FireEye researchers have uncovered a potentially backdoored ad library in use in thousands of iOS apps that could enable attackers to compromise sensitive user data, such as audio and stored files. [ + ]

Mozilla's Firefox web browser has been upgraded to offer tracking protection by default in Private Browsing mode, automatically disabling elements that track user behaviour across websites. [ + ]

News that the Victorian Office of the Racing Integrity Commissioner wants warrantless access to stored metadata vindicates Internet Australia's objections to the retention scheme, according to the body's CEO. [ + ]

Government agencies may soon be able to pay for a method to spy on iOS owners by exploiting a method that allows remote jailbreaking and code execution on untethered iOS devices. [ + ]

Microsoft has abolished unlimited OneDrive storage for Office 365 Home, Personal and University customers and slashed the allocation for the free version, blaming a small number of users abusing the service. [ + ]

Cloud provider Ninefold will cease offering its public cloud server by the end of January 2016, after parent Macquarie Telecom decided not to make the investments required to expand the business. [ + ]

 Australia Post has announced it will invest around $20 million in emerging e-commerce businesses. [ + ]

This week: Don't trust your GPS, laptops in orbit, world-leading Aussie quantum research, and are leap seconds for the chop? [ + ]

A new report focusing on high-impact entrepreneurship in Australia highlights the need for a greater focus on commercialising research. [ + ]

Oxford academic and big data expert Viktor Mayer-Schönberger will deliver a lecture at the Powerhouse Museum on 5 November about the expected impact of the technology on Australian businesses. [ + ]

Brisbane's Data#3 has been awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to overhaul Edith Cowan University's communications network with the latest Cisco technology. [ + ]

A new Australian start-up has launched an innovative model for procuring services for a hybrid cloud ecosystem, while Verizon Enterprise and Equinix have brought new hybrid cloud services to the market.

A lack of industry and government focus and inconsistent regulation threatens to squander the potential $116bn positive impact on the Australian economy, according to an industry think tank. [ + ]

Apple earned nearly half of its revenue for the quarter ending in September from enterprise, according to CEO Tim Cook. [ + ]

Australian employers' lack of commitment to offering the ability to work from home could be costing the economy billions of dollars in lost productivity, research indicates. [ + ]