Health sector must implement strategies to mitigate these attacks. The Australian health sector is continually being threatened by advanced persistent threat actors (APT). The Cyber Security Centre (ACSC — part of the Australian Signals Directorate) has issued its Advisory 2020-009: Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors targeting Australian health sector organisations and COVID-19…
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Despite predictions on the death of passwords…it gets its own day of celebration World Password Day came on went on the annual celebration day on the first Thursday of May. Although Bill Gates predicted the death of passwords more than a decade ago, Microsoft ended up releasing an identity management solution to…
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How well are global organisations protecting themselves? Measuring the effectiveness of and justifying the investment in security controls has become a key performance metric for enterprises because boards of directors and CEOs are expected to provide verifiable proof that business assets are protected from the fallout of a potential breach.…
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LogMeIn CISO writes about security and privacy with remote working Now more than ever businesses are relying on remote work and meeting tools to connect with teams, customers and prospects. According to Gerry Beuchelt chief information security office at LogMeIn remote work spaces – video calls, virtual classrooms, online meeting rooms, virtual IT…
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APAC organisations suffering threat fatigue Since COVID-19 began having a substantial impact on working practices, companies like Cisco have noticed an increased “uptake” of “security products”. Steve Moros, director of cybersecurity for Cisco Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) told CIO Tech Asia organisations have realised how vulnerable their data and security…
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Fireye says threat example of latest COVID-19 related espionage The Vietnamese Government has come out and denied it was behind phishing emails targeting the Chinese city of Wuhan and China’s Ministry of Emergency Management. According to Reuters Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry said the reports from Fireye, were “baseless”. “The accusation is…
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Telco breaches 50,000 customers’ privacy Australian law firm, Maurice Blackburn has brought a class action suit against SingTel Optus to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, for a breach of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The complaint concerns the mistaken disclosure of customer data by Optus. In October 2019,…
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The Australian Information Commissioner (AIC) has been given by the Australian Federal Court to serve legal documents to US-Facebook and Facebook Ireland. According to the “Federal Court the material demonstrates a genuine argument about contravention, sufficient to justify causing the respondents to be subject to the litigation in Australia where…
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THE peak membership body for Australian information-security professionals, Australia Information Security Association (AISA) has prepared a detailed and comprehensive submission to the Federal Government’s 2020 Cyber Security Strategy. According to the AISA everyone has become increasingly dependent on technology and more continuously connected online, the seriousness and impacts of disruptions,…
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Trustwave named for security innovation, comprehensive portfolio and threat lifecycle capabilities Trustwave has announced industry analyst firm International Data Corporation (IDC) has named Trustwave a Leader in both the IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific Managed Security Services 2020 Vendor Assessment and the IDC MarketScape: Asia/Pacific Professional Security Services — Advisory, Assessment, and…
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