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How to strengthen your computer defences – Sydney Morning Herald


Sydney Morning Herald

How to strengthen your computer defences
Sydney Morning Herald
Computer security is unlikely to get any easier during 2013. From outright human stupidity to ransomware and social engineering attacks, to full-scale cyber warfare instigated by state-sponsored belligerents, the outlook is one of more, not fewer

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Software version number no guarantee of security – Sydney Morning Herald


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Software version number no guarantee of security
Sydney Morning Herald
The message is simple: don't trust Android version numbers in vulnerability assessments. Enterprises that rely on Android version numbers to determine if bring-your-own mobile devices are patched and secure for enterprise use should think again

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Of Androids and botnets – Sydney Morning Herald (blog)


Sydney Morning Herald (blog)

Of Androids and botnets
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
It makes for unsettling reading, and not just because it is speckled with references to Sun Tzu and Camus. Botnet infection is at a 12-month high around the world. New malware of all kinds is emerging with vigour. If you've got an Android phone, you're

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Australian scientists make the leap on computer security – Sydney Morning Herald


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Australian scientists make the leap on computer security
Sydney Morning Herald
Nothing occurs in a vacuum, and the release of the first commercially available 128-qubit quantum-based computer last year by Canadian company D-Wave met not only a barrage of scepticism. It also led one Australian developer to do a radical rethink of

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