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Cloud adoption has changed the IT landscape and major cloud platform providers recognise the security of their platform is core to earning trust with customers, according to a new report from one global security firm.

Australian and the world’s healthcare systems face a range of security threats due to malicious activity as cybercriminals attempt to access sensitive information stored in the systems.

Industrial security intelligence provider Dragos has issued a warning about a threat group it has baptised Xenotime, which it says has expanded its field of operations from the oil and gas industry to now also target electricity utilities in the US.

Well-known Google security researcher Tavis Ormandy has taken a swipe at security industry veteran Richard Bejtlich, after the latter chided him for releasing details about a vulnerability in Microsoft software after the 90-day period normally given for patching expired.

Academic computer networks are often exceptionally large and diverse, and are notoriously challenging to secure and monitor, which can make them prime targets for attackers, according to comments made by one security firm in the wake of a data breach at the Australian National University.

Using stronger passwords and multi-factor authentication on registrar and DNS hosting accounts would help to solve security issues around attacks that have been launched under the hacking campaign known as DNSpionage, the well-known domain name system expert Cricket Liu says.

Security company FireEye says it has been responding to a second attack by the group behind the Triton malware which was used to attack the Saudi Arabian oil company Saudi Aramco last year.

The FIN6 cyber crime group, that has in the past been involved in stealing payment card data, has allegedly expanded its activities to deploying Windows ransomware, the security firm FireEye claims.

Security outfit FireEye has detailed the operations of a cyber espionage campaign it claims to be of Chinese origin, targeting countries that are strategically important to Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative: Cambodia, Belgium, Germany, Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, the US and the UK.

Security vendor Cylance has appointed Evan Davidson as APAC vice-president.

US security firm FireEye claims that malware named Triton that was used to attack industrial control systems last year is connected to a Russian Government-owned research institute.

Security firm FireEye claims it has found files that prove a group known as TEMP.Periscope, which it claims is of Chinese origin, has compromised a number of Cambodian entities which are connected to that country's electoral system.

The author of a book who wrote that the security firm Mandiant had hacked into the computers of a Chinese military unit while it was investigating the activities of the group, known as APT1, appears to be standing by his claims.

A claim by a prominent cyber security reporter that security firm Mandiant, a subsidiary of multinational security outfit FireEye, hacked into the computers of a Chinese military unit while it was investigating the activities of the group, known as APT1, appears to have alarmed the company which has issued a detailed denial.

A statement by the head of security firm FireEye that US government spooks produce "nice" malware when compared to that of other states has been reported by the American tech news website Cyberscoop – and allowed to pass unchallenged.

The systems of American credit information provider Equifax were breached back in March, according to a confidential note sent by the company to some customers.

Microsoft has issued a patch to fix a flaw in its Office suite that was being used to spread spyware known as FINSPY.

Security companies in the US tend to see a Russian hand in everything these days. The latest firm to come up with a Russian bogeyman is FireEye, which issued a report last week, claiming with "moderate confidence" that a campaign against the hospitality sector was being run by APT28, a group that FireEye claims is sponsored by the Russian Government.

Global intelligence-led security company FireEye has announced new cloud and virtual form factors for its Endpoint security solution.

Australia and China have reached an agreement on cyber security under which they have agreed not to indulge in online theft of intellectual property, trade secrets or confidential business information to gain a competitive advantage.