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COMPANY NEWS by Ping Identity: The global transformation of daily life has changed how people everywhere interact with brands. With experiences increasingly online, Australian consumers are less tolerant of frustration and will abandon a brand if they aren't able to balance convenience and privacy, according to a new survey from Ping Identity, the intelligent identity solution for the enterprise.

GUEST OPINION by Ashley Diffey, Head of APAC and Japan at Ping Identity: In an increasingly digital and online world, consumers have come to expect relatively frictionless experiences when undertaking transactions.

Deakin University has chosen remote work solutions provider LogMeIn’s LastPass solution to safeguard its users’ sensitive data, records and passwords.

GUEST OPINION by Adam Gordon, ANZ Country Manager, Varonis: The rise of cyber-attacks on Australia’s healthcare sector highlights just how important it is for organisations to have tight control over their data – this means knowing exactly who has access to what, and which data presents the highest risk if it were to be exposed.

The Australian company behind a password manager that was subjected to a supply chain attack is blaming customers who post its advisories about the attack on social media, claiming this may lead to related attacks.

Australian company Click Studios has warned users of its enterprise password manager Passwordstate that a supply chain attack may have led to their customers' password records being harvested.

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered hundreds of thousands of leaked streaming service accounts, with damages estimated to have reached $38M. NordVPN has some advice on how to stop this from happening, and what to do to keep your accounts safe.

GUEST OPINION: Reports suggest that cyber criminals have been more active than ever during the global pandemic, seeing the state of general upheaval as an opportunity to evolve and find new attack vectors.

GUEST OPINION by Ashley Diffey, Ping Identity Country Manager Australia, New Zealand and Japan: Since the early days of the information technology revolution, the task of ensuring effective digital security has relied on the humble password. Used to confirm an individual’s identity, they’ve acted as the keys to vital systems and data stores.

Remote support software specialist LogMeIn has released a new study showing that the need to migrate from traditional passwords and the risks they pose continues to grow, with 92% of businesses believing going passwordless is the future for their organisation.

GUEST OPINION by Ashley Diffey, Ping Identity: As the number of infections rises around the world, many companies have directed their employees to work from home as a cautionary measure in an effort to assist in flattening the curve. What at first was seen as a short term situation is being extended without a known or defined end date.

GUEST OPINION by Ashley Diffey, Ping Identity: As the number of infections rises around the world, many companies have directed their employees to work from home as a cautionary measure in an effort to assist in flattening the curve. What at first was seen as a short term situation is being extended without a known or defined end date.

An Amazon Web Services engineer left 954MB of data in a GitHub repository, among them personal identity documents and system credentials including passwords.

IP surveillance vendor Genetec has warned that more than two-thirds of security cameras may be running superseded firmware, leaving them vulnerable to attack.

Phishing is seen by more than nearly half (44%) of Australian businesses as the biggest security threats they face, with ransomware, password and business email compromise continuing to beset organisations, according to a newly published survey.

Social media giant Facebook has admitted that it has been storing user passwords in plain text, with the company saying the numbers ran into hundreds of millions.

China was the second most prevalent country of origin, behind Nigeria, for cloud application attacks originating in the first quarter of 2019, with 26% of global attacks coming from Chinese IP addresses, according to a newly released security report.

Security intelligence firm Recorded Future claims to have discovered the most likely source of a collection of data from breaches stretching back years; given the moniker Collection #1, it was disclosed recently by security professional Troy Hunt and said to contain 773 million email addresses and corresponding passwords.

LogRhythm, the security intelligence company, has announced its top eight cyber security predictions for 2019, with one prediction that there will be a move this year to hold CEOs accountable for security breaches.

Quora, a site that hosts questions and answers posed and responded to by everyday people, has reported a major security breach.