Four days after it denied that the payment checkout page on its website had been compromised, Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has completely changed its tune, admitting that it had indeed been attacked and nearly 40,000 users may be affected by the attack.

A billion-dollar electronic health records company in Chicago is struggling to recover from an attack of a variant of the SamSam Windows ransomware.

Facebook has announced a second major policy change on its news feed, with users now being entrusted with the task of judging the trustworthiness of news sources.

Sydney start-up Perx has been granted $25,000 by the Jobs for NSW organisation to develop technology that uses games and rewards to remind people to take their medications regularly.

Identity and access management firm One Identity has acquired Balabit Corporation, a provider of privileged access management, privileged account analytics and log management solutions.

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