Tag: cyber security

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...

Govt gives IT resellers $7m for SME cyber support

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A cohort of “trusted” companies will share in $6.9 million in federal government grants to support SME cyber awareness and resilience, with nearly 40 per cent of the money...

Australia blames Russia for SolarWinds attack

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia has officially attributed the SolarWinds cyber attack to Russia and has committed to helping the US in holding the nation “to account” for the incident. Overnight US President...