EnSilo security researchers have uncovered a new code injection method that exploits a vulnerability endemic to the design of Windows and is present in all versions of the operating system. [ + ]

The next US president should place a priority on strengthening the nation's cybersecurity resources, said the security and business technology association ISACA. [ + ]

The top 10 strategic technology trends for 2017 will all focus on laying the groundwork for what Gartner calls an "intelligent digital mesh" of interconnected technologies, platforms and services, the research firm said. [ + ]

The Australian Information Industry Association has welcomed the decision to transform the DTO into the Digital Transformation Agency and pledged to heed the call to help the government's transformation efforts. [ + ]

The Australian Cyber Security Centre has concluded that a foreign intelligence agency was the likely culprit behind a breach of the Bureau of Meteorology's networks last year. [ + ]

Location analytics company Esri has invited its global start-up program manager to Australia to help mentor local start-ups, and its smart transport specialist to discuss using big data to transform transport network planning. [ + ]

Research has revealed that constant security warnings may cause people to ignore online safety, because they become fatigued by hearing about it so often. [ + ]

Google's new Pixel smartphone — the first to be developed entirely in-house by the company — aims to take on Samsung in the high-end Android device segment. [ + ]

ACCC Chairman Rod Sims has called on telecom operators to have their say as part of the regulator's market study into the telecommunications regulatory environment. [ + ]

The iPhone 7 scored lowest for both talk time and mobile browsing time during independent battery life tests of the latest crop of smartphones. [ + ]

With more frequent extreme temperature instances predicted for Australia, weather forecasts could offer data centre operators an effective way to ensure they avoid damage and downtime when faced with volatile climatic events. [ + ]

After spending $800m on Optus's hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) network assets, nbn has decided to abandon the technology in favour of fibre to the distribution point. [ + ]

Yahoo's belated disclosure of the theft of private data on at least 500m users in 2014 is a prime example of why New Zealand needs breach notification regulation, the nation's privacy commissioner has argued. [ + ]

Cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs has restored his website after it was forced offline for several days by a massive 620 Gbps DDoS attack.

At the International Privacy, Security & Trust Conference in Auckland later this year, experts will address the security implications of emerging new technologies such as autonomous vehicles and the IoT. [ + ]