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WatchGuard also reports that more than half of all malware is now delivered via encrypted connections. >>

Trickbot and Emotet have topped the list of the most prevalent malware in Australia, according to new analysis from Check Point Research.>>

In December, Trickbot claimed the top spot as most prevalent malware, overtaking Formbook which was in first place in November 2021. >>

Named Zloader, the new malware is designed to steal cookies, passwords and any sensitive information.>>

Jonathan Care explains some risks the vulnerability poses for organisations and the steps security leaders should take to secure their enterprise systems against potential associated threats.>>

In Q3 2021 there has been a decrease in the number of unique cyber attacks, however there’s been an increase in the share of attacks against individuals, and also a rise in attacks involving remote access malware.>>

Sophos has released details of a novel exploit that bypasses a patch for a critical vulnerability affecting the Microsoft Office file format. >>

From prevention to jacking, we look at the top enterprise cyber secuerity trends to investigate.>>

The rapid rise in cloud computing has seen threat actors increase their toolkit. >>

Formbook, Emotet, and Trickbot take the top three spots in November's list from the Check Point Software threat intelligence arm.>>

"Though we commend Microsoft for making this bold move, we believe all single-factor authentication mechanisms are the wrong choice and repeat password mistakes of old.">>

Malware and scams continue to plague thousands of New Zealanders, laying $3.3 million to waste in just three months.>>

Sophos has released new findings on the Tor2Mine cryptominer that show how the miner evades detection, spreads automatically through a target network, and is increasingly harder to remove from an infected system. >>

Cybersecurity is treated a lot like aviation security. Breaches that don't result in catastrophic consequences don't stay in the national psyche for very long, in much the same way near-misses in aviation don't invite much public scrutiny.>>

“Already with an initial customer trial of MFN up to this point we are achieving real impact," says GCSB director-general Andrew Hampton.>>

The Sabbath ransomware affiliate group is continuing to rebrand itself while still launching relentless ransomware operations, according to new research from Mandiant. >>

Sophos researchers have uncovered a new attack operation by the malware family known as BazarBackdoor, which abuses the Windows 10 App Installer to spread malware.>>

In Techday's third and final IT Jam with BeyondTrust, we speak to Marc Maiffret, who is the company's CTO.>>

Half of global IT leaders say they are not fully confident in their ability to respond to data, malware phishing, supply chain, ransomware, cloud, IoT and application attacks, according to Rackspace's global survey.>>

Cookie Theft, or pass-the-cookie attack, is a session hijacking technique that enables access to user accounts with session cookies stored in the browser. >>

SMBs in Asia Pacific are more worried about cybersecurity threats than before, research finds. >>

CPR observed a concerning increase of various malware impacting New Zealanders, with 16 additional malware families tied at tenth place for the month.>>

Implementing advanced threat protection (ATP) as part of a zero trust SASE architecture is an important step in proactively blocking known and zero-day threats.>>

New research has found 91.5% of malware arrived over HTTPS-encrypted connections.>>