Security firm Symantec claims to have evidence that a new wave of attacks is taking aim at energy targets in Europe and North America with the intention of affecting operations.

It’s been a milestone bonanza for the Kogan group of companies, with Kogan Mobile increasing data for all new and existing customers, and Kogan.com increasing active customers.

Steve Wozniak’s love affair with Australia continues, as he gets set to headline the third Pivot Summit in Geelong on Friday 8 December, 2017.

Global interconnection and data centre operator Equinix has announced that the Vocus-owned Australia Singapore Cable (ASC) will be made available to customers across its International Business Exchange (IBX) data centres in Melbourne and Sydney.

Former NSA employee and information security expert Jake Williams has told the FBI to either provide proof to the public that Kaspersky Lab products are unsafe for use or keep mum.

Hardware vendor Lenovo has paid a sum of US$3.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the US Federal Trade Commission on behalf of 32 American states over charges that the company's laptops came with spyware pre-installed between August and December 2014.

The Shadow Brokers, the group that has dumped many Windows exploits from NSA on the Web in April, has surfaced again, offering more exploits provided payment is made in Zcash.

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