Healthcare stories
2020 was a highly productive year for Ransomware 2.0 in Asia Pacific, with REvil and JSWorm resurfacing as major threats, according to Kaspersky.
Sophisticated double extortion attacks targeting essential industries is causing significant business disruption, a new report has found.
By the end of 2020, the extortionists started circling back to earlier victims who did not pay ransom in earlier attempts, reusing their attack research.
The healthcare industry was the hardest hit, with 97% of all hostile activity targeted at the industry being web application or application-specific attacks.
Vertica and TCS join forces to accelerate modernization of enterprise data warehouses for data-driven organizations.
Waikato Hospital has this morning begun turning outpatients away from scheduled bookings after a major outage affecting its IT and phone systems.
Zscaler has announced its new Ransomware Report highlighting the most prolific ransomware actors, their attack tactics, and the industries being targeted.
Logicalis has appointed Toby Alcock as its Chief Technology Officer, responsible for setting a unified global solution strategy and vision.
Auckland digital transformation firm Journey Digital is expanding into Europe and the wider EMEA region with a new UK office.
Ireland's National Cyber Security Centre points to the 'Conti' ransomware variant, which caused the HSE's IT systems to shut down over the weekend.
In parallel with any physical form of identification, digital identities must be protected at all costs to prevent identity theft or fraud.
Ransomware attacks have seen 102% increase this year compared to the beginning of 2020, and there are no signs of it slowing down.
Microsoft has developed an online search tool called COVID-19 Search, using machine learning to provide accurate and timely information about the pandemic.
Greater assistance needed to protect Australian businesses and employees from cyber threats, according to an industry expert.
Hackers are taking advantage of global destabilisation by targeting essential industries and common vulnerabilities from the shift to remote working.
IT vendors in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia Pacific welcome new investments in cyber skills and digital cadetship.
COVID-19 and staff shortages are hindering the evolution of healthcare in the Asia Pacific region, according to a survey of global healthcare leaders.
CSPs now need to provide modern networks that work across every industry if they are to survive in a competitive and evolving marketplace.
New Zealand automation specialist Virtual Blue has won an award at the Blue Prism Partner Forum 2021 for its work in the healthcare sector.
Barely four months since the Privacy Act 2020 came into force, early indications appear to suggest that mandatory breach reporting regulations are working.
