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Over the past year the world has witnessed a booming cybercrime economy and the rapid rise of cybercrime incidents. To date in 2021, incidents of computer interference have increased by over 150%* with similar levels of growth experienced in cyber enabled crimes such as online frauds and exploitation. The cyberattack landscape is evolving as cybercriminals […]

CommSec to Provide Penetration Testing to Microsoft Clients Managed cybersecurity services provider, CommSec has become a Microsoft Silver Partner. This marks the start of the journey for CommSec within the Microsoft Security partnership ecosystem. David McNamara, founder and CEO of CommSec, comments: “We have agreed and signed a partnership deal with Microsoft to carry out […]

Since the pandemic, Irish businesses have faced a new set of IT Security challenges like digital transformation, remote working, and the constant threat of cyber attacks. With these new challenges comes a huge demand for IT Security experts. And to protect our businesses in the future, we need to develop a new wave of IT […]

Email Account Takeover (ATO) is an issue, your Secure Email Gateway (SEG) is not enough CommSec has found that External Account Takeover (ATO) attacks are a critical issue that hit many organisations today, and it happens more often than you think. Email account takeover occurs when a fraudster gains access to a legitimate user’s email […]