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Cyberattacks on super funds expose 'critical vulnerability'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... dark web monitoring, as knowing when member credentials are compromised allows funds to take immediate action before attackers can exploit them. Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation recently told Financial Standard how it is actively monitoring the ...

Financial services vulnerable to insider cybersecurity threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
... productivity in today's work-from-anywhere workforce, malicious insiders are actually harder to detect than external attackers or hackers. "Insider threats continue to climb, both in frequency and remediation cost. That said, we are seeing the risk ...

APRA consults to combat cyber attacks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
... "Australia's banks, insurers and superannuation funds are major targets of cyber-crime, and the risk is accelerating as attackers gain in skill and technological sophistication." "Unfortunately, it is only a matter of time until a significant cyber breach ...

Powered by Lloyds and KPMG, insurtech offers cybersecurity insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
An insurtech is offering clients protection from cybersecurity concerns such as ransomware, malware and social engineering fraud. Edmund claims to be Australia's first dedicated digital cyber insurance provider or "insuretech" and will cater to ...

Data security emerging as a superannuation risk

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... they can attack the system through using its own users, which makes defending the system very complex," said Muscat. "Attackers may not actually have to attack the system at all to do this as they can use malware and trojans," he said. Attacks can also ...

High tech maladies

... increase in the sale of these toolkits in the black market, particularly 'Mpack' in Australia. Through the toolkit, attackers could install malicious code on thousands of computers around the world and monitor those attacks easily. Worse, the report ...
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