Category: ITnews

AMP's CTO is headed to Medibank
04
Oct
2023

AMP’s CTO is headed to Medibank – Strategy

AMP’s first group chief technology officer Felicia Trewin has made the switch to Medibank where she will lead data and…

IAG digitises staff movement processes
04
Oct
2023

NSW EPA seeks digital strategy overseer – Strategy – Training & Development

The NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is expanding its digital capabilities and is hiring its first director of digital data…

Exim mail servers worldwide need urgent patches
04
Oct
2023

Exim mail servers worldwide need urgent patches – Security – Software

Bugs in the popular Exim message transfer agent (MTA) software have exposed hundreds of thousands of systems to remote code…

Malware once again a headache for npm
04
Oct
2023

Malware once again a headache for npm – Security

Fortiguard Labs is warning of a bunch of malicious packages it found in Node Package Manager (npm), the largest JavaScript…

UK regulator to push for probe into Amazon, Microsoft cloud dominance
03
Oct
2023

UK regulator to push for probe into Amazon, Microsoft cloud dominance – Cloud

British media regulator Ofcom will this week push for an antitrust investigation into Amazon and Microsoft’s dominance of the UK’s…

Meta to lay off employees in metaverse silicon unit
03
Oct
2023

Meta to lay off employees in metaverse silicon unit – Hardware

Meta is planning to lay off employees in the unit of its metaverse-oriented Reality Labs division focused on creating custom…

Government considers licensing scheme for telco retailers
03
Oct
2023

Government considers licensing scheme for telco retailers – Telco/ISP

Australia’s roughly 1500 telecommunications retailers could face increased regulation, with a number of departments warning that the large number of…

NDIA backs infosec after internal report kept private
03
Oct
2023

NDIA backs infosec after internal report kept private – Cloud – Security

The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) is publicly backing the security of its new PACE CRM platform, after a report…

Another Progress Software file transfer utility vulnerable
03
Oct
2023

Another Progress Software file transfer utility vulnerable – Security – Software

Progress Software, whose MOVEIt file transfer software was the vector for a variety of attacks earlier this year, has disclosed…

EU to assess risks of critical technologies being weaponised -official
03
Oct
2023

EU to assess risks of critical technologies being weaponised -official – Software

The European Commission will assess the risks of four critical technologies, including semiconductors and artificial intelligence, being weaponised by countries…

Microsoft CEO says tech giants battling for content to build AI
03
Oct
2023

Microsoft CEO says tech giants battling for content to build AI – Software

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said tech giants were competing for vast troves of content needed to train artificial intelligence,…

Woolworths digital and analytics capabilities to only grow in importance
03
Oct
2023

Woolworths expects data-driven decisions will “completely change” retail – Strategy – Software

Woolworths and its analytics joint venture wiq are backing data-driven decision-making to “completely change” and reimagine retail for both operators…