Due to the popularity and anonymity of online gambling sites, cybercriminals have started using them to launder money and pay for services on the black market, according to McAfee. [ + ]

Toyota Motor Corporation has consolidated its disparate backup platforms into a single enterprise-wide system, using a cloud-based backup-as-a-service (BaaS) offering from Logicalis. [ + ]

Chinese spies that accessed Australia's parliamentary computer network in 2011 may have been in there for a whole year. Meanwhile, a US judge has ruled Microsoft must hand over customer data even though that data is stored outside the US. [ + ]

Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe will together pay just US$324m to settle a class-action lawsuit over bilateral agreements not to poach each other's staff, avoiding potential damages of up to US$9 billion. [ + ]

Kaspersky, Emisoft, Avira and BitDefender all blocked 99.8% of malware from live malicious URLs during a comparative test, and Kaspersky also scored highest on detecting malicious files. [ + ]

Some organisations are allowing employees to bring their own PCs onto the network, as part of formal BYOPC programs. But these schemes can carry hidden licensing costs. [ + ]

UXC and Senetas have formed a partnership to offer tailored encryption products for government and enterprise customers. [ + ]

Microsoft has been accused of bullying and employing high-pressure tactics for its decision to end support for Windows 8.1 for consumers in May, unless they have downloaded a cumulative update. [ + ]

Verizon security researchers have applied big data analytics to 10 years of security incident reports, and found that 92% of attacks can be traced to nine threat patterns. [ + ]

Cohda Wireless has been selected to supply equipment for a long-term trial aimed at reducing crashes involving large vehicles on a stretch of highway near Wollongong. [ + ]

A piece of Android malware uncovered by ESET allows attackers to capture SMS, voice calls and even audio, and a trojan targeting Facebook users appears to be making use of the app. [ + ]

Taxpayers or companies building their own fibre infrastructure in the city could subsidise the cost of building the NBN in rural Australia, new NBN Co CEO Bill Morrow has suggested. [ + ]

The ACCC has finalised its inquiry into the regulation of fixed line telecommunications services, deciding to continue regulating wholesale services supplied using Telstra's copper network for another five years. [ + ]

Thirteen Victorian companies have been awarded grants worth a combined $550k under the state government's Technology Voucher Program. [ + ]

NBN Co engineers wrung raw downlink speeds of 105 Mbps out of existing copper wiring during a pilot trial of FTTN delivery of the NBN, but this is not necessarily indicative of real-world speeds. [ + ]