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 PM announces “Massive” cyber-attack on Australia

PM announces “Massive” cyber-attack on Australia

June 22, 2020

Australia is under sustained cyber attack, warns the government. What’s going on, and what should businesses do? Prime Minister Scott Morrison had some alarming news for Australians on [...]

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 Don’t be phish food! Tips to avoid sharing your personal information online

Don’t be phish food! Tips to avoid sharing your personal information online

June 2, 2020

Data is the new oil, and online platforms will siphon it off at any opportunity. Platforms increasingly demand our personal information in exchange for a service. Avoiding online services [...]

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 Security tips for your home office setup

Security tips for your home office setup

April 5, 2020

If you’re working from home, you need to be protecting your business from all the usual cyber threats without the business grade infrastructure you ordinarily have access to. Home networks often [...]

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 What everyone should know about online safety and remote work

What everyone should know about online safety and remote work

March 27, 2020

For businesses currently preparing for a COVID-19 lockdown who are redeploying their teams to work from home, I can’t overemphasise the importance of cyber security in preparing that deployment. [...]

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 Charging your phone using a public USB port? Beware of ‘juice jacking’

Charging your phone using a public USB port? Beware of ‘juice jacking’

February 20, 2020

Have you ever used a public charging station to charge your mobile phone when it runs out of battery? If so, watch out for “juice jacking”. Cybercriminals are on the prowl to infect your mobile [...]

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 Four classic email scam tactics

Four classic email scam tactics

September 2, 2019

If you’ve ever fallen for an email scam, you know that it’s easy to see the mistake in hindsight. Recognising the scam before it gets you is the real challenge. In this guide, I’ll show you the [...]

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 Lateral movement can turn a little phish into a whale of a problem

Lateral movement can turn a little phish into a whale of a problem

June 17, 2019

The stats don’t lie. Cybercrime is a profitable and growing industry. Australian businesses reported more than 5800 scams with losses exceeding AU$7.2 million in 2018 – a 53 per cent increase [...]

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 Smart speakers are listening to more than you think

Smart speakers are listening to more than you think

April 8, 2019

Smart speakers equipped with digital voice assistants such as Siri and Alexa are now the fastest-growing consumer technology since the smartphone. Nearly 100 million were sold in 2018 alone, a [...]

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 Internet of Things? More like Internet of Threats

Internet of Things? More like Internet of Threats

April 1, 2019

Here’s a quick question: how many things in your home or office, or on your person, are spying on you? Your phone’s a given, right? What about your Fitbit? Do you have a smartwatch? How about a [...]

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