Cyber Security Biohacking our way into the future

Biohacking has become a buzzword in recent years. Defined as ‘A do-it-yourself citizen science merging body modification with technology’, biohacking... Read more

Cyber Security 2-Factor authentication at an enterprise scale

As cybercrime becomes more sophisticated, Australian organisations are finding their legacy security systems are inadequate against modern threats.... Read more

Cyber Security Five ways SMEs can beat cyber crime

The cost of cyber crime to businesses in Australia is rising exponentially, costing Australians an estimated $1 billion each year. Cyber crime cost... Read more

Cyber Security 10 steps to avoiding social engineering attacks

Online criminal activity is sadly now a daily occurrence with spikes seen around holidays and other special occasions like Valentine's Day. Social... Read more

Cyber Security Our new Security Operations Centre provides 24/7/365 threat intelligence

Alastair MacGibbon, Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre, has officially opened our new state-of-the-art Security Operations Centre (SOC) in... Read more

Cyber Security Is my data being sold on the dark web?

The dark web refers to the mass of websites that exist where the identity of the host and user are hidden and encrypted, and of course, they’re not... Read more

Cyber Security Taking over networks on easy mode: an attacker’s perspective

Editorial by Matt Bush, Security Consultant. In news to virtually nobody, another worm leveraging the Eternalblue exploit has hit the news. Contrary... Read more

Cyber Security Another global ransomware attack is spreading

Over night, another ransomware started it’s spread first reports emerged from Russia, quickly followed by Romania, the Netherlands, Norway, France,... Read more

Cyber Security NotPetya ransomware update

As more information emerges from the latest ransomware attack, here is the latest update. Is this one scary? On the surface, yes, but only time will... Read more

Cyber Security WannaCry Ransomware attack

Last week, the world saw the biggest ransomware attack ever of its kind. Although the attack is not the most sophisticated phish the ACSC has seen,... Read more

Cyber Security 9 reasons to use a password manager

If the 4.2 billion credentials that were leaked in 2016 is not enough motivation for users to update and strengthen their passwords, then nothing... Read more

Cyber Security What does Google know about me?

Once upon a time, Google was a search engine and not much else. These days it’s one of the biggest companies in the world, often seen as the good guy... Read more