The New South Wales Department of Education is working to recover departmental systems after becoming a victim of a cyber-security attack, with the department saying it has worked with Cyber Security NSW to reactivate services as soon as possible.



With COVID-19's Delta strain rearing its ugly head in Australia and causing a third week of lockdowns in Greater Sydney, working from home for many office workers never went away but has been amplified in its importance, so what does Facebook's research into Australian workplaces uncover?

Webroot research has found 92% of illegal streaming sites were found to contain some malicious content, in a warning that targets not only Euro 2020 viewers, but for anyone hoping their illegal sports streaming doesn't end up souring your computer like a lemon.

Secureworks says the integration of its Counter Threat Unit into Taegis VDR (vulnerability and detection response) eliminates threats and vulnerabilities before they can pose risks. By detecting vulnerabilities, Taegis VDR is said to reduce remediation by 15 times.

Security specialist Tesserent has invested $600,000 in biometric security firm Daltrey, with a further $1.1 million to follow if growth targets are met.

Global cybersecurity company Sophos has acquired New York headquartered runtime visibility, detection and response for Linux production servers and containers provider Capsule8.

Technology and marketing consultancy Rightscale Group has appointed Mirko Roettgers to the newly created role of Triggerfish general manager, along with Marc Rousseau as operations director and John King as director of digital strategy.

And as always there's plenty more today, so for all the news please visit www.itwire.com.

Stephen Withers, newsletter editor, iTWire



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