A group that had filed a class action against Google, for what it claimed was the company's tracking of 4.4 million iPhone users between August 2011 and February 2012, has won an appeal against dismissal of the case and will now be able to proceed with the action.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has failed to properly address vulnerabilities in its Intelligent Management Centre, the security firm Tenable claims, despite having informed the company about the issue in June.

Global credit/debit card provider Visa has partnered with fintech Payment Logic to launch Yak Pay, a company providing small businesses with the ability to use digital payments when paying non-card accepting suppliers.

The Federal Government’s Department of Home Affairs has signed a new long-term contract with augmented identity solutions provider IDEMIA for the provision of its SmartGate solution as part of the traveller arrival process into Australia.

Anatomy students at La Trobe University are putting aside their text books and piloting the use of digital technologies - Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) - to learn about the human body, with the university conducting the pilot program to teach the second-year anatomy subject.

Security firm CrowdStrike is touting for more business, beyond its base in the US. That's probably why the company has put out a mid-year threat report which mostly contains details of tactics, techniques and procedures, suggests security reporter Sam Varghese.

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