Security

September 23, 2016
Published by Steven Lutrov on September 23, 2016
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CYREN CyberThreat Report August 2016
The CYREN CyberThreat Report for August 2016 has been released. A recent Osterman Research survey conducted on behalf of Cyren found Phishing to be the top threat category for small- to medium- sized businesses (up to 3,000 employees). A staggering 43% of those businesses reported suffering a phishing […]
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May 10, 2016
Published by Steven Lutrov on May 10, 2016
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Ransomware Surges 14% in Q1 2016
The number of users affected by ransomware has increased by 30% in the first three months of this year. The Russian AV firm Kaspersky Lab said it’s security systems prevented more than 370,000 attacks on users in Q1 2016, 7% of which were aimed at the corporate sector. […]
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November 12, 2015
Published by Steven Lutrov on November 12, 2015
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Malware Distribution Peaks on Fridays: CYREN Cyber Threat Report
Once again our friends at CYREN reveal that an average of 2.25 billion malware attachments were detected on Fridays during Q3 2015. It shows shows that attackers were seeking to take advantage of employees being less protected over the weekend. The trend also resulted in IT professionals having […]
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May 19, 2015
Published by Sal Bonpensiero on May 19, 2015
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World’s Biggest Cyberattack
You may have read about an unprecedented cyberattack involving the ‘Carbanak’ cybergang. Since 2013, they have stolen up to one billion dollars from more than 100 banks and financial institutions in at least 30 countries, including Australia. Losses per bank range from $2.5 million to approximately $10 million, […]
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December 23, 2014
Published by Steven Lutrov on December 23, 2014
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BruteProtect acquired by Automattic – Jetpack or Bloatpack
For quite some time now we have been using the BruteProtect plugin for our Managed WordPress clients. BruteProtect allows the millions of WordPress bloggers to work together to defeat Brute Force attacks using a cloud based solution. It served us well and was a member of the Net […]
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April 17, 2014
Published by Tony Sirico on April 17, 2014
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Heartbleed Bug OpenSSL Vulnerability
Last week, a very serious bug in OpenSSL was disclosed.  OpenSSL, a set of open source tools to handle secure communication, is used by most Internet websites.  This bug, nicknamed Heartbleed, allowed an attacker to read sensitive information from vulnerable servers and possibly steal things like passwords, cookies, and […]
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March 13, 2014
Published by Steven Lutrov on March 13, 2014
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Australian Privacy Principles
Privacy issues are being reviewed globally and Australia is no exception. New privacy legislation and Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) came into effect on 12 March 2014 to regulate on how organisations handle personal information. The APPs, replaced the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) that previously applied to Australian and […]
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