Australian IT professionals urged to protect against Chinese cybersecurity threats
The Australian Signals Directorate and the Australian Cyber Security Center have joined cybersecurity institutions in the US, Canada and New…
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Only a quarter of cybersecurity professionals are women
From 2023, women will make up only 20% to 25% of the cybersecurity workforce, according to training body ISC2. New…
The alarming state of data breaches in Australia
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s latest Notifiable Data Breach Report revealed a rapid nationwide increase in notifiable data…
Two-thirds of security leaders consider banning AI-generated code
One of the most touted benefits of the proliferation of artificial intelligence is that it can help developers with menial…
Email attacks are a problem for national infrastructure companies
Cyber attackers are constantly using malicious emails to infiltrate critical national infrastructure. Up to 80% of critical national infrastructure companies…
Australian IT spending to rise by 2025: Focus on cybersecurity and AI
A new forecast from Gartner suggests that IT spending in Australia will increase by 8.7% to A$147 billion by 2025.…
Report reveals that three-quarters of dependency vulnerability patches lead to failures
A new report reveals that patches deployed to fix dependency vulnerabilities cause crashes in 75% of cases. Minor updates were…
Australians weather economic pressure through IT investments
Australian organisations have shown a willingness to invest in new technologies. However, this appetite is being tempered by a greater…
VMware ESXi servers targeted by new ransomware variant
Security researchers have discovered a new double-extortion ransomware variant targeting VMware ESXi servers. The group responsible, called Cicada3301, has been…
Passcode adoption is accelerating in APAC, excluding Australia
Passcodes offer a phishing-resistant mode of authentication. Backed by tech giants Microsoft, Apple and Google, Passcodes use encrypted credentials stored…