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Kaspersky's study uncovers that more than half believe a ransomware attack against their business is too small to worry about.

The heavy use of software vulnerabilities matches the opportunistic behaviour of threat actors who scour the internet for vulnerabilities and weak points.

Retailers and the wholesale sector saw the largest spike in ransomware attacks, with an alarming increase of 182%.

The trouble with bots is that they aren’t all bad. Unfortunately, this can make it challenging to detect malicious bots that find their way into your system and threaten your business.

Businesses across Australia and New Zealand continue to be targeted by cybercriminals as technology advances, and attacks have become increasingly sophisticated. 

Kiwi businesses should re-think how they respond to ransomware attacks as they become more common, says Accenture.

The total losses from January to June 2022 have more than doubled compared to the first half of 2021, where Australians lost a combined $139 million.

Aqua Security has launched out-of-the-box runtime protection with minimal configuration to stop attacks in real-time on running workloads.

"The survey show how these security experts continue to adapt their protection strategies in response to the ongoing wave of cyber attacks."

Hackers are moving fast to exploit security vulnerabilities. There was a surge in widespread zero-day attacks last year, with the average time to exploitation down from 42 days in 2020 to just 12 days in 2021. 

"Given that most data breaches originate from social engineering, we cannot afford to omit the human element."

The travel and leisure, retail and wholesale, and business services industries were the top three sectors most at risk.

So-called "shadow IT" is often invisible to security and IT staff, making organisations' cyber attack surfaces bigger than they realise, and less secure.

The onslaught of ransomware attacks has catapulted cybersecurity to the forefront of global business operations.

Ransomware attacks continue to impact organisations worldwide with high costs, but businesses are still largely unprepared.

Blue team defenders are used to protecting our data, applications, and users with access controls and other security mechanisms, which is why attacks like this are especially challenging when they target identity and access control systems.

Ransomware detections in the first quarter of this year doubled the total volume reported for 2021, according to a new report. 

The largely unregulated state of cybersecurity in NZ, and consequential ambivalence of most businesses, risk hurting the country's trading prospects.

Changing workforce dynamics are creating new challenges for IT teams around firmware security, according to new research.

In recent years, Asia-Pacific has especially been a hotspot for cyberattacks, and as we continue into 2022, it’s evident that the problem is becoming more significant.

New insight into how attackers think when carrying out cyber attacks, along with further analysis of the disclosure layer of double extortion ransomware attacks, has come to light.

The cybersecurity company has announced VicOne - dedicated security for the electric vehicles and connected cars of today and tomorrow.

The data are clear, with cyberattacks on the rise in recent years and the cybersecurity situation increasingly complex.