Macquarie University appoints interim AI chief
Macquarie University has appointed an interim head of AI following Phil Laufenberg’s departure to take up a pro vice-chancellorship with Victoria’s La Trobe University. Image credit:…
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Gov proposes disclosure delay for most serious cyberattacks
Australia could be set to follow the US with rules that would delay public disclosure of serious cyberattacks on critical infrastructure operators to provide more…
US needs more energy development to power AI, Google president says
The US may not be scaling energy supplies fast enough to to meet the demands of the artificial intelligence expansion, Ruth Porat, president and chief…
HSBC appoints first chief AI officer
HSBC has appointed David Rice as its first chief AI officer, the British bank said, as it seeks to cut costs and improve performance by…
Australia’s critical infrastructure security laws “toothless”
An independent review of an Australian law for securing critical infrastructure sectors has found it “toothless”, with penalties viewed as a “cost of doing business”…
ACMA to tap CTO-as-a-service to help architect core modernisation
The Australian Communication and Media Authority’s (ACMA’s) next chief technology officer will be brought in on an as-needed basis to provide input to a large-scale…
Home Affairs extends non-mainframe IBM deal early for $35m
Home Affairs has added two-and-a-half years to a hardware and software maintenance and support arrangement with IBM covering its non-mainframe environments, bringing the contract up…
TeamPCP hackers deface Aqua Security’s internal GitHub
Aqua Security is scrambling to recover from supply chain attacks that first compromised the vendor’s Trivy vulnerability scanner, and which have now seen threat actor…
US regulator bans imports of new foreign-made routers
The US Federal Communications Commission said it was banning the import of all new foreign-made consumer routers, the latest crackdown on Chinese-made electronic gear over…
Phillip Britt exits Aussie Broadband board
Phillip Britt has resigned from Aussie Broadband’s board, bringing to an end his formal influence over the company he co-founded and an era that lasted…
Rodd & Gunn eyes headless ecommerce
High-end lifestyle brand Rodd & Gunn is exploring a shift to a headless ecommerce platform strategy to improve its speed to market as its operations…
“CanisterWorm” supply chain malware attacks npm
A threat actor who stole credentials from a legitimate node package manager (npm) publisher has spread a persistent, worm-like malware across dozens of packages, security…