Malware that infects Windows systems via routers has been uncovered by researchers at security firm Kaspersky Lab who claim it has been used for cyber espionage from at least 2012 until February 2018. Malware for Macs is also on the rise.

Phone and Internet problems in Queensland have dominated reports to the State’s community legal sector workers, according to a new report by the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) and Community Legal Centres Queensland.

Conventional wisdom said Macintosh devices have no place on a Windows enterprise network. Yet, CIO David Williams reports that this thinking stymies innovation and, according to IBM, may even be costing companies money.

Linux servers are becoming open to more malware threats because of the applications and programming languages that can be used as a means to attack components of the open-source operating system.

New Zealand’s competition enforcement and regulatory agency, The Commerce Commission, has knocked back the acquisition of Motorcentral, a Christchurch-based supplier of motor vehicle dealer management (DMS) software, by Trade Me, the Kiwi online marketplace and classified advertising platform.

Researchers say they have found several security vulnerabilities in popular brands of smart cameras made by surveillance, aeronautics, optoelectronics, automations and weapons technology company Hanwha Techwin, part of the Samsung group.

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