American credit payment provider Mastercard and Japanese technology provider NEC have teamed up to help consumers use biometric technology for in-store payments.



Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil appears to have taken a leaf out of the book of ransomware outfits when advertising a new initiative by the government against this genre of malware.

Microsoft has issued patches for 57 CVEs on Patch Tuesday this month, three of which are rated critical and 54 rated important.

Stevedore DP World Australia appears to have been breached by a ransomware group which used a vulnerability in the Citrix NetScaler gateway, leading to the company being affected from Friday until Monday.

A team of experts led by Monash University researchers, in collaboration with Australia’s national science agency CSIRO, have announced the creation of an algorithm that can help strengthen online transactions that use end-to-end encryption against powerful attacks from quantum computers.

E-ink tablet provider, reMarkable, has released a new software update taking its lightweight reMarkable 2 tablet to a whole new level, giving even more reasons to ditch paper while retaining the feel.

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Josh Martinez, newsletter editor, iTWire

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