USB-Based Wormable Malware Targets Windows Installer Source: Threat Post Background A USB initiated cyber-attack refers to threat actors using a USB drive to spread malware. In a targeted attack, infected USB drives are deliberately dropped in public...
Background Personal Identity theft is the fraudulent misuse of an individual’s name or personally identifying information for criminal or deceptive purposes. Identity theft is not new, however,...
As society begins to re-integrate, one of the most common things you will be wanting to do is unlock your phone. But how do you perform this simple function safely in a COVID world? If you wear...
Since the conflict started in the Ukraine, there has been an escalated tension in the Cyber Security regime that could impact UNE. Prevailing advice from government security agencies is that...
Since the conflict started in the Ukraine, there has been an escalated tension in the cybersecurity regime that could impact UNE. As a university, we have a duty to protect UNE sensitive...
Since the escalation to armed conflict, we have seen an increase in cyber attacks globally. Whilst in the main, these have been targeted at Ukraine financial, military and critical infrastructure, there is a very real threat that this will spill over to the...
As we are all aware, there are growing tensions in Ukraine with fears of an invasion by Russian forces. As has been predicted for many years, escalation to armed conflict is now being preceded by an increase in cyber-attacks. These are intended to...
For some time now, organisations have been subject to attacks by email and by text message. Generally known as ‘Phishing’ attacks, these have been randomly received by individuals with various lures to encourage them to click on a link. This then...
The personal details of job applicants and staff at a range of major Australian companies and government agencies have potentially been exposed in a "significant" data breach and extortion attempt against Australian recruitment company Finite. Hackers have...
Source: ABC News "The internet's on fire right now," said Adam Meyers, senior vice-president of intelligence at the cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike. "People are scrambling to patch [it] and all kinds of people are scrambling to exploit it," he said. The flaw may be...
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