• Tim Biggs

As the AFL and NRL finals seasons approach, Ticketmaster warns of an increase in counterfeiters taking barcodes from social media and selling duplicate tickets online.

• Jordan Robertson

Dropbox has confirmed that a data breach discovered and disclosed in 2012 was bigger than previously known, and according to one report could involve almost 69 million accounts.

• Rae Johnston

Government wants a way to make sure people are who they say they are while using online services, but the Australian Privacy Foundation says trust has to go both ways.

• Nicole Perlroth

Apple rushes out an iPhone software upgrade after three apparent flaws may have allowed eavesdropping on conversations.

Joint investigation by the Australian and Canadian privacy commissioners finds infidelity website fabricated security qualifications, was storing passwords in plain text.

• Brian Krebs

A little-known feature of many modern smartphones is their ability to duplicate video on the device's screen so that it also shows up on a much larger display — like a TV. However, new research shows that this feature may quietly expose users to a simple and cheap form of spying.

• Inga Ting

The absurdity of teaching people to use passwords that are hard for humans to use but easy for computers to guess was beautifully captured in the much-loved web comic by Randall Munroe of Xkcd.

• Jim Finkle

Apple plans to offer rewards of up to $261,280 to researchers who find critical security bugs in its products, joining dozens of firms that already offer payments for help uncovering flaws.

• Adam Turner

Hackers are still defeating Apple's security safeguards to remotely wipe their victim's devices — deleting family photos and other precious files — despite iCloud's two-factor security upgrade.

• Andrea Peterson

Millions of people count on password managers to safeguard their accounts, but the systems can still be vulnerable.

• Lucy Cormack

Not even porn could beat Pokemon Go in Google search trends - and marketing experts say it isn't going away any time soon.

• Security
• Tom Pullar-Strecker

Cyber criminals have adopted a "gold rush" mentality after successfully using ransomware to extort money from businesses, United States security software firm Symantec has warned.

• Adam Turner

It was once the best way to give websites pizazz, but these days Flash content is rarely there for your benefit.

• Jim Finkle

Facebook Inc on Friday said it began testing end-to-end encryption on its popular Messenger application to prevent snooping on digital conversations.

• Esther Han

And taping over your webcam isn't one of them, says Google's cybersecurity chief Gerhard Eschelbeck.

• Security
• William Turton

Telegram is a messaging app that promotes itself as a safe, secure option. Here's the unfortunate truth.

• Katie Rogers

Mark Zuckerberg does it and you probably should too: Tape over your laptop's video and audio portals for basic, cheap security.

• Jessica Sier

Leaderless cryptocurrency experiment has been hacked and will be closed down.

• Security
• Hannah Francis

Adobe has patched its problematic web plug-in for just the latest of a string of critical security flaws.