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Australian cybersecurity megamix CyberCX has launched a scholarship fund and other initiatives to attract and promote women in industry careers. The company will fund 12 scholarships to support female students who enrol into an Australian university or TAFE cybersecurity program. The scholarship will include a paid internship at CyberCX. Also announced on Thursday were partnerships […] More
Image: Avast Czech antivirus maker Avast has taken the extreme step of disabling a major component of its antivirus product after a security researcher found a dangerous vulnerability that put all of the company’s users at risk. The security flaw was found in Avast’s JavaScript engine, an internal component of the Avast antivirus that analyzes […] More
In 2017, the US, famously and controversially, made the decision to withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement. And some of the 187 countries that remain in the agreement are struggling to meet their commitments. Recently, Australia came under international criticism for proposing to use a dubious accounting method to meet its 2030 carbon reduction targets. Sweeping […] More
Ring on Wednesday announced the Video Doorbell 3 and Video Doorbell 3 Plus. The new video doorbells are available for preorder right now for $199 and $229, respectively. Orders will begin shipping on April 8. Disclosure: ZDNet may earn an affiliate commission from some of the products featured on this page. ZDNet and the author were not compensated […] More
Getty Images/iStockphoto The Dutch government said it lost two external hard disk storage devices that contained the personal data of more than 6.9 million organ donors. The hard drives stored electronic copies of all donor forms filed with the Dutch Donor Register between February 1998 to June 2010, officials from the Dutch Minister of Health, […] More
Would she have read the email? As the novel COVID-19 coronavirus spreads, everything’s being canceled. Many people are working from home. Many companies are telling employees to stay there. These days, you can’t even find a conference to go to. Perhaps one of the last to take place was the RSA Security Conference in San […] More
Microsoft and Google have sent their employees home to work as a precaution against the novel coronavirus COVID-19, as have Apple, Facebook, and Twitter. Many other companies throughout the world are following suit. While many of us have worked from home for years, many other employees have never had to set up a fully-functioning home […] More
An association of European electricity companies has confirmed that hackers have breached its office network. “ENTSO-E has recently found evidence of a successful cyber intrusion into its office network,” the association said in a statement. It added that a risk assessment had been performed and contingency plans are now in place to reduce the risk […] More
