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According to new research by the cybersecurity company NordVPN, over 351 million malware incidents have been recorded, emphasising the “growing cybersecurity threat” in Australia. 

COMPANY NEWS: Zimperium, the leading mobile security solution for endpoints and apps, today announced the launch of the Zimperium Mobile-First Security Platform.

Adult content, streaming, and video hosting sites pose the most security and privacy threats—malware, intrusive ads, and trackers—according to research conducted by cybersecurity company NordVPN.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Internet security software is a vital component of online life today for all your devices, with Norton 360 Advanced also including identity theft insurance for the first time, and with cyber scammers more cunning that ever before, we look at the findings of two new Cyber Safety Insights and Pulse reports focusing on child safety and the latest scams afflicting us all.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Internet security software is a vital component of online life today for all your devices, with Norton 360 Advanced also including identity theft insurance for the first time, and with cyber scammers more cunning that ever before, we look at the findings of two new Cyber Safety Insights and Pulse reports focusing on child safety and the latest scams afflicting us all.

Online protection company McAfee has partnered with telecommunications company Telstra to deliver protection and safeguard the privacy and identity of telco consumers.

The Discord chat system is being increasingly targeted by the malware fraternity, according to security vendor Sophos

Android malware, which has been given the name Flubot, has spread across a number of unspecified European countries, the Slovakian security firm ESET says, adding that once infected, the entire device is open to the malware.

New versions of the surveillance tool FinSpy have been found, the Russian security outfit Kaspersky says, adding that attackers can use the software to spy on the activities of mobile devices and exfiltrate GPS location data, messages, photographs and call details.

Researchers from the security firm Lookout have found a version of the Exodus spyware that runs on iOS, with indications that it is made available through phishing sites that imitate mobile carriers from Italy and Turkmenistan.

A researcher from Kaspersky Lab says the company found 58.847 users who had a stalkerware application — a commercial version of spyware — installed on their Android phones or tablets in 2018, according to analysis of data collected from those who had Kaspersky anti-virus software running on their devices.

Ahead of its annual Security Analyst Summit which begins in Singapore next Monday, security firm Kaspersky Lab has upgraded its security app for Android so that it will detect common commercial apps that are known to be spying on users.

Security researchers at the group Security Without Borders say they have found a new Android spyware platform that spread through a number of apps aimed at Italian users. They have named it Exodus and since it consists of two stages, these have been called Exodus One and Exodus Two.

A union has demanded the Federal Government investigate the ride-sharing firm Uber after a program on the ABC on Monday night exposed the fact that the company escaped scrutiny by authorities and used spyware to get rid of business rivals.

British spyware company Gamma Group is facing legal action from four Bahrainis who claim the company knowingly sold its wares to the Bahraini Government knowing that it would be used to crack down on dissidents like them during the Arab spring of 2011.

A sacked employee of the Israeli cyber security form NSO Group Technologies stole the source code for the company's Pegasus spy software and tried to sell it on the dark web for the equivalent of US$50 million in cryptocurrency.

Android spyware that has a wide range of functionality has been found by the security firm Kaspersky Lab, which likens it to the wares of Italian company Hacking Team that suffered a major data breach in 2015.

A variant of the FinFisher spyware is being spread in seven countries through legitimate applications like WhatsApp, Skype, Avast, WinRAR and VLC Player, the security company ESET says.

Microsoft has issued a patch to fix a flaw in its Office suite that was being used to spread spyware known as FINSPY.

Hardware vendor Lenovo has paid a sum of US$3.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the US Federal Trade Commission on behalf of 32 American states over charges that the company's laptops came with spyware pre-installed between August and December 2014.