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5 Emerging AI Threats Australian Cyber Pros Must Watch in 2025
Australian cybersecurity professionals can expect threat actors to exploit artificial intelligence to diversify tactics and scale the volume of cyberattacks targeting organisations in 2025, according to security tech firm Infoblox. Last year, cyber teams in APAC witnessed the first signs of AI being used to execute crimes like financial fraud, while some have linked AI to a DDoS attack in…
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Will Your Network Traffic Analysis Spot Today’s Threats?
Network traffic analysis (NTA) is the practice of monitoring and interpreting the data flowing across your network to ensure performance, reliability, and security. Companies rely on a mix of tools — ranging from packet sniffers and flow analysis software to advanced NDR systems — to gain visibility into their network’s behavior. This guide explores the types of NTA solutions available,…
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China cyber threats: What businesses can do to protect themselves
China-based threat groups are a constant concern for cybersecurity teams. As Western governments ramp up warnings of China cyber threats, business leaders must consider their defense posture and exposure as viable targets. While China ranked third for cybercriminal activity in a 2024 study by the University of Oxford and UNSW Canberra Cyber, behind only Russia and Ukraine, recent attacks have…
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The holiday crunch: Threats security teams face and how to mitigate them
While the holidays are a time of joy and rest for many, they also tend to be host to a unique set of threats for security teams to tackle. As employees wind down for the year and set up their out-of-office emails, threat actors are gearing up to target businesses with holiday cyberattacks. According to research, holidays and weekends are…
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Australian IT Pros Urged to Guard Against Chinese Cybersecurity Threats
The Australian Signals Directorate and the Australian Cyber Security Centre have joined cybersecurity institutions from the U.S., Canada, and New Zealand in warning local technology professionals to beware of threat actors affiliated with China, including Salt Typhoon, infiltrating their critical communications infrastructure. The news comes weeks after the Australian Signals Directorate’s Annual Cyber Threat Report 2023-2024, where the agency warned…
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UK banks weathered the storm of cyber threats in 2024 – here’s why
Large, regulated financial institutions have seen a major drop in the number of cyber attacks over the last year, following moves by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to tighten regulations around operational resilience. According to data obtained by Hack The Box via Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, the FCA received 101 incident notifications from regulated firms between January 1 and…
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The Rise in Nation-State Cyber Threats
Today’s threat landscape includes nation-state actors as well as attackers looking to test their skills or turn a profit. AT ISC2 Security Conference in Las Vegas, CISA advisor and former New York Times cybersecurity journalist Nicole Perlroth took the stage to discuss what has changed over the last 10 years of cyber warfare. Her presentation was the capstone of the…
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Mobile, IoT, and OT Cyber Threats Surge in 2024
A new report from cloud security company Zscaler sheds light on the growing mobile threats on Android operating systems, as well as IoT and OT devices threats. The findings come as more than 60% of the global Internet traffic is now generated by mobile devices and financially-oriented mobile threats have grown by 111% over the last year. A list of…
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Why evolving cyber threats mean small businesses are ransomware targets – Computerworld
Dark Matter’s powerful fictional short film based on real events, Butterfly, goes inside the experience of a small business as its world is turned upside down by ransomware. It’s an experience shared by a growing number of small businesses – half experienced some form of cybersecurity breach or attack in the last 12 months. Yet not all want to tell…
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Obsidian Security Warns of Rising SaaS Threats to Enterprises
SaaS environments are emerging as an “unaddressed blind spot” in enterprise cyber security for Australian and APAC organisations, according to SaaS security management firm Obsidian Security. This issue is partially attributed to confusion around the shared responsibility model in SaaS contracts. In September, Obsidian Security, which announced that it is expanding operations across Australia and APAC, said it expects a…
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