Category: ITnews

Google adds Gemini to Chrome browser after avoiding antitrust breakup
19
Sep
2025

Google adds Gemini to Chrome browser after avoiding antitrust breakup

Google will integrate Gemini into its Chrome browser for users in the US just weeks after a federal judge spared…

University of Sydney hunts for permanent CISO
19
Sep
2025

University of Sydney hunts for permanent CISO

The University of Sydney has kicked off recruitment for a permanent chief information security officer following the departure of Steven Bennett…

Actor auth tokens gave Global Admin access across Azure Entra ID tenants
18
Sep
2025

Actor auth tokens gave Global Admin access across Azure Entra ID tenants

A Dutch security researcher has published an indepth analysis of a critical vulnerability that could have allowed attackers to compromise…

Kmart Australia's use of facial recognition breached privacy
18
Sep
2025

Kmart Australia’s use of facial recognition breached privacy

Kmart Australia breached the privacy of potentially “hundreds of thousands” of individuals when it used a facial recognition technology system…

18
Sep
2025

NSW gov third party-linked cyber incidents quadruple in two years

Cyber incidents linked to third-party systems used by the NSW government have more than quadrupled over the past two years,…

Microsoft outs Nigerian as RaccoonO365 PhaaS boss
17
Sep
2025

Microsoft outs Nigerian as RaccoonO365 PhaaS boss

The Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) at Microsoft said it has disrupted a global phishing operation called RaccoonO365, uncloaking the leader…

FileFix attack tricks users into running image-borne malware
17
Sep
2025

FileFix attack tricks users into running image-borne malware

A new social engineering “hack yourself” attack that tricks victims into executing malware through seemingly innocent file upload processes has…

UNSW to offer ChatGPT Edu to 10,000 staff
17
Sep
2025

UNSW to offer ChatGPT Edu to 10,000 staff

UNSW Sydney has bought 10,000 licences of ChatGPT Edu for all fixed-term and permanent staff, in what’s being touted as…

EPA Victoria hones its strategic workforce planning
17
Sep
2025

EPA Victoria hones its strategic workforce planning

Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria is using SAP SuccessFactors to underpin a strategic workforce planning initiative, assembling a “talent pool”…

NSW shakes up core technology outsourcing model
17
Sep
2025

NSW shakes up core technology outsourcing model

The NSW government is to overhaul how it sources and manages whole-of-government infrastructure and core technology services, in a move…

17
Sep
2025

Effective resilience requires more than just security tools

Ever-improving security tools have become critical to ensuring business resilience, but a technical expert has warned that many companies are…

First npm worm
17
Sep
2025

First npm worm “Shai-Hulud” released in supply chain attack

A new supply chain attack on npm, the node package manager, has injected the first malware with self-replicating worm behaviour…