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Insiders Sell Off $7M In Apple User Data

Fergus Halliday June 9, 2017 No Comments

Apple has talked a big game about digital security in the past. However, new reports (via the Hong Kong Free Press) that Chinese law enforcement agencies have arrested an underground…

Target Pays $18m For Data Breach

Computer Daily News May 25, 2017 No Comments

US retailer Target has agreed to pay US$18.5 million to resolve an investigation by multiple state prosecutors into its massive 2013 hack, a deal that represents the largest multi-state data…

North Korea ‘Highly Likely’ Behind Ransomware Attacks

Computer Daily News May 24, 2017 No Comments

North Korean affiliates are “highly likely” to have been responsible for the WannaCry cyber attack this month that infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide, according to cyber security firm Symantec.…

Apple Continues Storing Notes Long After Deletion

Jon Bragg May 22, 2017 No Comments

A Russian security firm has found that notes deleted on iPhone, iPad and Mac devices can remain stored in the cloud for years. ElcomSoft was able to use its own software…

Microsoft and NSA face off over cyber attack

Computer Daily News May 17, 2017 No Comments

SEATTLE/WASHINGTON DC – While banks and critical organisations have tightened their security systems following the global WannaCrypt ransomeware assault of the weekend, there is a blame game brewing in the…

Ransomeware: Oz biz victims thought to be clamming up

Computer Daily News May 17, 2017 No Comments

While officially the Federal Government yesterday was saying that so far only 12 Australian organisations have reported being infected by the WannaCrypt/ WannaCry ransomeware attack, some experts in the security…

HP Responds To Pre-Installed Keylogger On Laptops

Jon Bragg May 16, 2017 No Comments

HP has issued a fix for dozens of its commercial and consumer laptop models that were found to be logging the keystrokes of users. The Swiss cybersecurity firm Modzero published a…

Australia Sleeps Through ‘Biggest Ransomware Attack In History’

Fergus Halliday May 15, 2017 No Comments

Australians look to have dodged a bullet when it comes to the WannaCrypt (also known as WannaCry) ransomware that wreaked havoc over the weekend. While the cyber-attack affected over 200,000…

Huge Cyber-Security Threat May Be Headed Down Under

Computer Daily News May 15, 2017 No Comments

Hundreds of Australian businesses and government agencies have been checking their IT systems this morning, if they didn’t already do it over the weekend, to determine what impact if any…

IoT – Disaster Waiting To Happen?

Computer Daily News March 7, 2017 No Comments

A multination survey of 3100 IT and business decision makers has found Internet of Things adoption heading for 85 percent, and the same percentage of current users reporting IoT related…