Security vendor Avast has identified malware hidden in at least 25 third-party Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge extensions. These extensions are associated with big-name sites including Instagram and Facebook.

Microsoft specialist Avanade has granted its employees additional leave entitlements. An unspecified amount of gender transition leave is now available, and paid parental leave is available to employees regardless of gender.

Global machine data acquisition and investigation software provider, Splunk, has continued its acquisition path in 2020 and moves into 2021 focused on its cloud journey and customer innovation. Doug Merritt, President and CEO of Splunk, spoke exclusively with iTWire.

In-flight broadband could be coming to New Zealand thanks to an agreement between Auckland-based engineering company Broadtech Group and Germany-based in-flight connectivity specialist SkyFive.

Trend Micro Cloud One – File Storage Security is, according to the company, the world's first cloud-native, fully serverless file storage security tool for organisations building applications in the cloud.

Corporate performance management (CPM) specialist OneStream Software is preparing to open its APAC headquarters in Sydney.

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