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Black Basta ransomware boss placed on EU and Interpol ‘most wanted’ lists
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (481+ words) The mastermind of the gang behind the 2024 Zirco Data hack, as well as more than 500 others, has been pinged alongside two other hackers. The alleged leader of the infamous Black Basta hacking group, which has been responsible for at least…...
The first 48 hours of cyber attack fallout, with Clyde & Co's Simone Herbert-Lowe
5+ hour, 1+ min ago (666+ words) Unfortunately, cyber attacks are all too familiar an event for Australian businesses, with 78 per cent of CrowdStrike survey respondents in ANZ saying that they had fallen victim to a ransomware attack in the last year. When a cyber attack hits…...
Deception as defence: Turning the tables on modern attackers
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (516+ words) Deception technologies offer CISOs a powerful alternative to traditional defences: confusing, trapping, and exposing adversaries before real damage is done. Cyber security has long been built on detection and prevention. Firewalls block, endpoint tools alert, and analysts respond. But modern…...
EU airport hack a ransomware incident, EU cyber agency confirms
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (501+ words) Ransomware, not Russia, to blame for cyber incident that continues to disrupt major airports throughout UK and Europe. ENISA, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, has pointed the finger at a ransomware incident as the cause of major outages at…...
CrowdStrike launches Threat AI and Risk-based Patching to counter adversaries
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (435+ words) Cyber security firm CrowdStrike has rolled out an agentic intelligence system for workflow automation alongside new features to accelerate remediation of critical vulnerabilities. CrowdStrike has unveiled two new enhancements to its Falcon platform overnight at its Fal.Con event in…...
Report: Ransomware attacks targeting Aussie organisations more than double year on year
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (424+ words) The Zscaler ThreatLabz Ransomware Report reveals the alarming scale of ransomware-led data theft, with more than 230 terabytes stolen in just one year. Australia has seen an alarming year-on-year increase in ransomware attacks, with the number of incidents rising by 110 per…...
Report: Stolen credentials most common initial access vector for hackers
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (485+ words) Valid logins without multifactor authentication are a hacker's favourite way to break into your network. A new report from cyber security firm Rapid7 has revealed the most common ways hackers gain initial access to a network, and the results are, sadly,…...
Report: 69% of orgs hit by ransomware in the last 12 months
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (358+ words) New research reveals scale of ransomware threat as attacks surge and businesses struggle with extortion. Artificial intelligence is driving a surge in ransomware attacks, driving more and more businesses to struggle with threats of exposure and the decision to pay…...
Pay up: Understanding Australia’s new ransomware reporting requirements
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (550+ words) As of 30 May, businesses that earn more than $3 million a year will need to report paying a ransom to hackers. Here's what you need to know. New ransomware reporting rules come into effect on 30 May as part of Australia's Cyber…...
Ransomware is still a thing because we’re making it easy for the hackers
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (600+ words) Rapid7s senior director of threat analytics, Christiaan Beek, has some thoughts about ransomwares continuing and growing threat and how many organisations are unwittingly aiding the criminals. Rapid7s senior director of threat analytics, Christiaan Beek, has some thoughts about ransomwares continuing and growing…...