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• Formjacking’s popularity grows as profits from ransomware and cryptojacking drop

  Cyber security vendor Symantec says that ‘formjacking’ — which typically involves embedding malicious JavaScript in an online payment page — is becoming increasing prevalent.

• Google to buy data migration company Alooma

  Google has announced it will buy data migration company Alooma, as part of efforts to catch up with bigger cloud service rivals Amazon and Microsoft.

• LandMark White counts cost of data breach

  LandMark White is still working to assess the financial impact of a data breach that led to the information relating to clients posted on a darkweb forum.

• Microsoft delays Windows 7's update-signing deadline to July

  Microsoft has revised its schedule to dump support for an outdated cryptographic hash standard by postponing the deadline for Windows 7.

• Wi-Fi 6, 5G play big in Cisco’s mobile forecast

  Cisco: By 2022 mobile will represent nearly 20 percent of all global IP traffic, fueled in part by the internet of things

• NBN Co eyes new ways to fend off mobile challenge in apartment blocks

  NBN Co executives say they are examining ways to address challenges faced by short-term renters, including potentially introducing an arrangement for broadband services similar to that offered by utilities for electricity.

• Slack targets developers with Block Kit UI framework

  The team collaboration software maker says Block Kit will lead to apps that are more visually appealing and easy to use.

• 3 innovative training technologies that are boosting company learning

  Love them or hate them, few people come away from company training days having retained all the information that they were given. A common view is that they’re a distraction from a learner’s real work.

• Splunk pulls out of Russia

  Splunk has announced it will cease selling its platform to organisations in Russia. The decision also applies to subsidiaries whose parent companies are based in Russia and businesses that “would use the software or services within the territory”.

• Why 2019 should mark a levelled playing field for IT sector entrants

  Reports of an information technology (IT) and cybersecurity skills gap have fostered debate across media, business, and the IT industry itself.

• Former Defence CISO to government: Get the basics right on cyber security

  ​Former Department of Defence chief information security officer Lynwen Connick has called on the government to "get the basics right" around digital security in the wake of a cyber attack on the parliamentary computer network.

• Tech industry peak body expects ‘encryption’ law to hit exports

  The chief executive of the Australian Information Industry Association has warned that laws designed to help police and national security agencies intercept encrypted communications are likely to affect the nation’s “ICT innovation and export activities”.

• How Australia’s Cog Systems is working to secure IoT

  Gartner expects that by 2021, there will be some 25 billion ‘connected things’ in use. With everything from children’s teddy bears to cars to medical implants now being at increasing risk of either infection by malware or a new means to exfiltrate data, it is not a surprise that the analyst firm expects that by 2021, worldwide spending on IoT will reach US$3.12 billion.

• Britain does not support total Huawei network ban: sources

  British security officials do not support a full ban of Huawei from national telecoms networks despite U.S. allegations the Chinese firm and its products could be used by Beijing for spying, people with knowledge of the matter said.

• Zoho brings Zia AI assistant to its office apps

  Zoho Writer, Sheets and Show all get new artificial intelligence features in the latest update to Zoho Office Suite. The suite now includes a new app, Notebook.