A relatively new strain of Windows ransomware known as Cring has been noticed attacking Fortigate VPN servers using a vulnerability which has the reference CVE-2018-13379.

The use of artificial intelligence is growing in companies in the Asia-Pacific region, but it is mostly used in silos for isolated projects, the technology analyst firm IDC says.

Qlik has announced a further expansion of its relationship with Amazon Web Services (AWS) with the launch of a collaborative solution that will "help enterprises drive more value from SAP data with cloud analytics".

Apple will enforce new privacy notifications in the weeks ahead, a measure that Facebook and other companies that depend on digital advertising have claimed will affect their revenue.

Optus has introduced what it calls "a game changing Australian first innovation" that gives its customers "the freedom to ensure they enjoy the time that matters most by opting to pause notifications and connectivity distractions they often face everyday."

The United States is going ahead with a plan to impose tariffs of about US$880 million (A$1.2 billion) annually on goods from six countries that have levied taxes on digital companies.

The PHP project has issued an update about the security problem it made public on 30 March, saying that it was now believed that the git.php.net server was not compromised.

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