Payment redirection scams were the most financially damaging scams for Australian businesses in 2020 according to competition watchdog the ACCC’s latest targeting scams report.



Global security firm Kaspersky has revealed that targeted attacks against a number of companies, which it noticed in April, initially used a vulnerability in Google's Chrome browser and then linked this to two zero-days in the Microsoft Windows 10 kernel.

The new updates to Palo Alto Networks' Prisma Cloud address security issues, assess risks, and alert security teams to advanced attacks.

Developers and providers can now build-in zero trust, Internet-optimised application delivery as code with Agentless Zero Trust Networking. Zero trust connections can now be spun up in minutes.

Sony's "truly wireless" WF-1000XM4 earbuds boast superior noise cancelling and fit.

NortonLifeLock’s Game Optimiser is said to reduce performance interruptions while still maintaining security. It ensures that computing power is dedicated to the game for better performance.

Multi-cloud data stack provider DataStax has opened its new regional headquarters in Singapore and made two senior appointments.

And as always there's plenty more today, so for all the news please visit www.itwire.com.

Stephen Withers, newsletter editor, iTWire


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