Australian teen uncovers security flaw in PayPal

15 August 2014 Happy Friday! If you haven't yet read Ben Grubb's story on the teenager giving PayPal a headache, head there first. Then don't miss Sylvia Pennington's piece on women app creators, Beverley Head's look into how banks need to move with the data natives, Drew Turney's story on researchers hoping to borrow from peer-to-peer technology to solve privacy problems, and Liam Tung's story on the CIA offshoot's plan to fix the internet. All below and more on the IT Pro page. Happy reading. Lia Timson, Technology Editor, ltimson@fairfaxmedia.com.au Australian teen uncovers security flaw in PayPal Aussie teen who found flaw in a government site finds another one, this time in PayPal. Data retention proposal not a problem for Telstra: Thodey Telstra says it doesn't see any issues with government proposals to store customer internet and phone logs for up to two years. New NBN Co report blames company board for delayed rollout The early rollout of the national broadband network was stymied by a board which lacked the necessary skills and experience to deliver the nation’s biggest infrastructure project, according damning review of NBN Co governance under the Rudd and Gillard governments. NSW to overhaul emergency comms network despite NBN The NSW government has moved to ramp up its radio network as part of a larger plan to modernise the service. Advertisement More for you Five Aussie women with apps to their name Could peer-to-peer technology solve the privacy conundrum? Microsoft cloud coming to Australian data centre in October Announcement on long-awaited Australian data centres expected in weeks. Banks move with the data natives Move over digital natives – the “data natives” are about to take over, and Australian banks have been warned to get ready.   Ice Bucket Challenge issued to Buffett, Gates An Ice Bucket Challenge has been issued to Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos: Will they take it? CIA's Dan Geer's five-point plan to fix the internet Dan Geer says individuals should be able to delete data retained by law, among other ideas. Cisco Systems to cut 6000 jobs Cisco Systems on Wednesday said it was laying off thousands of employees as it struggles with sluggish sales and a range of fierce competitors. Microsoft, Adobe release critical fixes Patches for Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player and AIR, and nine updates for at least 37 security holes in Windows and related software. We've sent you this email because your email address garn14.tech@blogger.com has been registered for a Fairfax Media membership. You can unsubscribe from this email at any time. At Fairfax Media, we'll never ask for your personal or credit card information via email. If you receive a suspicious email claiming to offer Fairfax Media services in exchange for your details, please delete it. Copyright © 2014 Fairfax Media Privacy Policy Conditions of Use Unsubscribe