It doesn’t take some people long to abuse people’s kindness and generosity in a time of mourning.

Despite ongoing efforts to raise awareness about online scams and fraud, New Zealanders are still losing staggering amounts of money.

ESET CTO Juraj Malcho talks about the importance of culture in a cybersecurity strategy and the challenges and benefits of a world in the cloud.

KPMG NZ’s CIO and ESET’s CTO spoke at a recent cybersecurity conference about how machine learning and data analytics are not to be feared, but used.

It is believed that the eight apps were likely developed by the same person or group.

Experts and partners came together to boost the message that despite our ‘she’ll be right’ attitude, “Cyber attacks have no geographical bounds.”

Check Point’s researchers view Speakup as a significant threat, as it can be used to download and spread any malware.

The report analyses survey results from different vertical sectors, organisation sizes and IT team sizes to build a picture of the attack and cyber defence landscape.

Norwegian cybersecurity firm Visma is accusing a Chinese state-sponsored attack group (APT10) of allegedly attacking their systems and engaging in cyberespionage.

"Downloading a fake app can open users’ devices and, consequently, networks, up to a range of dangerous implications, including data breaches and bank account depletion." 

We all love them and our lives are effectively run by them, but research has revealed apps are increasingly growing deceitful with ulterior motives.

“From the meteoric rise in cryptomining to massive data breaches and DDoS attacks, there was no shortage of cyber-disruption."

The report identifies increases in backdoors, cryptocurrency miners, and the use of exploits against their endpoints.

“Malware hidden in encrypted traffic is one of the biggest threats organisations are facing today,” says new EVP global sales.

The supply chain creates a hole that cybercriminals can exploit by first infiltrating the partner.

Organisations continue to be targeted by cryptominers, despite an overall drop in value across all cryptocurrencies in 2018.

“In a nutshell, cybercriminals are less focused on volume and more focused on value."

Proofpoint researchers have looked ahead at the trends and events likely to shape the threat landscape in the year to come.

The report is based on data from active WatchGuard Firebox unified threat management appliances and covers the major malware campaigns.

Over 50% of respondents reported that 100 days of dwell time or more was representative of their organisation.

The 2018 CrowdStrike Services Cyber Intrusion Casebook reveals IR strategies, lessons learned, and trends derived from more than 200 cases.

Symantec Industrial Control System Protection Neural helps defend against USB-borne cyber attacks on operational technology.

The classic firewall lacked the ability to distinguish between different kinds of web traffic.

“In one case, the attacker gained access and tracked the business’s emails for at least six months. They gathered extensive knowledge of the business’s billing cycles."