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Kaspersky Software Sales Slow As New Spying Revelations Revealed

David Richards October 9, 2017 No Comments

Kaspersky security software sales in Australia have started to slow according to resellers, this follows claims that the Russian software is used to spy on owners. Questions are now being…

‘BlueBorne’ Bluetooth Flaws Leave Billions Of Devices Open To Attack

Roma Christian September 13, 2017 No Comments

A collection of eight flaws in the Bluetooth protocol (named ‘BlueBorne’) have been discovered by researchers at IoT security firm Armis, which they state can be used to attack devices…

Swann Celebrates 30 Years

Fergus Halliday July 14, 2017 No Comments

Global security solutions vendor Swann has celebrated its 30th birthday, highlighting consistent growth of 10% over the last ten years. According to Swann’s VP of Global Marketing Jeremy Stewart, “this growth…

Aus Gov Unveil Encryption Legislation

Fergus Halliday July 14, 2017 No Comments

The Australian federal government plans to take on tech companies with new legislation that will compel them to break into the encrypted messages of users and hand the contents over…

Serious Questions Raised Over Kaspersky Software & Links With Russian Intelligence

David Richards July 12, 2017 No Comments

Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab has been accused of working with Russian security and the KGB, with serious questions now being raised about their software that is sitting on over…

Retailers Still Running Windows 7 Machines Vunerable

David Richards May 23, 2017 No Comments

Thousands of Australian businesses who are still running their PC’s on a Microsoft Windows 7 OS, are seriously at risk especially retailers who are still rinning transaction based cash registers…

Cyber Attacks Pound Aussie Outfits Daily: New Govt. Report

Computer Daily News April 20, 2017 No Comments

Australian businesses and other organisations are experiencing cyber attacks at a much more frequent rate than most Australians have imagined, a new government report says. Australia’s largest companies and key…

Symantec Blames Global Cyber Attacks On Secret CIA Tools

Computer Daily News April 12, 2017 No Comments

Cyber attacks on scores of organisations around the world have been conducted with top-secret hacking tools that were exposed recently by Wikileaks, according to security market leader Symantec. The company…

Microsoft Word Bug Allows Banking Details To Be Easily Stolen

David Richards April 12, 2017 No Comments

Microsoft who are constantly bragging about the superiority of their Windows 10 security, have been left with egg on their face after it was revealed that thieves have been “easily”…

Questions Raised About Tizen OS Security

Fergus Halliday April 5, 2017 No Comments

A security specialist speaking to Motherboard has called Samsung’s proprietary operating system “a hacker’s dream” after uncovering 40 unknown vulnerabilities. In the interview, security researcher Amihai Neiderman didn’t pull any…