in cybersecurity solutions on back of the increased threats during the pandemic. A significant number of breaches…
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Brings with him 22 years worth of experience in general investigation, prosecution, administration and forensic account investigation. The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), Malaysia’s lead agency in digital transformation, today announced the appointment of Mohamad Zakkuan bin Talib as its Certified Integrity Officer to complete its ‘Reinvent’ mission, ensuring MDEC…
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Testing Framework aims to help AI system-owners and or developers . Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the PDPC are working with like-minded partners to develop a credible Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that will allow industry to achieve greater transparency around AI systems, and enable organisations to deploy AI…
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One in four Australians who engaged with cyber criminals had money taken directly from their bank accounts. Australians are among those most likely to fall victim to tech support fraud, second only to India in Asia Pacific, with 24 per cent of those who engaged with cyber criminals reporting that…
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Ransomware continue to top the list of cyberattacks. Almost half (44 per cent) of APAC (excluding Japan) respondents who participated in the IDC Security Services Global Incident Readiness Survey indicated the willingness to pay the ransom in hopes of retrieving affected files, either internally or through insurance payout. While the…
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Mitigates ongoing risk to organisations of compromise through this activity. The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has issued a “high alert” to organisations to patch their Kaseya VSA platform, which has just become available. In early July 2021, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) of the United States and the…
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Trends in number of government data incidents reported. The Smart Nation and Digital Government Office (SNDGO) has published the second update on the Government’s personal data protection efforts. This annual update is a key recommendation made by the Public Sector Data Security Review Committee (PSDSRC) in November 2019, to enhance…
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Despite drop in encounters. Although there has been an overall fall in scam encounters – three out of five consumers (59 per cent) were found to have been targeted by a tech support scammer in the last 12 months, a drop from 64 per cent in 2018. One out of…
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