As AI agents go rogue, cyber insurers are adapting their policies
Cyber insurers have spent years defining what constitutes a hack and when coverage should pay out, but the rapid emergence of AI agents is raising…
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Health hands enterprise computing to Leidos in $91m deal
Key points The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has contracted Leidos Australia for enterprise computing services over three years in a deal worth $91…
Meta agrees to pay up to US$18 billion to settle lawsuits
Meta Platforms will pay up to US$18 billion ($25 billion) over the next decade and strictly limit how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram under an…
Two Aussies alleged to be “principal participants” of TeamPCP hacking group
Key points Two Western Australian men, aged 21 and 23, have been charged as alleged principal participants of hacking group TeamPCP following raids in Cottesloe,…
Moving from threat intelligence to understanding business risk
The dam wall has burst. The volume of threats and vulnerabilities today’s organisations face exceeds their ability to react in a timely way by orders…
Internet Architecture Board says service-level age checks ‘will fail’
The Internet Architecture Board (IAB) says it is concerned that age assurance approaches that rely on service provider checks will not only fail, but also…
US says Chinese hackers broke into Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve, Senate
The United States said it had disrupted a Chinese hacking operation responsible for break-ins and attempts on the US Justice Department, NASA, the Federal Reserve,…
New NASA telescope to probe dark energy, dark matter and exoplanets
Key points NASA plans to launch the roughly US$4 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on Sunday from Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX Falcon…
NAB’s CSO to move to ANZ Banking Group
Key points Sandro Bucchianeri will leave NAB, where he has been group chief security officer for over five years, to join ANZ. He starts as…
Predictable costs, provable control drives data repatriation
As AI becomes the latest impost to drive up the cost of doing business, prudent Australian organisations reconsider what stays in public cloud and what…
FlyBuys reveals analysts’ virtual assistant “Nex”
Key points Flybuys has launched Nex, a virtual assistant built on Snowflake’s CoWork, to help marketing analysts make commercial recommendations. The data “pantry” built on…
Feds and telcos tell customers 000 camp-on delays can last up to a minute
Key points Optus, Telstra and TPG Telecom will launch a public campaign this week telling Australians to stay on the line for up to 60…