About Shannon
Shannon Williams
Journalist
Shannon is a freelance editor and writer. As a professional content creator over the last ten years, Shannon has worked across many industries including tech, business and travel, in a variety of mediums including media, publishing, communications and social media. She has a knack for finding the right voice for her audience and relishes the opportunity to tell stories.
Stories by Shannon - Page 157
Medibank goes live with e5 Workflow cloud offering
Wed, 1st Jun 2022
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saas
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healthtech
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cloud services
e5 Workflow has successfully implemented its SaaS offering, e5 Connect, with its long-standing client, Medibank.
Cyber attacks on healthcare doubled in 2021, trend continues in 2022
Wed, 1st Jun 2022
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ai security
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ai
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cybersecurity
Cyber attacks targeting the health and social care sector in Australia doubled in 2021 compared with data from 2020.
Oracle enhances cloud security with integrated threat management
Wed, 1st Jun 2022
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cybersecurity
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cloud security
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oracle
Oracle is expanding its security services for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, including a new firewall service, to protect against emerging threats.
Anaplan and AWS announce new Australian collaboration
Tue, 31st May 2022
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saas
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hyperscale
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public cloud
US-based, cloud-native, SaaS company Anaplan, has announced an expansion of its strategic relationship with Amazon Web Services.
Poll highlights extent of insecure and unmonitored business-critical systems
Tue, 31st May 2022
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cybersecurity
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sap
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cyber attacks
40% of cybersecurity professionals do not include business-critical systems like SAP in their monitoring, according to a new poll by Logpoint.
Ransomware attacks stabilise in April - NCC Group
Tue, 31st May 2022
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ransomware
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malware
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cybersecurity
The number of victims of ransomware attacks appears to have stabilised during April 2022, according to NCC Group.
4/10 Australian SMEs fallen victim to cyber-attacks since pandemic
Fri, 27th May 2022
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cybersecurity
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cloud services
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cyber attacks
Almost four out of teb SMEs in Australia have fallen victim to cyber-attacks since the pandemic began, according to a new study.
Third-party automotive apps bear significant privacy risks
Fri, 27th May 2022
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data privacy
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kaspersky
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transport
Mobile applications for connected cars provide various features to make life easier for motorists, but they can also be a source of risk.
Australians lead the way in digital payment use - report
Fri, 27th May 2022
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cryptocurrency
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blockchain
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mobile wallet
Australian consumers are at the forefront of mobile wallet use and adoption of digital banking tools, abandoning cash and physical payment experiences.
Informatica, Oracle enter strategic global cloud partnership
Fri, 27th May 2022
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multi-cloud
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partner programmes
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informatica
Oracle named Informatica as a preferred partner for enterprise cloud data integration and data governance for data warehouse and lakehouse solutions on OCI.
Chorus and Nokia launches first trial of 25G PON broadband
Fri, 27th May 2022
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smartphones
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uc
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ar, vr & metaverse
Chorus and Nokia have announced the successful demonstration of 25 gigabit per second fibre (Gbps) broadband technology at the Chorus Fibre Lab in Auckland.
'Alarming' rise in ransomware threats - Verizon report
Thu, 26th May 2022
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malware
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
As criminals look to leverage increasingly sophisticated forms of malware, it is ransomware that continues to prove particularly successful.
Phone, internet complaints increase for first time in five quarters
Thu, 26th May 2022
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uc
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crm
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cx
Phone and internet complaints have increased for the first time in five quarters, according to a new telco report from the Ombudsman.
WhatsApp and QR codes the next scam threat - report
Thu, 26th May 2022
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phishing
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email security
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cybersecurity
KnowBe4 has warned it expects to see an increase in QR Codes and the WhatsApp chat platform being used for phishing and other scams.
Vishing attacks reach all time high - Agari and PhishLabs
Wed, 25th May 2022
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phishing
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email security
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cybersecurity
Vishing cases have increased by 550% in the past year, overtaking business email compromise as the second most reported response-based email threat.
Barracuda expands cloud-native SASE platform
Wed, 25th May 2022
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firewalls
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hybrid cloud
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iot
Barracuda Networks expands its cloud-native SASE platform, offering streamlined functionality and secure connectivity to industrial IoT devices.
Digital transformation increasing business complexities
Wed, 25th May 2022
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digital transformation
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pegasystems
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covid-19
A new survey suggests businesses must re-examine their digital transformation approach to better help employees adapt to change.
Asia Pacific plagued by sophisticated bad bots - report
Wed, 25th May 2022
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
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bots
The three most common bot attacks were account takeover, content or price scraping, and scalping to obtain limited-availability items.
APAC ranks third-highest region targeted by ransomware
Wed, 25th May 2022
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ransomware
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malware
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cybersecurity
Asia Pacific has ranked the third-highest region globally to be targeted by ransomware, according to cybersecurity firm Group-IB.
Employees on the frontline of cyber defense - report
Wed, 25th May 2022
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malware
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ransomware
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cybersecurity
In the first quarter of 2022, employees found themselves more than ever at the frontline of cyber defense, according to a new report from Kroll.