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More than half of attacks last year leveraged fileless or “malware-free” techniques, as hackers turn to stolen credentials in their efforts to breach corporate networks. The telecommunications industry also saw increased attacks from threat actors such as those from China and North Korea, which targeted the sector for its intellectual property and competitive intelligence. Malware-free […] More
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is currently responsible for the operation of a central hub of a facial recognition system that will link up identity-matching systems between government agencies in Australia. The Australia-wide initiative will allow state and territory law enforcement agencies to have access to the country’s new face matching services to access passport, visa, […] More
Another pair of conferences have taken the decision to move to being only online events, with Google Cloud Next and Adobe Summit becoming the latest to join the conference cancellation list. Due to be held in Las Vegas on March 29 to April 2, Adobe said on Tuesday it was switching Summit to online. “While […] More
Facebook has removed a network of fake pages and accounts that were allegedly operated by Vietnam’s Viettel and Myanmar’s Mytel — both are owned by Viettel Group — for the purposes of discrediting their competitors. In its first Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour Report [PDF] published on Monday, Facebook claimed that the two telcos ran 13 fake […] More
The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) will be shuttering the current form of its cloud certification program after an independent review recommended for the system be reworked. The Cloud Services Certification Program (CSCP) will be replaced with new cloud security guidelines that will be formed following consultation with industry. The Information Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP), […] More
Image: Element5 Digital Eight US government agencies have published a joint statement today warning foreign actors with “sharp consequences” if they attempt to influence public sentiment and shape voter perceptions ahead of tomorrow’s Super Tuesday presidential primary. The joint statement was signed by the heads of all the major US government agencies involved in securing […] More
Owners of smart cameras, baby monitors and other Internet of Things products have been urged to help keep their devices safe by following three simple steps to boost cybersecurity – and making it more difficult for hackers to compromise them. The advice from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre – the cyber arm of the […] More
Microsoft is canceling its annual Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Summit a couple weeks ahead of its opening, citing worries over the COVID-19 coronavirus. Instead, the event will be run as a virtual-only conference during the same time slot this year. The Microsoft MVP Summit joins a growing list of conferences and events canceled over potential […] More
