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News round-up June 2020 — PM’s cyber strategy announcement, ransomware attacks and email scammers

30 June 2020

“Imagine if we could get the Prime Minister to yell ‘cyber’?”
Security leaders preparing to go cap-in-hand for FY21 budgets could only have dreamed of the platform their portfolios would get this month. In this month’s round-up we take a look at the PM’s announcement, and watch as ransomware and business email compromise jostle for the mantle of most damaging cyber threat.

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News round-up May 2020 — Ransomware formally registered as business risk and security report on cyber attackers

31 May 2020

In our latest round-up, we get a fresh angle on some familiar threats. The rise of ransomware over recent years has seen it elevated as a formally registered business risk, while new research seeks to explain why phishing continues to work so well. A new security report also gives us insight into what’s motivating cyber attackers, and into one of the fastest growing reasons that data breaches are occurring.

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News round-up April 2020 — Privacy and security issues with COVID-19

30 April 2020

COVID-19 is creating a heady and swirling vortex of news, information and disinformation. In this edition we cut through to the key privacy and security issues of the pandemic, including the Government’s contact tracing app and the new risks and scams that security leaders need to be thinking about. We also check in on how cybercriminals are attending to business-as-usual.

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News round-up February 2020 — Privacy priorities and on-selling data

24 February 2020

In this edition, a well-known security vendor shuts down a subsidiary business that was on-selling user data, with the CEO admitting the practice wasn’t in line with the company’s “north star” and privacy priorities. Setting up a global privacy office looks to be one way that companies are seeking to avoid going astray on privacy – in this edition we highlight a major Australian bank doing just that. This roundup also examines the attacker tactics that lead to most security incidents.

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2019 end of year wrap

18 December 2019

It’s the end of another year (and another decade). Close out your final tasks, prepare for the inevitable summer feasting, and join us as we recap five cyber security and

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News round-up December 2019 — Ransomware attacks, phishing and online data breaches

16 December 2019

It’s that time of year when the familiar faces who’ve been with you throughout the year get together to see you off into the holiday season. And so it is with the last news roundup for 2019. Regulars of the roundup – ransomware attacks, phishing and online data breaches – pop their heads up for one last hurrah, while focus sharpens just a little more on privacy and the ethical use of consumer data.

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News round-up 26 September 2019

25 September 2019

Helping your business stay abreast and make sense of the critical stories in digital risk, cyber security and privacy. Email news@elevenM.com.au to subscribe. The round-up:  As practitioners and followers of

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