Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Symantec Internet Security Threat Report - Australia is a top 10 target and other top stories.

  • Symantec Internet Security Threat Report - Australia is a top 10 target

    Symantec Internet Security Threat Report - Australia is a top 10 target
    Symantec has today released their 81 page, annual Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR), Vol. 21 that reveals an organisational shift by cybercriminals - they are establishing professional businesses and adopting corporate best practices in order to increase the efficiency of their attacks against enterprises and consumers.  This new class of professional cybercriminal spans the ecosystem of attackers, extends the reach of enterprise and consumer threats, and fuels the growth of online crime...
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  • Planet Earth's reefs are being damaged an at risk of disappearing

    Planet Earth's reefs are being damaged an at risk of disappearing
    The rising temperatures of water over the threshold and for a sustained period of time; the sediment run-off; influences in nutrient levels; and, the damage caused by commodities industries are all factors that have contributed to global coral bleaching events. According to the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), when corals are stressed due conditional changes like temperature, light or nutrients they lose their colors and turn completely white and, in consequenc..
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  • Legal Action In Air As Telstra Inks $1.6bn NBN Deal

    Legal Action In Air As Telstra Inks $1.6bn NBN Deal
    Legal Action In Air As Telstra Inks $1.6bn NBN Deal By Computer Daily News | Tuesday | 12/04/2016 Telstra yesterday announced it had signed a $1.6 billion contract with NBN Co to provide services for its hybrid fibre coax (HFC) rollout - and has found itself the subject of serious concerns by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. The contract comes on top of the $11 billion deal Telstra struck earlier with NBN Co, allowing NBN to take control of Telstra's cable network, followe..
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  • First Drive: 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan

    First Drive: 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan
    The small SUV sector of the market is getting pretty crowded, which means to cut it you have to offer something pretty special. The Tiguan is actually VW’s third best-selling vehicle in the UK, so there’s a lot riding on Volkswagen with this second-generation model. And some of that pressure comes from within. This Tiguan shares the same MQB architecture as Seat’s first SUV, the Ateca. The Ateca is expected to be cheaper than the Tiguan and may well have a sportier edge. Then there’s the forthc..
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  • Experts crack Petya ransomware, enable hard drive decryption for free

    Experts crack Petya ransomware, enable hard drive decryption for free
    Security experts have devised a method that allows users to recover data from computers infected with the Petya ransomware program without paying money to cybercriminals.Petya appeared on researchers' radar last month when criminals distributed it to companies through spam emails that masqueraded as job applications. It stood out from other file-encrypting ransomware programs because it overwrites a hard disk drive's master boot record (MBR), leaving infected computers unable to boot into the o..
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  • Mercedes AMG S65 Cabriolets to be the Most Expensive Car to go On-Road in September

    Mercedes AMG S65 Cabriolets to be the Most Expensive Car to go On-Road in September
    Mercedes-Benz will hit the roads in Australia by September. The German brand has just updated its S-Class cabriolets, with Mercedes AMG S65 Cabriolets. The German Automobile company, Mercedes-Benz had launched the AMG S65 Cabriolet priced at ...
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  • Ultrasound makes for palm-based computer displays you can feel

    Ultrasound makes for palm-based computer displays you can feel
    Electronics Ultrasound makes for palm-based computer displays you can feel Nick Lavars April 11, 2016 From buzzing phones to quivering console controllers, haptic feedback has become indispensable in modern computing, and developers are already wondering how it will be felt in systems of the future. Sending ultrasound waves through the back of the hand to deliver tactile sensations to the fro..
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  • The big dry threatens world's small islands

    The big dry threatens world's small islands
    Mili Atoll in the Marshall Islands, as viewed by a drone during the scientists' research work in the western tropical Pacific. Photo: Jeffrey Donnelly Islanders are in for tough times. As if rising sea levels were not enough to contend with, about 16 million people living on three-quarters of the world's small islands face the daunting prospect of seriously dwindling freshwater supplies as a consequence of climate change.Australia's Cocos Island and Christmas..
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  • NASA scientists confirm Earth is tilting the opposite direction; Climate change making Earth's wobble shift

    NASA scientists confirm Earth is tilting the opposite direction; Climate change making Earth's wobble shift
    Global warming has yet another victim and this time, it’s our planet’s axis. According to NASA experts, the North Pole, that was drifting towards Canada for decades has changed its course and is now drifting towards the UK. There was a shift in the drift about 15 years ago. Now, it is drifting directly down the Greenwich Meridian. Climate change and global warming is shifting the way our Earth wobbles. “This is the first time we have solid evidence that changes in land water distribution on a g..
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  • Huge python may be world's longest snake

    Huge python may be world's longest snake
    Huge python may be world's longest snake
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