Richard Giddey

The difference between managing cybersecurity in on-premises and cloud environments is not unlike playing traditional versus three-dimensional chess. While the tactics are similar and goals are the same — reduce risk, protect confidential data, meet compliance requirements, and the like — the cloud adds complexity that completely changes the dynamic. The cloud’s architecture, lack of […]

Nearly three-quarters (73%) of cybersecurity industry leaders have experienced burnout in the last 12 months — and who can blame them? The shift to remote and hybrid work models has increased organizations’ reliance on cloud services, limiting security teams’ visibility into employee network and endpoint environments. But reduced visibility places company data at greater risk

In what’s becoming an all-too-common occurrence in the current threat landscape, security researchers have found yet another malicious open source package, this time an active Python file on GitLab that hijacks system resources to mine cryptocurrency. The package, called “culturestreak,” originates from an active repository on the GitLab developer site from a user named Aldri

The International Criminal Court (ICC), which handles highly sensitive information about war crimes, says its computer system has been hacked.  Key points: The ICC said it had detected unusual activity on its computer network at the end of last week, prompting a response that was ongoing.  A spokesperson declined to comment on how serious the

The peer-to-peer (P2) worm known as P2PInfect has witnessed a surge in activity since late August 2023, witnessing a 600x jump between September 12 and 19, 2023. “This increase in P2PInfect traffic has coincided with a growing number of variants seen in the wild, suggesting that the malware’s developers are operating at an extremely high

The ABC can reveal former staff of hacked tele-fundraiser Pareto Phone were not told for weeks that their highly sensitive employment information was published on the dark web. More than 320,000 files stolen from Pareto servers by cybercriminals in April were made public on the dark web last month, including tens of thousands of charity

As cost-of-living pressures continue to climb, people are looking for creative ways to save. One method gaining popularity on social media is called “cash stuffing”. It’s a reinvention of the old envelope system our grandparents used to use, and it’s bringing back the use of physical cash. In Australia, cash accounted for just 13 per cent of

Rehovot, Israel (September 21, 2023) – , the innovative provider of the first Instant and Safe Cyber-Attack Recovery Platform for Critical Assets and Operational Technologies (OT), today announced that the company has won funding for a $2.2m cybersecurity project from the Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation, an organization that provides capital for joint

A previously unknown threat actor dubbed ‘Sandman’ targets telecommunication service providers in the Middle East, Western Europe, and South Asia, using a modular info-stealing malware named ‘LuaDream.’ This malicious activity was discovered by SentinelLabs in collaboration with QGroup GmbH in August 2023, who named the threat actor and malware after the backdoor’s internal name of

In July, the US government announced the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy (NCWES) which is aimed at addressing both immediate and long-term cyber workforce needs. This NCWES is aimed specifically at filling cyber job vacancies across the US, with President Biden saying the government is working to help communities — including those currently underrepresented in the