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Australians will continue to be ripped off by international crime syndicates unless banks fast track the rollout of ATM chip technology, according to Queensland Police Detective Superintendent Brian Hay.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated ftp packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The U.S. government is in negotiations with SoftBank for greater control over equipment purchases by Sprint Nextel and the selection of one of the Japanese company's nominee to the U.S. carrier's board, according to a news report.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and multiple bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. CVE-2013-0153

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated xen packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

RHN Satellite and Proxy: Updated spacewalk-backend packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Network Satellite 5.3, 5.4, and 5.5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. CVE-2013-2056

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated Red Hat Enterprise MRG Realtime packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.3.

Twitter, in a much-needed move to keep its users safer from cyberattacks, is introducing a more secure login process.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated selinux-policy packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated perl-Test-MockObject packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

If you've ever dropped, broken or drowned your mobile phone, Kyocera Wireless has a deal for you: two new waterproofed Android phones, one of them ruggedized, aimed at first-time smartphone buyers looking for affordable handsets. The products were announced for the U.S market at this week's CTIA cellular industry conference in Las Vegas.

If you've ever dropped, broken or drowned your mobile phone, Kyocera Wireless has a deal for you: two new waterproofed Android phones, one of them ruggedized, aimed at first-time smartphone buyers looking for affordable handsets. The products were announced for the U.S market at this week's CTIA cellular industry conference in Las Vegas.

Mobile devices are getting hit by a boom in malware similar to the one that hit PCs starting with the rise of the Web, a security software executive said Tuesday.

The annual AusCERT conference began on the Gold Coast with an invasion by some friendly storm troopers. Delegates heard insights from Google, the Department of Environment and Queensland Police Service. The conference continues until Friday.

Blue Coat Systems, a provider of Web traffic filtering and business assurance products and services, plans to buy security analytics specialist Solera Networks, which uses data mining techniques to classify network traffic and detect potential security threats.

A new variant of the Citadel financial malware is targeting users of the Payza online payment platform by launching local in-browser attacks to steal their credentials, according to researchers from security firm Trusteer.

The WikiLeaks political party is a step closer to being registered in Australia.

Google has urged security professionals to help Australians stay safe on the National Broadband Network (NBN).

China's Baidu has long dominated the country's search market. But a local rival to the company is bolstering its own search services with the help of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Updated libksba packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.