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Malicious 'bad bots' account for more web traffic than ever before

Wed, 28th Mar 2018
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4% of bad bot traffic is made up of moderate or sophisticated bots, which evade detection by distributing their attacks over multiple IP addresses.
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CSA chief David Koh recognised for contributions to Singapore's cybersecurity prowess

Thu, 22nd Mar 2018
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David Koh, chief of CSA, honoured with Billington CyberSecurity International Leadership Award for pioneering Singapore's cybersecurity advancements.
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US healthcare workers willing to sell confidential data for as little as $500

Tue, 13th Mar 2018
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accenture
The survey found that 18% of the 912 respondents would be willing to sell confidential data for between $500-$1000 - and they have the means to do so.
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Japan firm Nihon Cornet to deliver BlackRidge next-gen cybersecurity

Wed, 7th Feb 2018
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cybersecurity
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resellers
Japan-based network & cybersecurity provider Nihon Cornet Technology is working with defense provider BlackRidge Technology to deliver the solutions.
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NZ top 200 tech companies hit $10bil revenue, third largest export category

Wed, 18th Oct 2017
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financial systems
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healthtech
New Zealand's top 200 tech firms, known as TIN200, have hit a milestone, generating NZD $10 billion in revenue, making it the third-largest export category.
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Scale or fail: Private data exchange between businesses to outpace public internet

Fri, 18th Aug 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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The Asia Pacific region is expected to grow more than fourfold between 2016 and 2020, making it the second fastest growing region after Latin America.
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Threat actors embrace metadata as the underrated weapon in cyber war

Tue, 18th Jul 2017
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Metadata – the data that describes other data – is a security threat that goes underreported but is also a powerful threat to national security.
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In depth: Symantec talks data privacy, Europe's GDPR & its major impact on ANZ

Mon, 17th Jul 2017
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data protection
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data privacy
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healthtech
The upcoming GDPR will have a significant impact on data protection in Europe and beyond, according to Symantec's Brian Fletcher.
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Infor announces AI assistant Coleman for CloudSuite applications

Wed, 12th Jul 2017
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Infor unveils Coleman, an AI platform enhancing CloudSuite apps with smarter, faster decision-making and efficiency boosts.
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Security training – a vital first step, but not a solution

Thu, 15th Jun 2017
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email security
Educating employees to protect themselves against phishing and credential theft is necessary, but is it sufficient?.
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Six key takeaways from Datto's 2017 State of the MSP report

Thu, 27th Apr 2017
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managed services
Datto's State of the MSP report shines a light on the challenges faced by MSPs - and answers the age old question of Star Wars, or Star Trek?.
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Security spend accelerating: Who's spending and on what?

Mon, 3rd Apr 2017
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Global firms to up security budgets to $105bn by 2020, with banks leading spend in battle against cyber threats, says IDC report.
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Gemalto's Breach Level Index: '1.4 billion compromised data records'

Mon, 3rd Apr 2017
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Gemalto's Breach Level Index proves once again that data breaches across the world continue to increase in scale and severity.
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LoB IT spend to nearly equal IT dept spend on back of IoT, AI

Mon, 27th Mar 2017
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LoB buyers will have almost equal IT spend as their IT departments come 2020 according to IDC, thanks in part to 'innovation accelerators' such as IoT.
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Espionage expert offers five viewpoints on state-sponsored hacking

Wed, 22nd Mar 2017
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hacking
Carbon Black sits down with former CIA operative Eric O'Neill to talk state sponsored attacks and why the ANZ regions is probably not a future target.
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Exclusive: The iGel opportunity for local resellers

Mon, 20th Mar 2017
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exclusive networks
iGel has ambitious plans for the local market in the coming six months. Marc Doehnert outlines the plans - and the importance of the channel.
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Brute force RDP attacks plant CRYSIS ransomware in ANZ region

Mon, 13th Feb 2017
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malware
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
In September 2016, we noticed that operators of the updated CRYSIS ransomware family were targeting Australia and New Zealand businesses.
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Ransomware is getting worse. Here's how to stop it

Fri, 13th Jan 2017
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Sometimes victims pay the ransom and don't receive the decryption key, or find that the key doesn't work, or even find another demand for even more.
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'Sophisticated' 3D printing market to soar on a global scale

Tue, 10th Jan 2017
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analyst report
The global 3D printing market is predicted to reach $28.9bn in 2020, according to a report by analyst firm IDC.
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Continual investment in IoT paying off for APAC

Mon, 9th Jan 2017
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Organisations across the globe are continuing to invest in the hardware, software and services that enable IoT, and the market is reaping the benefits.