Cybersecurity & IT Threats

IT spending in Australia is projected to exceed AU$133 billion in 2024, an increase of 7.8% from 2023, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. Spending on software will see the largest growth with an increase of 12.8% expected in 2024. Speaking at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo on the Gold Coast this week, Andy Rowsell-Jones, Distinguished VP Analyst at […]

Flip the script on the traditional hacking scene in a movie: Instead of the camera panning down lines of output from a command prompt executable, the camera pans across a spreadsheet of cybersecurity controls. Instead of a lone hacker furiously typing in a dark basement, a cybersecurity compliance officer calmly convenes a series of meetings

By   ISBuzz Team Writer , Information Security Buzz | Aug 16, 2023 02:50 am PST Clorox, the household cleaning product titan, disclosed a significant cybersecurity incident this week, which led the company to shut down several of its systems temporarily. The revelation came from a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on

Image: Midjourney Hackers working for the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, more commonly known as the GRU, have been targeting Android devices in Ukraine with a new malicious framework named ‘Infamous Chisel. The toolkit provides hackers backdoor access through a service hidden in The Onion Router (Tor)

MSPs and Cybersecurity: Fortifying the Partnership for Advanced Protection By   Alex Tray System Administrator , NDA | Aug 20, 2023 09:07 pm PST In today’s increasingly digitized world, the importance of cybersecurity cannot be overstated. From multinational corporations to small businesses, and even individual users, everyone is vulnerable to the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats. Managed

Enlarge / A digital Trojan horse. Getty Images | posteriori A download site surreptitiously served Linux users malware that stole passwords and other sensitive information for more than three years until it finally went quiet, researchers said on Tuesday. The site, freedownloadmanager[.]org, offered a benign version of a Linux offering known as the Free Download

Lookout, the endpoint-to-cloud security company, has announced the launch of Lookout SAIL, the company’s new generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) assistant that will reshape the way cybersecurity professionals interact with Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security and Lookout Cloud Security solutions, and conduct cybersecurity analysis and data protection.   According to Lookout, companies are engaged in an ongoing battle against cyber criminals who are

Attackers are targeting millions of Facebook business accounts with malicious messages, sent via Facebook Messenger from a botnet of fake and hijacked personal Facebook accounts. The goal is to spread an info-stealing malware that can intercept browsing sessions and account cookies, and it’s hitting 100,000 Facebook business accounts per week, according to researchers. The Python-based stealer successfully infects about

Casino and lodging operator MGM Resorts shut down a number of its computer systems including its website in response to a “cybersecurity issue,” the company said in a social media post Monday. The initial shutdown impacted nearly every aspect of the casino operator’s business. Reservation systems, booking systems, hotel electronic key card systems, and the

Barracuda researchers identified and analysed 175 publicly reported ransomware attacks from the past 12 months, and found that in three key industries – municipalities, education, and healthcare – reported attacks have doubled since last year and more than quadrupled since 2021. Researchers also saw a spike in the number of attacks on infrastructure-related industries. Barracuda,