Officials from the US and the European Union have decided to put off a ban on carrying any digital device bigger than a smartphone into the cabin of an airplane.

Telstra has taken up an investment in client company CrowdStrike, a US-based cybersecurity and cloud endpoint security provider, which has just completed a US100 million capital raising.

An Oregon-based maker of macOS and iOS software has had source code for some apps stolen after he downloaded and installed a trojaned version of the open source video transcoder Handbrake.

A quarter of Australian companies which took part in a survey conducted by IT management company ManageEngine felt they were more at risk of a cyber attack now than they were 12 months ago.

Security firm Sophos appears to be unaware that when one is in a hole, it is time to stop digging. Nothing else can account for the fact that when the company found itself with egg on its face over the WannaCry ransomware attack, it chose to try and "clarify" things.

Backup and availability vendor Veeam has been making changes to address a broader market.

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