Australia's second largest telco, Singtel Optus, has started offering all models of the iPhone 12 for sale from 7 November (Saturday), including the iPhone 12 Pro Max and the iPhone 12 Mini.

Researchers from global security firm Sophos claim they have found new malware that uses DLL side-loading to run malicious code and install backdoors on Windows systems.

Cyber criminals have attacked the SPIE Group, an European operator that provides a number of technical services, using the Nefilim ransomware that can encrypt files on Windows systems.

Like many of its cousins from its parent company, electronics giant B.B.K. Electronics, the vivo Y20S is a solidly constructed device, one of many 4G smartphones hitting the Australian market as companies realise that 5G smartphones are really not needed here given the current state of the 5G rollout.

Australian-listed call recording vendor Dubber has been chosen as the recording and data capture platform for IBM Cloud for Telecommunications.

Optus and the University of South Australia (UniSA) have announced a new strategic alliance designed to deliver research outcomes aimed at driving technology innovations and educating Australia’s next generation of cyber security and data science specialists.