Information Technology

Apple has debuted a new mobile tool to wrestle away control in coercive, domestic violence situations — but timing is crucial if you have to use this feature. The feature, Apple Safety Check, has been designed to help tackle domestic abuse and intimate partner violence (IPV). Apple has worked with organizations, including the National Network To End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) and the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCV) to design this new feature.Read on: How to find and remove spyware from your phoneSafety Check is making its debut in iOS 16, the next upgrade to Apple’s mobile operating system. iOS 16 is in beta and is expected to become widely available in the fall.   What is domestic abuse or IPV? More

The amount of time cyber criminals intruders are spending inside victims’ networks is increasing, providing them with the ability to carry out higher complexity campaigns and more damaging cyber attacks.  According to analysis by cybersecurity researchers at Sophos, who examined incidents targeting organisations around the world and across a wide range of industry sectors, the […] More

Is there any way to retrieve the data before it’s lost for good? Getty Images Welcome to the latest installment of Ask ZDNet, where we answer the questions that make Dear Abby’s eyes glaze over.  In the mailbag this week: Some technical acrobatics that might help you recover data from a PC after you’ve forgotten […] More

For small businesses, cyberattacks might sound like something they don’t need to think about. Because cyber criminals only go after big, lucrative targets, right? Why would they target a small business? Special Feature The unfortunate truth is that small businesses can make very tempting targets for malicious hackers and cyber criminals because they hold the […] More

A cyber criminal gang is stealing sensitive data from businesses and demanding a ransom payment in exchange for deleting the stolen information – and they’re harassing victim’s employees, business partners and clients in an effort to make extortion attempts as effective as possible.  A joint advisory by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity […] More

Image: Imaginima/Getty Images It would be an understatement to say that small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) around Australia have had to face a tough couple of years. But there are signs that this is a remarkably resilient cohort of businesses. Special Feature A recent study revealed that 57% of SMBs in Australia and New Zealand […] More

Image: Shutterstock Researchers say that while ransomware attack volumes are dropping, shifts in gang activities have pivoted more attacks than ever to the finance sector. On Monday, cybersecurity firm KELA published its Ransomware victims and network access sales report (PDF), suggesting that the number of significant ransomware victims dropped by approximately 40%, recorded as 698 in […] More

Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Microsoft has rolled out the public preview of Windows Autopatch, potentially a much easier way for admins to handle Patch Tuesday.  Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of every month, is set to be “just another Tuesday”, Microsoft boasted when it unveiled the Autopatch managed service in April — at least for admins managing […] More