Attacks spike 64 per cent in last year. The frequency of ransomware attacks has increased dramatically over the past year, with most of these costly attacks targeting businesses, according to a new study from Barracuda, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-enabled security solutions. In the past 12 months…
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More than one third of organisations worldwide have experienced a ransomware attack or breach Ransomware has become the enemy of the day and the threat that was first feared on Pennsylvania Avenue and subsequently detested on Wall Street is now the topic of conversation of organisations around the globe. According to Frank…
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9,080 cases handled by CSA’s SingCERT in 2020, marking second consecutive year of increase. The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) released its Singapore Cyber Landscape (SCL) 2020 publication today, revealing an increase in cyber threats such as ransomware and online scams in 2020. CSA’s SingCERT (Singapore Computer Emergency Response…
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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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Failure of traditional defences in preventing attacks Traditional ransomware defences are failing, with 54 per cent of all victims having anti-phishing training and 49 per cent having perimeter defences in place at the time of attack, according to a recently released report by Cloudian. Citing this and other findings from…
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Ransomware campaigns impact multiple sectors across the economy. Australians continue to be targeted by cybercriminals through ransomware campaigns impacting multiple sectors across our economy. Assistant Minister for Defence, the Hon Andrew Hastie MP, said the Government is tackling cybercriminals head-on to support Australian organisations and individuals from cyber compromise. “In…
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Ongoing criminal investigation. Major regional hospital in Hamilton New Zealand, Waikato District Health Board experienced a full outage of its information technology systems on the 18th of May 2021. A Coordinated Incident Management System has been established to resolve the situation as soon as possible. We are currently investigating the…
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Attack occurs a week after insurance company announced it will no longer underwrite cyber-insurance policies covering ransomware. Insurance giant Axa has confirmed that one of its businesses in Asia was hit by a ransomware attack and will be investigating “some data processed in Thailand was accessed”. According to Reuters Axa…
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Sponsored content: Thursday, 15th April 2021, Australia In an era where data is more valuable than gold, cyberattacks in its multiple manifestations have dominated global headlines with account hijacking and injection attacks. Be it credential theft, brute force attacks, social engineering thefts or access control misconfiguration, the sophistication and damages…
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