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In early September, Apple removed several Trend Micro anti-malware tools from the Mac app store after they were found to be collecting unnecessary personal information from users, such as browser [...]

Hooray for the warmer weather! Spring has finally sprung, and the summer break is not too far off. I’ve spent a great deal of time this year consulting, thinking and writing about IT security. [...]

Have you ever had your personal information leaked on the internet? Maybe it was something you purchased online from a website, only to find out that the company was hacked months later? If the [...]

In Australia, depending on your industry or annual turnover, securing important documents is regulated and mandated by law. Even if your business is not one of those subject to the Privacy Act, [...]

I love free stuff and I’m sure you do, too. The internet is full of free software and services but, as my father used to say, there’s no such thing as a free lunch. While you might think you are [...]

Australians are increasingly concerned about how companies handle their personal data, especially online. Faced with the increasing likelihood that this data will be compromised, either through [...]

In the aftermath of revelations about the alleged misuse of Facebook user data by Cambridge Analytica, many social media users are educating themselves about their own digital footprint. And some [...]

When you realise you’ve been hacked, it’s suffocating. You feel vulnerable, hopeless, like you can’t do anything online ever again. Your blood runs cold and you start raking over the what-ifs and [...]

We often joke that Google knows more about us than our family but did you know that Facebook tracks everything we do online? Facebook say that they use this information to target better [...]