Tag: cyber security

‘The most serious cybercrime threat’ in Australia

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Ransomware is the biggest cyber threat facing businesses today, the national cyber agency has warned, as new statistics show the digital extortion method is now reported more than once...

Key role for industry in critical infrastructure regime

Posted on   |  by Stuart Corner
Businesses large and small across a broad swathe of the Australian economy will be affected by new legislation which sets out to protect critical infrastructure and their supply chains,...

Education embarks on $4m cyber probe

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Department of Education, Skills and Employment has handed more than $4 million worth of contracts to local firms to probe its cyber defences this year, as part of...

ASPI ‘soft target’ warning on ransomware

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Ransomware attacks will only get worse for Australia without strategic domestic efforts to thwart it, according to a new report which warns a “policy vacuum” has made the nation...

US cyber expert backs ransomware notice scheme

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A renowned US cybersecurity expert has put weight behind calls for a mandatory ransomware payment notification scheme in Australia and said Australia’s election administration system should be considered critical...

Call for campaign on cyber critical infrastructure

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The changes to critical national infrastructure regulation in relation to cyber security will need a coordinated, Australia-wide communications campaign that embraces small and medium sized companies in order to...

Former ASIO boss warns on energy sector cyber

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Energy experts and a former ASIO chief have warned that Australia’s critical energy infrastructure was growing in complexity and vulnerability to cyber-attacks, but a commensurate uplift in resilience has...

Ransomware and phishing drive data breach spike

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Phishing and ransomware attacks spiked in the last year leading to a growing number of data breaches, according to analysis of more than 29,000 security incidents. Australian governments and...

Expert cyber cohort call out on ransomware

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Aggressive nationally and internationally coordinated strategies are needed to tackle the growing threat of ransomware, according to an expert taskforce that included the US, UK and Canadian government cyber...