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22 November 2024
Ransomware is something that we touch on regularly, as it’s one of the most profitable attacks that malicious actors can use to extract value out of their victims. One of the reasons for this is that the effectiveness of the attack scales wi...
29 August 2024
Most people these days are aware that public WIFI is something to be wary of, which is great as they can potentially be the first step hackers can use to break into your devices and accounts. Perhaps driven by all the advertisements online f...
28 June 2024
Every six months or so we like to do a review of the state of cybersecurity in the IT landscape. It’s rarely good news, with cyberattacks seeming to only ever grow in number and in frequency. And unfortunately, this month’s news ...
30 April 2024
We’ve been following the Medibank breach since it occurred back in 2022, having reported on it initially when it happened1, as well as providing several updates as things developed. Just last month we put an article out about how ...
30 April 2024
As is unfortunately the new normal, each month it seems like there is news of another data breach of a major organisation. Perhaps it could be related to the increasing use of AI in cyberattacks, or alternatively, it could just be a sign that cybe...
28 March 2024
A while ago – back in November of 2022 – we covered the data breaches of Optus, Medibank, and Harcourts - explaining how each of them were preventable by fairly basic changes to their systems and policies. We wanted to let our&nbs...
27 March 2024
In news that should concern everyone who uses Microsoft services - either personally or for work – Microsoft have disclosed that an attack from earlier this year appears to have led to source code being stolen in an “ongoing attack”.
19 December 2023
In the world of cyber-security, things only ever seem to go in one direction with threats only seeming to increase in their numbers and the dangers that they pose. However, luckily this ever-increasing risk is more often than not matched by a...
29 November 2023
Everyone across Australia is likely already aware of the issues that affected the Optus network earlier this month. They were hard to miss, as Optus is Australia’s second-largest telecommunications company and the outage affected their entir...
28 September 2023
Here at Micron21 we’ve always prided ourselves on using the latest and greatest hardware that’s available. We’ve gone above and beyond what’s required with our own data centre – attaining “Tier IV” accredi...
