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If you’d like to find out more about the criminal gangs targeting Australian businesses, then check out this article from the respected CSO Online news and analysis publication

Technical security measures address less than half of all risk to data security.

Something I often hear is that small and medium businesses don’t feel they are big targets.  So, in an effort to understand the scale of cybercrime affecting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Australia, I turned to the most authoritative source available: the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD). Each year, the ASD publishes its Annual Cyber Threat Report, which consolidates data from multiple government agencies, including the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACS

In late April, three of the UK’s most iconic retailers - Marks & Spencer (M&S), Co-op, and Harrods – all fell victim to the same ransomware attack. While Co-op and Harrods bounced back swiftly, M&S remains crippled. Its online operations are still largely offline, Click & Collect is unavailable, and the company is reportedly haemorrhaging over AUD$90 million in weekly revenue. The retailer just disclosed that disruptions will continue until July. https://www.cyberdaily.au/sec

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