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Ten tips for safeguarding your finances from cybercrime this EOFY
Tax-time is often synonymous with a spike in activity by cyber-criminals looking to take advantage of vulnerable users. Here are ten tips to reduce your risk during this end of financial year.
Consiloon malware found in hundreds of Android devices
Throughout May alone Avast Threat Labs saw the latest version of the adware on around 18,000 devices belonging to Avast users located in more than 100 countries including Russia, Italy, Germany, the UK and some users in the U.S.
What is Cryptojacking and How Can You Protect Yourself From It?
What is Cryptojacking and how can you protect yourself from it?
In Pictures: Symantec show off Norton's first hardware product at CeBIT 2018
Symantec have confirmed their Norton Core router will be coming to Australia and shown it off at this year's CeBIT.
10 alarming cybersecurity facts
Here are ten things you need to know about modern cyber-security threats.
How Machine Learning Could Change Cybersecurity For The Worse
In the very near-future, machine learning is likely to be re-deployed by cyber-attackers looking to develop and distribute more dangerous and malicious threats. Worse still, this escalation might have already happened and we just don’t know about it ...
How to secure smarthome Internet of Things devices from hacker attacks
More than 8.4 billion internet connected devices are estimated to be available in 2017, and Gartner estimates that number will reach 20.4 billion by 2020. In 2017, the consumer sector represents 63 percent of all devices in use, or 5.2 billion units.
10 gadgets every white hat hacker needs in their toolkit
A ‘white hat’ is an ethical computer hacker or cyber security expert. White hat hackers often conduct exploratory testing to ensure an organization or computer system is properly protected.
FBI urges ransomware victims to step forward
The FBI has issued a plea for those who have been hit by ransomware to report this to federal law enforcement so that the country can get a better sense of just how bad this problem really is.
How to stop hackers from reaching your deleted files
What happens when you delete a file? Unknown to most, deleted data from a mobile phone can still be shared with others if not appropriately managed. In a worst-case scenario, this could end up in the hands of a hacker or e-criminal, and used against ...
11 signs your kid is hacking -- and what to do about it
Here’s how to find out if your child is involved in malicious online activity -- before the authorities do
4 big plans to fix internet security
Internet security is in crisis. These four proposals offer tangible solutions -- including one scheme to change the Internet's workings from top to bottom
In depth: Live hacking on-stage at Hack-Ed
One of the more popular events at Microsoft’s TechEd, ‘HackEd’ saw Auckland’s SKYCITY Theatre packed almost to the last seat with developers and professional techies. Everyone in attendance was there to watch Kirk Jackson (Xero) and Andy Prow (Aura I...
How (and why) to surf the Web in secret
They say no one can hear you scream in space, but if you so much as whisper on the Web, you can be tracked by a dozen different organizations and recorded for posterity. Simply visiting a website can allow its operators to figure out your general phy...
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