Category: ITnews

FBI disrupts 'Flax Typhoon' hacking group
19
Sep
2024

FBI disrupts ‘Flax Typhoon’ hacking group – Security

US law enforcement has disrupted a second major Chinese hacking group nicknamed “Flax Typhoon” and wrested thousands of compromised devices…

US judges warned of election-year risks of foreign hacking
18
Sep
2024

US judges warned of election-year risks of foreign hacking – Security

Key members of the US federal judiciary were warned by one of their colleagues to guard against the risks of…

RBA to prioritise wholesale CBDC work over retail
18
Sep
2024

RBA to prioritise wholesale CBDC work over retail – Finance – Software

Australia’s central bank has decided to prioritise work on a wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) as its economic benefits…

HBF reaches end of multi-year technology transformation
18
Sep
2024

HBF reaches end of multi-year technology transformation – Finance – Cloud – Software

Health insurer HBF has marked the completion of a multi-year transformation that saw it replace its core mainframe, CRM and…

CBA, Uni of Adelaide to research ML for fraud detection and security uses
18
Sep
2024

CBA, Uni of Adelaide to research ML for fraud detection and security uses – Finance – Software

Commonwealth Bank has opened yet another avenue in its progression of AI, funding a new centre and research partnership with…

AFP modified software updates of encrypted platform to gain covert access
18
Sep
2024

AFP modified software updates of encrypted platform to gain covert access – Security

The Australian Federal Police gained access to an encrypted communications platform called Ghost by tampering with regular software updates pushed…

The Green AI revolution in Data Centres
18
Sep
2024

The Green AI revolution in Data Centres – Partner Content

Data centres have evolved from the backrooms and basements of IT departments to become the critical infrastructure that drives business…

Meta bans Russian state media for 'foreign interference'
18
Sep
2024

Meta bans Russian state media for ‘foreign interference’ – Security

Facebook owner Meta said it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks from its platforms, claiming…

Google takes Chile data centre plans back to square one
17
Sep
2024

Google takes Chile data centre plans back to square one – Networking

Google will rework from scratch its plans to build a US$200 million ($296 million) data centre in Santiago after concerns…

France uses tough, untested cybercrime law to target Telegram's Durov
17
Sep
2024

France uses tough, untested cybercrime law to target Telegram’s Durov – Security

When French prosecutors took aim at Telegram boss Pavel Durov, they had a trump card to wield – a tough…

Defence looks to Starlink for better internet at sea
17
Sep
2024

Defence looks to Starlink for better internet at sea – Networking – Telco/ISP

Defence is looking for a cost-effective way to use Starlink to improve the quality of life of personnel serving on its roughly…

CBA banks on AWS EC2 P5 instances to accelerate AI development
17
Sep
2024

CBA banks on AWS EC2 P5 instances to accelerate AI development – Finance – Cloud

Commonwealth Bank has signed up to use EC2 P5 compute instances served out of AWS’ Sydney region, which it will…