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Ticketmaster warns Australian customers of possible data breach

Australian customers may be affected by a Ticketmaster data breach, the company has revealed.

Why is Bitcoin such a security hazard?

Despite the promise of Blockchain technologies to bring better security to online transactions and business processes, its rapid growth and adoption is bringing new cyber risks with equal force that will likely evolve with continued success.

No, We Didn't Get Hacked: Dixons' PC World loses customer data in cyber attack

As reported by Reuters earlier this week, British mobile phone and electrical retail chain Dixons Carphone has reported their second major cyber attack in three years after discovering unauthorised access to the payment data of PC World retail custom...

Amazon offers explanation after Alexa accidentally shares user’s data

Following reports that a woman in the United States had a conversation with her husband recorded and sent to an employee, Amazon have moved to assuage security concerns around their Amazon Echo smart speaker.

GDPR comes into force, ramifications visible from day one

New European privacy regulations went into effect on 25 May that will force companies to be more attentive to how they handle customer data.

Hackers infect more than 500,000 devices as malicious attack looms

Cisco has warned that hackers have infected at least 500,000 routers and storage devices in dozens of countries with sophisticated malicious software.

Spectre Lives: Intel, Google and Microsoft confirm new CPU vulnerability

Microsoft and Google have jointly disclosed a new CPU security vulnerability called Speculative Store Bypass (Variant 4).

Symantec confirm Norton Core router for Australian market

First shown at last year's CES in Las Vegas, Symantec have now announced that Norton's first foray into hardware will be coming to the Australian market later this year.

Zyxel and Bitdefender bring ZyWall Family of Security Solutions to Australia

Bitdefender has announced that it will provide its anti-malware services to the full line-up of Zyxel ZyWall security appliances across the Australia and New Zealand region.

New study finds IT professionals lack confidence in their ability to detect and contain cyber breaches

LogRhythm has released its annual benchmark survey, which measures the cybersecurity perceptions and practices of organisations in the United States, United Kingdom and Asia-Pacific regions.

New ATR Findings: Hidden Cobra Targets Financial Sector

McAfee Advanced Threat Research (ATR) has discovered the cybercrime group Hidden Cobra continues to target cryptocurrency and financial organisations with the return of the Bankshot malware impact surfacing in the Turkish financial system.

McAfee Launches Industry’s Most Comprehensive Cloud Security Solution for Microsoft Azure

McAfee has announced that it has extended its Cloud Security Platform to consistently protect Microsoft Azure.

D-Link ANZ Partners Exclusively with AVSystem for Zero-Touch Device Management in Australia and New Zealand

D-Link ANZ has announced an exclusive partnership with European-based AVSystem that enables remote management and provisioning of devices purchased by Service Providers and ISPs in Australia and New Zealand.

Intel tells customers to stop rolling out faulty patches

Intel asks computer makers to stop rolling out a set of faulty patches it issued to fix security flaws in its chips and instead start testing updated version.

CES 2018: Google Assistant To Come To Schlage Sense Smart Deadbolt

Schlage Sense has announced that new and existing owners of its Smart Deadbolt will be able to integrate their home security with Google Assistant in the first quarter of 2018.