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GUEST OPINION: Skilled cybersecurity talent is in tight supply. It's challenging to recruit, hire and retain skilled professionals: trends that are expected to continue into the near future.

Ninety percent of Australian organisations plan to align their security programs to the Essential Eight, according to a survey conducted at last month's AusCERT security conference by security vendor BeyondTrust.

GUEST OPINION: Moves to code Active Directory exploitation directly into malware is a growing trend and concern for security professionals.

A survey by an anonymous security researcher, who goes by the handle Bank Security on Twitter, has found that the US is the top nation when it comes to accessing the main Russian underground communities on the dark web.

Thirty-five percent of security breaches in 2020 were caused by ransomware attacks, resulting in tremendous financial cost, while between January and October last year, 730 "publicly disclosed events" resulted in over 22 billion records being exposed, according to a report from security vendor Tenable.

Australia’s competition watchdog the ACCC has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Facebook and two of its subsidiaries for false, misleading or deceptive conduct when promoting its Onavo Protect mobile app to Australian consumers.

Protesters have rallied in numbers outside the Apple Store in Washington DC, demanding that the company take steps to protect free speech and human rights.

A well-known security researcher has pointed out a major flaw in an article about hacking published by the Australian Financial Review on 26 June: its over-eagerness in attributing attacks, when that is the toughest part of a threat analyst's job.

How do You Detect and Respond to Them?

GUEST OPINION By Louis Tague, Vice President, Australia and New Zealand, FireEye: As efforts to adjust to the “new normal” are forcing huge portions of Australians into remote working and outside the relative safety of their employers’ corporate networks, cyber risks have become top-of-mind even for employees who don’t work within security.

How do You Detect and Respond to Them?

GUEST OPINION By Louis Tague, Vice President, Australia and New Zealand, FireEye: As efforts to adjust to the “new normal” are forcing huge portions of Australians into remote working and outside the relative safety of their employers’ corporate networks, cyber risks have become top-of-mind even for employees who don’t work within security.

Security outfit Sophos claims that funds extracted from victims of sextortion schemes have been deposited by cyber criminals in bitcoin wallets.

Internet infrastructure has experienced significant growth in demand and is being strained due to the increased amount of people confined to their home because of the coronavirus pandemic, consequently working and shopping remotely due to the enforced precautionary measures, according to a new report.

VPN service provider NordVPN says it has recorded 165% growth in users of its NordVPN Teams solution due to more and more people working from home during the coronavirus outbreak.

With China reportedly now having "officially banned" non-official VPNs, NordVPN reports being on the lookout for blockages and says it has a back-up plan to beat the ban.

What to expect and how to prepare for NordVPN’s cyber security predictions for the rest of the year, and advice on staying safe online.

Consumer advocacy group CHOICE has delivered a harsh rebuke to the two major political parties for uniting to support the Internet filter Bill, accusing them of opposing ‘online competition’.