Using public Wi-Fi easily opens up users to security threats, as one privacy software company has proven by hacking three prominent UK politicians. [ + ]

Cybercrime can lead to financial loss, reputational damage and physical harm. The ICT industry needs to tackle the problem head-on, through real-time monitoring and information sharing. [ + ]

Popular exploit kits are already being updated to include the zero-day Flash exploit discovered in a trove of leaked data from Hacking Team in Italy, Trend Micro researchers have discovered. [ + ]

A prototype developed by the University of California could pave the way for far more robust fingerprint biometric technology, helping to keep smartphones and other devices more secure. [ + ]

This week: Virtual reality monitor can manipulate projected holograms, NASA scrambles to fix communications with Pluto spacecraft and a scorpion robot to enter Japan's damaged nuclear reactor. [ + ]

Spy company gets hacked with sensitive data leaked, public asked to comment on online privacy invasions like revenge porn and AISA board appoints its first CEO. [ + ]

Nokia Networks recently worked with UAE telecom service provider du to pilot the use of drones to help speed up network planning and optimisation testing. [ + ]

No industry is immune from the Uber effect. In order to benefit from disruption and not fall victim to it, you must know your business; be agile and respond quickly; and employ low-drag systems that don't hold you back. [ + ]

The WA cabinet has used GovHack 2015, the nationwide competition to design innovative apps and services using public sector data, to announce a whole-of-government Open Data Policy. [ + ]

Big data and business intelligence are among the fastest-growing segments of the overall information management software market, Ovum estimates. [ + ]

Android ransomware accounted for 25% of all malware detected in Australia during the month of May, a steep rise from 6% in February, research shows. [ + ]

Web hosting provider Digital Pacific has expanded its operations by acquiring Crucial, another of Australia's most established hosting providers. [ + ]

Which is best - getting networks up and running quickly with the most converged infrastructure available, or using SDN to promote open and dynamic systems that can leverage innovations faster? [ + ]

This week: Apple in the naughty corner, rocket says 'No', Alan Turing's real thoughts about AI, leap seconds, and lasers you can touch. [ + ]

Paul Shetler, a former executive at the UK's Government Digital Service, has been appointed CEO of the federal government's Digital Transformation Office. [ + ]