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Insider threats, malicious activities perpetrated by individuals with legitimate access to an organisation's systems, pose a significant risk to information security.

GUEST OPINION:  The benefits of online banking have been welcomed by businesses and consumers alike, however the shift has also provided fresh opportunities for cybercriminals. Before online banking and payments, bank fraud consisted of physical acts like cashing a fraudulent cheque or stealing a credit card. Today, an attacker can initiate a fraudulent transaction with nothing more than a PC and an internet connection.

GUEST OPINION:  Ahead of tonight’s Federal Budget, please find below commentary from Dr Martin J Kraemer, Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4 and Sumit Bansal, VP Asia Pacific and Japan at BlueVoyant, regarding the Australian Government’s plans to establish a mobile app for the Credential Protection Register.

GUEST OPINION:  We can use the internet to buy almost anything and connect to practically anyone, yet such freedoms come at a price. We're talking about privacy, which looks to be on ever-thinner ice. Savvy internet users know they can minimize their footprint by not oversharing on social media and being careful about which services they sign up for. However, did you know that merely browsing can tell those who know what to look for a lot about you?

GUEST RESEARCH:  New KnowBe4 research finds only three in ten Australian IT decision makers believe the employees in their organisations understand the impact of their businesses falling victim to a cyber attack

COMPANY NEWS:  The introduction of publicly available Generative AI tools at the end of 2022 launched us into one of the biggest technological revolutions in human history.

An SMS popped into my iPhone's messages inbox last night, proclaiming to be an "IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM COMMBANK". Given I don't use that particular bank, well, it was obviously a scam, but some might be fooled.