An analysis of public Wi-Fi hotspots in 11 Russian cities that will be hosting World Cup football matches from 14 June onwards shows that more than a fifth (22%) have no encryption at all.

Tiny optical sensors, that are 50 times thinner than a human hair and may make it possible to create wearable devices that allow diagnosis in real-time, have been developed by scientists at the Australian National University.

Researchers have discovered that malware dubbed VPNFilter affects many more brands of routers than first thought, adding six more names to the list they enumerated on 23 May. They have also found that it can deliver exploits to endpoints.

The president of a professional IT lobby group has taken NBN Co chief executive Bill Morrow to task over his reported comments that gamers were to blame for congestion on the NBN fixed wireless network at peak times and they may be subject to lower speeds in order to fix the problem.

British security researcher Marcus Hutchins, who was arrested by the FBI last August over alleged charges of creating and distributing a banking trojan, faces new charges after the FBI issued an updated indictment on Wednesday.

Boards around the world – including in Australia - are ramping up investment in data security and privacy in the rush to become compliant with the European Union’s new privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and to avoid highly damaging data breaches.

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