Gov lays down procurement criteria for ‘Australian businesses’ – Cloud – Hardware – Software
The government has for the first time drawn up an official definition of an Australian business as part of new federal procurement guidance. To qualify…
Month: March 2025
U.S Treasury Sanctions Admin of Nemesis Darknet Marketplace
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sweeping sanctions today against Behrouz Parsarad, an Iran-based cybercriminal identified as the…
Cloud transformation is complicating security compliance – for the better – Partner Content – Security
Regulators’ increasing focus on cybersecurity is forcing executives and board members to implement and demonstrate robust security practices – but with cloud migrations significantly complicating…
CISA Warns of Actively Exploited VMware Vulnerabilities, Urges Immediate Patching
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an urgent alert on March 4, 2025, adding three critical VMware vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited…
Teachers Mutual Bank appoints new CIO – Training & Development – Financial Services
Teachers Mutual Bank Limited (TMBL) has appointed former Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) technology leader Dan Chesterman as its new CIO. Dan Chesterman He is set…
Google reports scale of complaints about AI deepfake terrorism content to Australian regulator – Software
Google has informed Australian authorities it received more than 250 complaints globally over nearly a year that its artificial intelligence software was used to make…
China-linked APT Silk Typhoon targets IT Supply Chain
China-linked APT Silk Typhoon targets IT Supply Chain Pierluigi Paganini March 05, 2025 Microsoft warns that China-backed APT Silk Typhoon linked to US Treasury hack,…
Open-source tool ‘Rayhunter’ helps users detect Stingray attacks
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has released a free, open-source tool named Rayhunter that is designed to detect cell-site simulators (CSS), also known as IMSI…
Hackers Leveraging Business Relationship To Attack Arab Emirates Aviation Sector
Security researchers at Proofpoint have uncovered a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign targeting aviation and satellite communications organizations in the United Arab Emirates. The campaign, attributed…
US indicts slew of alleged Chinese hackers – Security
The US has announced indictments against a slew of alleged Chinese hackers, sanctioned a Chinese tech company and offered a US$10 million ($15.8 million) bounty…
Cisco Webex for BroadWorks Vulnerability Let Remote Attackers Access Credentials
A newly disclosed vulnerability in Cisco Webex for BroadWorks Release 45.2 enables remote attackers to intercept sensitive credentials and user data when Session Initiation Protocol…
Qld Transport plans mainframe shift as CITEC ends support – Cloud – Software
Queensland’s Department of Transport and Main Roads is once again planning a path off its mainframe environment, this time hastened by the discontinuation of key…