Eat your cyber vegetables! – Australian Cyber Security Magazine
We speak with Mick Baccio, Global Security Strategist at Splunk in Boston at .conf25. Mick outlines the evolution of the Splunk SURGe team into Foundation…
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Why Australia is a prime target for geopolitical cyber espionage
Cybercrime has become a structured, global enterprise, operating at a scale that rivals some of the world’s largest economies and influencing strategic risk conversations across…
Ransomware Hits New Peak: Data Theft Nearly Doubles to 238TB
Ransomware attacks globally are intensifying at an alarming rate, with attempted attacks blocked in the Zscaler cloud up 146% year-over-year. This escalation reflects a strategic…
Cisco Elevates the SOC with Agentic AI
Cisco today introduced Splunk Enterprise Security Essentials Edition and Splunk Enterprise Security Premier Edition, providing two agentic AI-powered SecOps options that unify security workflows across…
AI attackers on adoption curve with first report of a novel malware strain
We speak with Ryan Fetterman of Foundation AI with Splunk in Boston at .conf25. For the past three years, Ryan has been part of the…
Australian CIOs surge ahead in AI adoption
New data from an OpenText–Ponemon study of nearly 1,900 global CIOs and IT security leaders highlight while AI adoption is surging, the governance and security…
New Australian Managing Director for Cohesity
Cohesity has appointed James Eagleton as Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). In this role, Eagleton will be responsible for driving Cohesity’s overall…
Study examines how AI can ease workloads for frontline cybersecurity teams
CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has analysed data from a 10-month trial conducted by global cybersecurity firm eSentire exploring how large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT-4 can…
NIST Releases Revision to the Security and Privacy Control Catalogue
A revision to NIST’s catalogue of security and privacy controls, Special Publication (SP) 800-53, Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations, is available. This…
Critical Alert issued for NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway devices
The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre has issued a critical alert for technical IT services supporting organisations, such as critical infrastructure, and government.…
Insider Threats, Supercharged by AI, Set for Explosive Growth in Australia
A new multinational report, From Human to Hybrid: How AI and the Analytics Gap Are Fueling Insider Risk, based on a global survey of 1,010…
Australian workers clicking on phishing links doubles in nine months
An average of 1.2% of Australian workers clicked on a phishing link each month in the last 12 months–a 140% increase since the last count,…