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Australian companies need to establish clear ransomware policies and improve their understanding of their attack surface to enhance their cyber security, says a visiting global expert.

Ticketing giant Ticketmaster has confirmed it was part of a data breach, potentially affecting hundreds of millions of customers around the world.

GUEST OPINION by Anthony Stitt, Nozomi: Cyber and threat intel company Nozomi Networks says sanctions imposed on a Russian individual responsible for the Medibank hack represent a “welcome focus” away from victim blaming in the event of a cyber attack.

Globally, during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of accounts specified in data requests for government surveillance increased from 0.9 million to 1.3 million - with Australia ranked eighth in government surveillance, according to the latest study by cybersecurity company Surfshark.

Ransomware and threats to operational technology/industrial control system (OT/ICS) environments remain at an all-time high, as do vulnerability disclosures as we enter the new year, warns Nozomi Networks in its look at what’s in store for the world in 2022.

New Zealand regulator and competition enforcement agency The Commerce Commission has filed proceedings at the High Court in Christchurch seeking declarations that consumer loan provider Moola engaged in cartel conduct relating to online advertising on Google Ads.

COMPANY NEWS by Matthew Fowler, Managing Director for Asia-Pacific, VIQ Solutions: According to internal research conducted by VIQ Solutions, approximately 15 percent of the audio recorded by organisations, courts, law enforcement and other agencies including government bodies, is currently being digitised.

The Australian Federal Police has turned to mans best friend to help detect devices like USB drives and SIM cards at crime scenes or when executing search warrants.

GUEST OPINION by Matthew Fowler, Managing Director APAC, VIQ Solutions:   From the legal industry to law enforcement and insurance, 2021 continues a trend in which modern technologies are becoming increasingly crucial to maintaining business operations and delivering efficiencies.

The University of New South Wales (UNSW) has partnered with Telstra to co-develop two cyber security micro-credentials aimed at helping build the capabilities needed to combat the “increasing risk” of cybercrime that the digital economy brings.

The only dedicated Information Technology (IT) faculty in Australia’s coalition of the Group of Eight research universities - the Faculty of IT at Monash University - is marking its 30th anniversary in 2020.

Software behemoth Microsoft has slipped under the radar while other companies like Facebook have been criticised for hate speech, but the Redmond firm is up to its neck in providing services to law enforcement based on its cloud and other platforms.

Online payments provider PayPal has revealed its counter-offensive against criminals who seek to take advantage of the COVID 19 pandemic, saying it is now actively working with law enforcement in Australia to identify and prevent opportunistic online crime.

NEC Australia is taking court action to seek financial compensation over the termination of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Biometric Identification Services project for which it was contracted two years ago.

Telecommunications carrier Vertel has met the compliance obligations including a declaration of conformity and RCM labelling for the Telo TE390 and the Telo M5 LTE devices used in their Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) solution.

Apple is in the process of creating an online tool for law enforcement officers to make formal demands for data about its users, a report claims.

There has been a 92% increase in portable radio coverage and a substantial improvement in coverage for emergency and essential services in the Parramatta CBD with the completion of a new radio site in the area.

Connected law enforcement technologies company Axon Public Safety has locked up a deal with Victoria Police to purchase 11,000 of its Body 2 cameras.

Fujitsu is working on some interesting digital and IoT projects in Australia.

Law enforcement is expected to lead the way in the incorporation of biometrics into wearable technology as concerns mount about privacy issues with data stored in the cloud.