Cybersecurity stories - Page 2

Volunteer Service Abroad has been the victim of a ransomware attack, however experts say no information was taken. >>

SeComPass has joined the Unisys Security Global Channel Partner program with the intention to offer the Unisys Stealth suite of security solutions in New Zealand.>>

Everbridge chats to seven security leaders to discuss security during- and post-COVID.>>

“We are delighted to add Claroty to Rivium’s portfolio, deepening our capabilities in the OT sector and providing enhanced opportunities for both new and existing customers in Australia and New Zealand.”>>

Many breaches result from inadequate security hygiene and a lack of attention to detail.>>

There is widespread alarm about what might happen to highly sensitive patient and staff information from Waikato District Health Board, that hackers claim to have obtained.>>

The government and district health boards were warned last year the country's health IT systems are vulnerable to "significant" cyber threats.>>

Sophisticated double extortion attacks targeting essential industries is causing significant business disruption, a new report has found.>>

More organisations are reimagining the way that staff connect from remote locations, writes ThousandEyes principal solutions architect Mike Hicks.>>

LogRhythm and Chillisoft will now enable more resellers in Australia to offer cybersecurity solutions which can detect, respond and neutralise cyber threats by aligning technologies, teams and processes.>>

Waikato District Health Board and the Minister of Health cannot rule out the possibility medical files have fallen into the wrong hands after last week's cyber attack, but say they are working hard to get to the bottom of the problem.>>

The education sector continues to be a key target for a cyber attack.>>

By the end of 2020, the extortionists started circling back to earlier victims who did not pay ransom in earlier attempts, reusing their attack research.>>

“Cybersecurity will represent about 50% of a TSPs revenue by 2022—but it can be challenging for TSPs to know where to start.">>

One of the ways of preventing DDoS attacks is through the use of what is called an origin shield.>>

The healthcare industry was the hardest hit, with 97% of all hostile activity targeted at the industry being web application or application-specific attacks.>>

Avast has announced the official launch of its security platform Avast Business Hub for partners and businesses.>>

Independent research firm Forrester has given Trend Micro the highest possible score in threat prevention.>>

Cybersecurity company Vectra AI has announced a new country manager for Australia and New Zealand.>>

"To proactively protect organisations who are rapidly adopting the cloud, security teams must go beyond indicators of misconfiguration to understand the actors targeting them and the tools being used.">>

CISOs should implement this three-pronged approach to prioritising cybersecurity concerns, writes Fortinet regional director for ANZ Jon McGettigan.>>

Jon McGettigan, Fortinet A/NZ Regional Director, provides a strategy to extend current security policies into hybrid clouds & create a foundation for secure, scalable edge computing.>>

McAfee has released a substantial expansion to its XDR platform aimed at proactively stopping targeted attacks.>>

Waikato Hospital has this morning begun turning outpatients away from scheduled bookings after a major outage affecting its IT and phone systems.>>