Category: ITnews

Veeam patches ONE monitoring platform
09
Nov
2023

Veeam patches ONE monitoring platform – Security

Veeam has warned against a vulnerability that could give an attacker remote code execution (RCE) on the SQL server of…

Orica reveals early use of Microsoft Copilot
09
Nov
2023

Orica reveals early use of Microsoft Copilot – Strategy – Cloud – Software

Orica, a producer of explosives used in sector like mining, has revealed itself as an early user of Copilot artificial…

Optus presses government to act on streaming traffic costs
08
Nov
2023

Government steps in to run an Optus post-incident ‘review’ – Telco/ISP

Optus will be subjected to a government-run post-incident “review” after its near full-day telecommunications outage yesterday. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland…

CBA publishes anti-abuse AI and ML model
08
Nov
2023

CBA publishes anti-abuse AI and ML model – Finance – Software

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has open-sourced the artificial intelligence and machine learning model that it uses to detect abusive…

Amazon dedicates team to train ambitious AI model
08
Nov
2023

Amazon dedicates team to train ambitious AI model – Software

Amazon is investing millions in training an ambitious large language model (LLMs), hoping it could rival top models from OpenAI…

UK focuses on transparency and access with new AI principles
08
Nov
2023

DTA looks for a whole-of-gov approach to generative AI – Strategy – Software

The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) is set to explore technology options for a whole-of-government approach to generative AI. The agency,…

​Defence restructures ICT function
08
Nov
2023

​Defence restructures ICT function – Strategy

Defence has restructured its ICT function, renaming it as the Defence Digital Group (DDG) and establishing three divisions with oversight…

Amazon.com previews FTC defence
08
Nov
2023

Amazon.com previews FTC defence – Strategy

Amazon.com’s top lawyer has previewed the broad outlines of the company’s possible defence against the US Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust…

Confluence vulnerabilities under active ransomware exploitation
08
Nov
2023

Confluence vulnerabilities under active ransomware exploitation – Security

The Atlassian Confluence Data Centre and Server vulnerability first disclosed last week is under active exploitation. Security company Rapid7 said…

Optus outage hits banks, hospitals, enterprise users
08
Nov
2023

Optus outage hits banks, hospitals, enterprise users – Telco/ISP

A massive Optus outage that hit mobile and fixed services on Wednesday has impacted many major services, including banking and…

US consumer watchdog proposes rules for Big Tech payments, digital wallets
07
Nov
2023

US consumer watchdog proposes rules for Big Tech payments, digital wallets – Software

The top US consumer financial watchdog has proposed to regulate tech giants’ digital payments and smartphone wallet services, saying they…

Nationwide Optus outage hits mobile, fixed services
07
Nov
2023

Nationwide Optus outage hits mobile, fixed services – Telco/ISP

Optus engineers are working to restore services after an outage that started early this morning. According to a notice on…