In a world where Android smartphones are potential Typhoid Annie’s in your pocket, all the big security companies have released Android Internet Security suites, with Vodafone and McAfee now joining forces to provide protection – and all important backup – for AUD $3 per month.

AVG Technologies has acquired Bsecure, a provider of cloud-based web filtering aimed largely at the home market.

The Melbourne Cup is likely to see record betting activity this year, both on track and online. With growing numbers of gamblers now able to place bets 24/7 via the Internet, mobile phones or interactive televisions, AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd, the distributor of the award-winning AVG Internet and mobile security software in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific, alerts punters to potential risks when betting online.

Based on automated feedback from the vast majority of AVG's customers, the latest Threat Report paints a pretty dismal view of the current state of cyber security.

The scum of the Internet have very little respect for anything –natural disasters, significant milestones even the passing of important people are all grist to the mill of the spammers and malware merchants; so it is with the death of Steve Jobs.

A recent survey of US and UK small businesses showed while they are well equipped to deal with email and general malware attacks, they have little interest in more modern vulnerabilities.

AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd, the distributor of the award-winning AVG Internet and mobile security software in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific, today announced AVG Internet Security Business Edition 2012, a robust-protection, resource-friendly security software for today’s small- and medium-size businesses. This new version is faster, lighter, easier to use and is available now.

What are the two things you most want from security software? Surely performance and protection are at the top of the list.

The weakest link in the security chain when confronting cyberthreats, including cybercrime attacks, is human action, otherwise known as ‘wetware’ in security industry jargon. And, we are warned, the world maybe looking down the barrel at a cybercrime disaster affecting not only personal users but businesses and governments.

In the digital world it is becoming much more difficult to know who to trust with access to the valuable information you store in digital form. Things are not always what they seem, and criminals from around the world are creating new and inventive ways to steal data from unsuspecting users. AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd, the distributor of the award-winning AVG Internet and mobile security software in Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific, provides a guide about what information you share and with whom you share it.