McAfee finds surge in criminals attacking cloud services and tools

Cybercrims not wasting time in taking advantage of the surge in cloud adoption. As the world works through the current COVID-19 pandemic, cybercriminals are turning up the pressure for organisations to secure their data, as workers are forced to work outside of the normal office environment. According to McAfee’s latest…

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Cybercriminals targeting Australian health sector

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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Trustwave named leader in IDC MarketScapes on Asia Pacific cybersecurity

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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Senior IT heads in education need urgent cybersecurity assessment

With chaos comes cyber criminals The education sector’s dramatic transformation in the way it now delivers its services to school students, during COVID-19 has raised concerns among IT security professionals. Michael Warnock, head of growth APAC at SecureAuth said the rapid move to online home-schooling has thrown the education system…

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