Data breaches at scale: implications of the Optus and Medibank breaches.

The recent spate of reported cyber-attacks is likely due to both increased frequency and greater reporting obligations under Australian law.

Business email compromise is an insidious and increasingly common means of fraud that poses a threat to any businesses, especially law firms, that act as trustees in large transactions.

Even without a formally recognised duty of technological competence, such a duty might be inferred by an Australian court having regard to reported levels of cybercrime, other professional duties and the official warnings by regulatory bodies.

The choice between paying a ransom and either losing all your business records or seeing confidential client information lost or published is one that no practitioner ever wants to make.

The choice between paying a ransom and either losing all your business records or seeing confidential client information lost or published is one that no practitioner ever wants to make.

Cybercrime is challenging organisations everywhere, with daily news stories about businesses, government organisations and even global IT companies that have been hacked. Law societies and insurers have been warning lawyers about cyber risk, in particular…

Cyber risk may be a modern phenomenon, but the old adage about an ounce of prevention being better than a pound of cure still applies.

Be proactive in understanding your practice’s cyber security profile – do not regard it as a ‘set and forget’ issue.

From 1 July 2018, all caveats and land transfers without mortgages in NSW have been lodged electronically, and this will be extended to all mainstream property transactions from 1 July 2019.

The Untold Story of NotPetya, the Most Devastating Cyberattack in History contains a fascinating discussion. Read the full article by Andy Greenberg on Wired.com