Cybersecurity stories

Kaspersky has uncovered a series of attacks by advanced persistent threat actor BlueNoroff against small and medium-sized business, resulting in major cryptocurrency losses for the victims.>>

Named after 'trellis', a supporting structure commonly used to support trees and plants, the company's ‘living security’ will learn and adapt.>>

Avast has announced a new firewall will be packaged with its latest free and premium product updates for Windows.>>

With more than 30 years in the industry, HID Global is in a unique position to identify key enablers, disruptive events, and game-changing developments that will shape the security landscape in 2022.>>

The recent World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2022, which was published this week, contained several warnings about the state of data usage and prioritisation on cyber security.>>

"Together, our solutions uniquely solve the challenges of IoT security, from embedding security protections on-chip or at device manufacturing to on-device secure communications and firmware updates once in the field.">>

The appointment as VAR and MSP will enable Ascention to resell Ping Identity's services and solutions as part of its own data management solution.>>

CrowdStrike has expanded its Zero Trust support to macOS and Linux to further help with cross-platform protection and expansion of partnerships.>>

Attacks via the IT supply chain are steadily increasing over recent years. Annual cyber reports in 2020 stated up to 40% of breaches originate from weak IT supply chains.>>

The shift to work-from-anywhere has spotlighted zero-trust network access, as organisations need to protect important assets from workers connecting from poorly protected home networks.>>

Global privacy company Kaspersky has highlighted some of the most significant cyber threats New Zealand consumers and businesses should be prepared for in 2022.  >>

Research out of the University of Southern Queensland in Australia has been funded to help make smart devices and connected technology safer. >>

Trickbot and Emotet have topped the list of the most prevalent malware in Australia, according to new analysis from Check Point Research.>>

In December, Trickbot claimed the top spot as most prevalent malware, overtaking Formbook which was in first place in November 2021. >>

Alibaba Cloud has been recognised by Gartner among global cloud service providers for its critical cloud abilities in compute, storage, network and security.>>

WordPress vulnerabilities more than doubled in 2021, and 77% of them are exploitable.>>

Honeywell and Acalvio Technologies have launched a new solution designed to detect known and unknown (zero-day) attacks across the operational technology (OT) environments in commercial buildings.>>

Let’s spare a thought for cybersecurity professionals as we look into our crystal ball to see what 2022 holds. They’ll be under increasing pressure from the ‘bad guys’ and the ‘good guys’ as well.>>

“Midsized companies face complex security threats and increasingly onerous compliance requirements but rarely do they have the in-house resources to manage all of this themselves; this is exactly where smartbloc. comes in.">>

"Last year, we saw a staggering 50% more cyberattacks per week on corporate networks compared to 2020 – that’s a significant increase.">>

CrowdStrike has announced the launch of Falcon Fund II, a $100 million investment vehicle in partnership with Accel focused on cross-stage private investments within cybersecurity and relevant adjacent markets. >>

Ransom DDoS attacks increased by 29% YoY and 175% QoQ in the last quarter 2021, according to new research from Cloudfare.>>

Its effects will be felt far into 2022 and beyond, according to Imperva Research Labs.>>

After a year of transition, Lenovo offers a range of predictions and new approaches it believes will take hold in the Asia Pacific markets for 2022 and beyond.>>