The cloud skills gap is digital transformation’s Achilles’ heel
98% of organizations globally are facing a cloud skills gap, specifically in trying to find people with general cloud skills, cloud architecture knowledge, and adapting,…
Month: November 2023
Telstra predicts no major market shifts after Optus outage – Telco/ISP
Telstra is anticipating no major market shifts in customer base to occur after last week’s full-day Optus outage, countering a narrative in parts of the…
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank overhauls operations for new mortgage system launch – Finance – Cloud – Software
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank is set to overhaul its business, agribusiness and third-party divisions as it prepares to launch a new mortgage origination system. Set…
Telstra expands Intercity Fibre project by 5000km – Telco/ISP
Telstra has decided to expand its year-old Intercity Fibre project, adding another 5000km of fibre between now and 2027. Telstra’s Brendon Riley. The telco unveiled…
Payments app Zelle begins refunds for imposter scams – Finance
Banks on the payment app Zelle have begun refunding victims of imposter scams to address consumer protection concerns raised by US lawmakers and the US…
Google’s expert in US antitrust trial defends billions paid to device makers – Hardware
The multi-billion dollar payments that Google makes to Apple, wireless carriers and others are normal competitive behaviour and not an abuse of monopoly, an expert…
Malicious Abrax666 AI Chatbot Exposed as Potential Scam
As of now, based on the information regarding the sale of the Abrax666 AI Chatbot, cybersecurity researchers are of the opinion that the chatbot is…
How Financial Services Firms Can Use Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) to Save Costs and Fill Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Coverage Gaps
By Anna Tang, Information Security Officer, Data Theorem In recent years, financial services organizations have increasingly moved their applications and infrastructure to the cloud to…
State of Maine data breach impacts 1.3 million people
The US State of Maine says it has suffered a data breach impacting around 1.3 million people. According to the census from July 2022, that’s…
Ethereum feature abused to steal $60 million from 99K victims
Malicious actors have been abusing Ethereum’s ‘Create2’ function to bypass wallet security alerts and poison cryptocurrency addresses, which led to stealing $60,000,000 worth of cryptocurrency…
US Privacy Groups Urge Senate Not to Ram Through NSA Spying Powers
Some of the United States’ largest civil liberties groups are urging Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer not to pursue a short-term extension of the Section…
Royal ransomware asked 350 victims to pay $275 million
The FBI and CISA revealed in a joint advisory that the Royal ransomware gang has breached the networks of at least 350 organizations worldwide since…