Aussie businesses hit with ransomware and regulatory fines
Businesses are having a hard time in ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations and securing against ransomware, a Telstra report shows.
Businesses are having a hard time in ensuring compliance with regulatory obligations and securing against ransomware, a Telstra report shows.
Cyber criminals became “more ambitious in 2016” and cultivated advanced attack strategies as targeted attacks shifted from economic espionage to politically-motivated sabotage and subversion, according to a new global threat report from Symantec.
IT security firm, BAE Systems, has profiled six types of cybercriminals that it says represent the biggest threats to Australian organisations in the lead up to the government’s cyber security review.
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“Today, no company is safe from the everchanging threat landscape.” In fact, businesses are frequently exposed to new software bugs and vulnerabilities. And while evidence suggests that organisational responses are not just predicated on prevention, the key is how quickly we react to an event or breach – and thus reduce the amount of dwell time of potential cyber criminals.