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Asia's data privacy landscape is 'coming of age' – how can businesses cope?

Identity theft and online fraud are on the rise, but data protection laws are evolving to combat them. Here are three key steps to address data privacy.

By Anna Russell • 4 min read • Wed, 14th Sep 2022

Global Stories

Credential abuse stories

Malware

ReliaQuest warns of ongoing threat from credential abuse

ReliaQuest's new report reveals credential abuse is rampant, with alerts for compromised accounts reaching 75% of all issues reported in Q3 2024.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Fri, 8th Nov 2024

Ransomware

Tidal Cyber maps out 2024's election cyber threats worldwide

Tidal Cyber unveils a study revealing high-risk countries and top offenders for election cyber interference threats in 2024, spotlighting the methods used and potential defences.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 13th Feb 2024

Ransomware

Google Cloud's 2024 report highlights key cyber threats & defences

Google Cloud's 2024 Threat Horizons Report identifies credential misuse, cryptomining, ransomware, and data theft as the key cloud-related threats, citing the need for stringent defensive strategies.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Mon, 12th Feb 2024

Data Analytics

Okta set to acquire Spera Security in enhancement of identity threat detection

Identity security giant, Okta, gears up to acquire 2022-born Spera Security, set to boost its identity threat detection capabilities and enrich its customer base with advanced technology.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Sat, 30th Dec 2023

Privileged Access Management

Delinea introduces MFA enforcement in its Secret Server offering

Delinea Secret Server introduces MFA enforcement at depth to meet increasingly stringent cyber insurance requirements.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Thu, 28th Sep 2023

Identity and Access Management

Keeper Security introduces major password manager update for iOS

The updates include performance boosts for large vaults, advanced search, accessibility and workflow improvements for iOS users.

By Gaurav Sharma • 3 min read • Wed, 13th Sep 2023

Data Analytics

In-house intelligence teams not fit-for-purpose – report

Most in-house intelligence teams lack the in-country experience and access to quality intelligence necessary for avoiding costly and embarrassing mistakes.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Tue, 11th Jul 2023

Malware

Malicious HTML attachments a popular cyber threat: Barracuda

Barracuda Networks has highlighted how cybercriminals leverage HTML as an attack technique in phishing, credential theft, and malware delivery.

By Gaurav Sharma • 5 min read • Fri, 5th May 2023

Firewalls

Darktrace notes health, retail and energy cyberattack trends

The most observed 2022 cyber incident in Australia's healthcare was suspicious network scan activity and multiple lateral movement model breaches in 2021.

By Gaurav Sharma • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Jan 2023

Malware

Sophos report reveals stark reality of cybercrime-as-a-service

The report addresses how ransomware remains one of the greatest cyber crime threats to organisations with operators innovating their extortion tactics.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Wed, 23rd Nov 2022

Cloud Security

A third of cyberattacks in the cloud leverage credential access

A new report has revealed adversary success in identity theft indicates default cloud security controls are ineffective at preventing attacks.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Tue, 22nd Nov 2022

Unified Communications

Vectra Protect team finds Microsoft Teams vulnerability

The Vectra Protect team identified a post-exploitation opportunity in August, allowing malicious actors to steal valid user credentials from Microsoft Teams.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Fri, 23rd Sep 2022

Data Analytics

What every CISO must answer to enable a best-in-class security operations program

It has been widely reported recently that South Australian government employees have been the victims of a cyberattack.

By Gareth Cox • 5 min read • Thu, 26th May 2022

Identity and Access Management

How credentials became an attacker's easiest target

Even with education and phishing tests, users continue to hand over legitimate logins to attackers, who in turn exploit them with a high degree of success.

By Jim Cook • 4 min read • Wed, 10th Nov 2021

Identity and Access Management

Lack of security controls continues to put organisations at risk

Organisations still operate with limited visibility of user activity associated with web applications, despite the risk of insider threats and credential theft.

By Ryan Morris-Reade • 3 min read • Fri, 5th Nov 2021

Identity and Access Management

Countering the rise of credential-based attacks

By implementing behavioural analytics and smart password practices, security teams can thwart credential-based attacks across the organisation.

By Peter Kahrilas • 4 min read • Tue, 12th Oct 2021

Identity and Access Management

Attivo Networks launches credential-cloaking tool to deter data thieves

The tool is part of Attivo's Endpoint Detection Net suite, and is aimed at enabling organisations to hide credentials from would-be attackers and their tools.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 9th Sep 2021