Vodafone Hutchison Australia has teamed up with Dimension Data and FireEye to build a Cyber Defence and Response Centre which will be done over five years and with millions of dollars.

At a time when fake news is very much in the news, the technology website eWeek, aided by the American news aggregation site Slashdot, has added its mite to the pile, claiming falsely that 70% of businesses impacted by ransomware end up paying the ransom.

iOS is a somewhat safer mobile OS as Apple maintains a tight control over its app store and operating system – it is often called a walled garden - but even that has not stopped those that use bootleg software loaded on jailbroken devices, enterprise provisioning, or fake greyware laden apps from entering.

Microsoft has decided to block Flash Player content by default in the next release of its Edge Browser. Why? Flash is an old, venerable and very vulnerable attack vector.

BlackBerry is back in the handset business, announcing a long-term licensing agreement with TCL Communication Technology to design, manufacture, sell and provide customer support for BlackBerry-branded mobile devices.

Australia’s small business owners were spurred to start their own business after having difficulty finding full time employment due to barriers such as language, age, disability and skills, according to a newly released study of the SME market.

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