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New Full-Scale, Industrial-Focused Security Management Service Designed to Safeguard the Most Complex Operational Environment

COMPANY NEWS: Nozomi Networks, the leader in OT and IoT security, announced today that Schneider Electric, the leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has joined its MSSP Elite Partner Program to deliver best-of-breed Managed Security Services (MSS) to energy and chemicals, water, consumer packaged goods, power and grid, data centre, and critical infrastructure sectors worldwide.

Local companies urged to brace for impact this holiday season, with opportunistic threat actors striking companies outside of business hours.

Identity-driven cyber resilience company Semperis has published the results of its 2024 Ransomware Holiday Risk Report focusing on the Australia and New Zealand region, with the report finding 69% of ANZ organisations are attacked on holidays and weekends when employee distraction is high.

New cybersecurity guidance from the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) and the Five Eyes Alliance recommends Semperis’ Purple Knight tool as an essential resource for Australian businesses to protect against identity-based cyber threats.

Hijacking domains using a ‘Sitting Ducks attack’ remain an under-recognised topic in the cybersecurity community, according to Infoblox which says that few threat researchers are familiar with this attack vector and knowledge is scarce - however, the prevalence of these attacks and the risk to organisations are significant.

Singapore-based security monitoring platform provider watchTowr has announced a partnership with Orange Business, the digital transformation arm of giant French telco Orange, to bring the watchTowr platform onboard as a key External Attack Surface Management solution for Asia-Pacific customers.

Cybersecurity company Bitdefender has released a new report unmasking a ‘malvertising’ campaign targeting Australian Meta business accounts and personal accounts of primarily 45+ males.

Generative AI and LLM implementations have become widely adopted over the past 18 months, with some companies pushing to implement them as quickly as possible, according to search analytics company Elastic, which says this has expanded the attack surface and left developers and security teams without clear guidance on how to adopt emerging LLM technology safely.

New Cloudflare study reveals that 76% of respondents in Australia experienced a cybersecurity incident in the past year, with 49% saying these incidents cost their businesses more than AUD$1.5 million

GUEST RESEARCH Cloudflare, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the security, performance, and reliability company helping to build a better Internet, today released a new study focused on cybersecurity in Asia Pacific. The report, called “Securing the Future: Asia Pacific Cybersecurity Readiness Survey”, shares the latest data on cybersecurity preparedness in the region, revealing how organisations are coping with rising volumes of cybersecurity incidents, their levels of preparedness, and the outcomes experienced.

New report reveals threat actors are diversifying their tactics to bypass defensive controls

There has been a 40 percent increase globally in cyberattacks targeting government agencies and the public services sector, according to one intelligent security software and services company.

GUEST RESEARCH: A 2023 survey of 400 international cybersecurity professionals found that many have been told to keep a breach confidential when it should be reported.

GUEST RESEARCH: A 2023 survey of 400 international cybersecurity professionals found that many have been told to keep a breach confidential when it should be reported.

A new program backed by the Federal Government and aimed at increasing Australia’s cyber workforce and its diversity by at least 100 people by 2024 has been launched by ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr.

GUEST OPINION:  Every self-respecting hacker knows to be glued to their laptop this Tuesday.  It is Patch Tuesday, the monthly Tuesday (falling on a Wednesday Down Under) when the world’s biggest software providers disclose the latest vulnerabilities they have identified in their products and release the patches needed to fix them.

Scaled ransomware attacks against manufacturing and geopolitical tensions brought increased attention to the industrial cyber threat landscape

In 2022, breakthrough evolution in the development of malware targeting industrial control systems (ICS), scaled ransomware attacks against manufacturing, and geopolitical tensions brought increased attention to the industrial cyber threat landscape, according to the 2022 Dragos ICS/OT Cybersecurity Year in Review.