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ASD Cyber Threat Report 2025-26: What It Means for Your Business

ASD Cyber Threat Report 2025-26: What It Means for Your Business

ASD's seventh Annual Cyber Threat Report puts the average self-reported cybercrime cost for a medium business at $141,300, up 45%. Here are the five numbers worth taking to your...

Catharsis in Cyber Security Explained · 20 min read >

ASD Essentials for Small Business: What Changed, What to Do First

ASD published ASD Essentials on 15 October 2026. It replaces maturity levels with priority phases, rates each security action...

Catharsis in Cyber Security Explained
Oct 16 · 22 min read >
ASD Essentials for Small Business: What Changed, What to Do First

MFA isn’t enough: how device-code phishing hijacks Microsoft 365

Device-code phishing gets staff to sign in on the real Microsoft page and approve an attacker's session, so passwords...

Catharsis in Cyber Security Explained
Oct 6 · 8 min read >
MFA isn't enough: how device-code phishing hijacks Microsoft 365

Paid a ransom? Australia’s 72-hour reporting rule explained

If your business turns over more than $3 million, or runs critical infrastructure, and pays a ransom or extortion...

Catharsis in Cyber Security Explained
Aug 12 · 9 min read >
Paid a ransom? Australia's 72-hour reporting rule explained