Category: ITnews

Atlassian to cut
07
Mar
2023

Atlassian to cut “around 500” jobs – Training & Development – Software

(L-R) Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar Atlassian has announced a five percent staff reduction, “around 500” people in real terms,…

07
Mar
2023

New EU-US data pact may come too late for Facebook – Software – Storage

A new pact to facilitate the safe transfer of EU citizens’ personal data to the United States might not come…

07
Mar
2023

Westpac joins CBA in checking payment details – Finance – Software

Westpac is set to launch new payment verification measures to combat scams and mistaken payments, the second of Australia’s ‘big…

07
Mar
2023

Germany planning to ban Huawei, ZTE from parts of 5G networks – Strategy – Telco/ISP

Germany’s government is planning on forbidding telecoms operators from using certain components from Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE in their…

06
Mar
2023

Tech-sponsored study criticises plan to exclude non-EU cloud vendors – Strategy – Cloud

A proposed European Union cloud security label that could exclude Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other non-EU cloud services providers from…

06
Mar
2023

Companies not reporting cyber attacks to ASX, says UoW professor – Security

An economics professor researching the stock price impact of cyber incidents has made a startling discovery: only a minority of…

06
Mar
2023

Microsoft integrates AI behind ChatGPT to more developer tools – Strategy – Software

Microsoft has bundled the technology behind ChatGPT with its Power Platform, saying it allows users to develop applications with little…

06
Mar
2023

US prepares new rules on investment in technology abroad – Strategy

The Treasury Department is preparing a new program that could prohibit US investment in certain sectors of adversarial nations, the…

Researchers discover 'kill switch' in Starlink terminals
06
Mar
2023

Researchers discover ‘kill switch’ in Starlink terminals – Security

Crashed Starlink terminal. arXiv:2303.00582 Starlink quietly shipped software that patched a “kill switch” in its user terminals in December last…

06
Mar
2023

Federal MP’s office allegedly email-bombed – Security

A woman from Western Sydney is alleged by police to have sent 32,397 emails to the office of an unnamed…

06
Mar
2023

NSW bug hunters turned up 22,000 vulnerabilities in gov computers in 2022 – Security

Vulnerability hunters for the NSW state government turned up more than 22,000 vulnerabilities in NSW government systems last year, according…

06
Mar
2023

ANZ Institutional digital lead moves to RACQ – Training & Development

Queensland roadside assistance organisation RACQ has appointed James Borg as its new head of digital strategy. Borg stepped into the…