Skype can no longer be accessed on the Web using the Firefox browser on both Linux and Windows, as of Wednesday morning. The same applies to Opera.

Turing Award winner Adi Shamir, the renowned cryptographer who provides the initial S in the well-known RSA cryptography algorithm, is missing from the annual RSA Security conference as he apparently could not obtain a visa to enter the United States.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's preliminary report from its digital platforms inquiry has taken a "near-exclusive focus on protecting certain publishers from disruption and competition" and is at odds with the competition watchdog's mandate, the Australian arm of social media behemoth Facebook claims.

US security firm CrowdStrike has issued its annual Global Threat Report about cyber threats and their incidence, but the 75-page document contains no mention of any American state-based malware, otherwise known as APTs or advanced persistent threats.

External factors and security-specific threats are converging to influence the overall security and risk landscape, and leaders in the space must properly prepare to improve resilience and support business objectives, according to analyst firm Gartner.

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