Exploit vendor Zerodium has added new categories to its payout list, with sums of half a million dollars (US) on offer for fully functioning weaponised exploits against Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram and other encrypted messaging apps.

It seems that everywhere you turn these days, there is a possible export around the corner. A third-party replacement screen on a smartphone could serve as an entry point for an attacker, with impersonation or compromise of a user, or compromise of the device itself being possible.

The cyber security co-ordinator of the White House has publicly warned against the use of software from Kaspersky Lab.

To simplify the SSD install process for consumers, a web app promises to make an SSD upgrade a simple process taking less than 15 minutes following the “straightforward instructions.

Ok, so the new LG Q6 “only” has a 5.5-inch screen, but it does have the 18:9 aspect ratio, it’s $1100 cheaper than the Note8 at $399, and it’s in JB Hi-Fi stores from today.

As was the case with the original iPhone, Telstra is slow out of the gate again. Telstra’s pre-orders for the Note8 start much later than the 25 August date mentioned by Samsung Australia, with its plans and pricing to be announced “soon.”

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