Security

Synology is heading to the Security Exhibition & Conference 2024, Australia's premier security tradeshow. Synology will showcase its latest advancements in on-premise and cloud surveillance solutions, addressing the critical surveillance needs of businesses today. The showcased solutions will highlight smart surveillance with AI capabilities, scalable systems for large-scale deployment, and the upcoming direct-to-cloud VSaaS solution, all aimed at significantly improving the security and efficiency...

Yesterday was one of the craziest days in IT, if you know an IT Administrator, best to give them a hug, they probably need one. CrowdStrike is an American cybersecurity company that provides endpoint security software, used by more than 20,000 companies and is installed on millions of PCs. Yesterday the company released an update to their security software which included a bug that...

Lorex has a range of smart home cameras, floodlights, and doorbells that are now available to Aussies through Officeworks.

Enterprises are constantly faced with the challenge of security, and with the amount of credentials we need to use day-to-day, passwords are a nightmare. Thankfully there are other ways to securely authenticate with services and this week, Microsoft announced an improvement to FIDO2 security keys. Passkeys are a new authentication method aiming to replace weak, insecure passwords with a more convenient and secure system....

At the Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) Summit in San Francisco yesterday, the Australian government joined international allies and partners in pledging not to pay ransom demands related to cyber-attacks. The 50 members of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) includes Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, the European Union, France, Germany, Greece,...

Darktrace today announces the launch of Darktrace HEAL™, its AI-enabled product to help businesses more effectively prepare for, rapidly remediate, and recover from cyber-attacks. HEAL provides security teams with unique abilities to simulate real attacks within their own environments, create bespoke incident response plans as cyber incidents unfold, and automate actions to rapidly respond to and recover from those incidents. Managing emerging cyber-attacks presents an enormous challenge...

A number of years ago, I reviewed Ring's first-generation indoor camera and while it was a great offering at the time, they're now back with a 2nd generation that's even better. By now, most of us are comfortable securing our homes with external cameras, with the goal of at least catching the culprits, should the worst happen and often providing video evidence to authorities...

Picture this, you're sent a link on WhatsApp, at first glance, it seems like you've been lucky and won a prize, so you follow the link to collect your prize. The link takes you to a Facebook login page and you enter your credentials. Instead of getting access to your prize, you realise you've just provided your username and password to a malicious form...