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Procore Technologies and ACA Research have released a report on technology usage and skills in the Australian construction industry.

The report studied attitudes of banking customers in Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Taiwan.

Failure to prioritise cybersecurity is stalling digital transformation efforts in Asia-Pacific, reveals a study by Forcepoint and Frost and Sullivan.

Ericsson's report challenges 4 key myths about 5G's consumer value, revealing a future of enhanced connectivity.

The report found that ransomware is seeing a 325% increase from previous year, and is the fourth-most detected threat against businesses in APAC.

A new McAfee report reveals 61% of IT professionals have faced serious data breaches in their current jobs, highlighting persistent cybersecurity challenges.

These attacks are socially engineered to target specific people within financial services organisations who can execute requests on the attacker's behalf.

Trustwave's 2019 Global Security Report reveals a sharp rise in focused cyber threats and highlights the ongoing evolution of both attacks and defences.

Compromised enterprise networks from unpatched vulnerabilities and bad security hygiene continued to be fertile ground for hackers in 2018.

A global IBM Security study reveals that 77% of organisations lack consistently applied cybersecurity incident response plans, risking higher breach costs.

The report highlights the unique triple threat facing manufacturing, including the risks associated with IT, OT and IP.

Cisco, Palo Alto Networks and Fortinet, all with a strong focus on network security products, outperformed the market, recording strong double-digit growth.

Thycotic's 2019 State of PAM Maturity Report reveals 85% of organisations struggle with access management, risking unprotected privileged accounts.

Cloud data protection requirements continue to drive encryption use, with encryption across both public and private cloud use cases growing over 2018 levels.

The summer season was all about fibre with 74% of respondents choosing fibre broadband plans, an increase of 6% on last quarter's report.

FBI crackdown on 'booters' reduces global DDoS attacks by 11%, but booter websites may make a comeback, says Nexusguard.

Data security tops the list for Filipino bank customers, who trust banks the most with their personal data, says Unisys' latest research report.

WatchGuard's Internet Security Report for Q4 2018 also finds growing use of a new sextortion phishing malware customised to individual victims.

The Asia-Pacific region remains a prime target for cybercriminals, according to Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report.

Proofpoint found that the education sector was the most targeted of both brute-force and sophisticated phishing attempts.