Emerging threat: AI-powered social engineering
Social engineering is a sophisticated form of manipulation but, thanks to AI advancements, malicious groups have gained access to highly sophisticated tools, suggesting that we…
Month: September 2023
CBA’s x15ventures to acquire invoice lending fintech – Strategy
CBA’s x15ventures is set to acquire Waddle, a digital invoice lending service that powers part of one of the bank’s financial products. Founded by Nathan…
Nascent Malware Attacking npm, PyPI, and RubyGems Developers
Phylum analyzes source code and metadata for all registry-pushed packages. This year, in millions of packages they are aiming to examine nearly a billion files,…
Compliance budgets under strain as inflation and workload grow
Compliance leaders are facing pressure to make the most of existing resources despite economic challenges and increased workload volume and complexity, according to Gartner. To…
Large area wi-fi demonstrated in Sydney – Telco/ISP
The Connectivity Innovation Network (CIN) has given its large-area wi-fi development work a public showcase at Fire and Rescue NSW. LAWiFi antenna NSW Telco Authority…
Common Tactics Used by Threat Actors to Weaponize PDFs
In the vast and complex world of cybersecurity, danger often hides in the most unsuspecting corners, stalking stealthily where our guard is least prepared. While…
Avoidable digital certificate issues fuel data breaches
Among organizations that have suffered data breaches 58% were caused by issues related to digital certificates, according to a report by AppViewX and Forrester Consulting.…
JB Hi-Fi upgrades field service systems for home installations – Software – Cloud
JB Hi-Fi’s installation division has automated its scheduling, route planning and customer updates by rolling out a new field management platform. (From left to right)…
United Airlines Says the Outage That Held Up Departing Flights Was Not a Cybersecurity Issue
United Airlines said Tuesday that a software update triggered a glitch that forced it to halt departures nationwide, briefly crippling one of the nation’s biggest…
E-signatures to finally become legal – Software
Legislation formalising listed companies’ use of electronic signatures has passed both houses of parliament, more than two years after it was first proposed. Early in…
Password-stealing Chrome extension smuggled on to Web Store
Chrome browser extensions can steal passwords from the text input fields in websites, despite Chrome’s latest security and privacy standard, Manifest V3. Researchers at the…
NBN Co hits savings milestone in IT simplification – Telco/ISP
NBN Co says it has hit two milestones in a multi-year “simplicity” program targeting IT and systems, including banking 40 percent of targeted cost savings.…