Category: ITnews

North Korean hackers breached top Russian missile maker
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Nov
2023

North Koreans use fake names, scripts to land remote IT work for cash – Training & Development – Security

Using fake names, sham LinkedIn profiles, counterfeit work papers and mock interview scripts, North Korean IT workers seeking employment in…

NSW gov sets
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Nov
2023

NSW gov sets “new direction” for its $100m digital restart fund – Strategy

The NSW government is re-gearing its digital restart fund into more of an innovation support mechanism, narrowing the types of…

Queensland's digital health record system hit by
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Nov
2023

Queensland’s digital health record system hit by “log-in issues” – Software

Queensland hospitals that use the state’s integrated electronic medical record (ieMR) system have had to partially revert to paper-based processes…

ASIC refines focus on tech and ops resilience
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Nov
2023

ASIC refines focus on tech and ops resilience – Finance

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) intends to focus on technology and operational resilience in the financial sector in…

New cyber policy to harden defences against our 'fastest growing threat'
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Nov
2023

New cyber policy to harden defences against our ‘fastest growing threat’ – Security

The Albanese government’s new cyber security policy aims to make Australian citizens, businesses and government agencies harder targets as they…

OpenAI board, Altman in talks for return of former CEO
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Nov
2023

OpenAI board, Altman in talks for return of former CEO – Software

Sam Altman and OpenAI’s board have opened discussions to bring back the former CEO of the ChatGPT owner, Bloomberg News…

eSafety lays out industry standards enforcing online message and file scans
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Nov
2023

eSafety lays out industry standards enforcing online message and file scans – Security – Software

Platforms like Google Drive and Facebook Messenger would be scanned for illegal material under enforceable standards proposed by Australia’s eSafety…

Australia puts $37m into Hawaiki Nui cable system
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Nov
2023

Australia puts $37m into Hawaiki Nui cable system – Telco/ISP

The federal government has allocated almost $37.3 million to connect certain Pacific Island countries to the Hawaiki Nui cable system,…

WA Health to spend another $242m with Atos
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Nov
2023

WA Health to spend another $242m with Atos – Cloud – Hardware

Western Australia’s health department has renewed a cloud and infrastructure services deal with Atos for a further five years, at…

Gov commits $18.2m for SME cyber security boost
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Nov
2023

Gov commits $18.2m for SME cyber security boost – Security

The federal government has announced two initiatives aimed at boosting support to small and medium businesses (SMEs) to fortify their…

UK cyber agency signs its first IETF RFC
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Nov
2023

UK cyber agency signs its first IETF RFC – Security

England’s National Cyber Security Centre has taken an unusual step out of the spotlight, authoring an Internet Engineering Task Force…

Answers sought after Triple Zero call failures during Optus outage
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Nov
2023

Answers sought after Triple Zero call failures during Optus outage – Telco/ISP

The federal opposition has ramped up calls for an investigation into why 228 calls made to Triple Zero during the…