Who can forget the shutdown of the 2016 Australian Census Cybercriminals by a ‘denial of service attack (DoS). DoS is the intentional attack on a website
IT security is a very complex field, and it it should be seen as a spectrum, just like physical security; and just like physical security you should consider the minimum standard below which risk becomes unacceptable; let’s look at simple measures to get your business at least to that level.
There have been recent scams going around targeting Australian Businesses. These criminals have been researching employees from various Companies, then contacting the Accounting staff attempting to impersonate Management/Directors requesting to transfer money to bank accounts.
We are seeing a lot of fake emails being sent to accounts departments requesting bogus payments. It is relatively easy to piece together staff at a company with profiles and positions on websites and LinkedIn.