Pentagon pauses cyber audit rule blamed for supplier exits
The Pentagon is suspending the next phase of a cyber security certification program for defence contractors, backing off a compliance requirement that industry executives had…
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JB Hi-Fi Group finds new cyber security leader
JB Hi-Fi Group has appointed Kanchana Devi as its head of group cyber security following the departure of Daniel Eastley in April. Devi announced her…
US unseals charges, offers reward for info on alleged Russian hackers
US authorities have unsealed charges and offered a US$10 million ($14.3 million) reward for information on three Russians accused of providing computer infrastructure related to…
Microsoft’s July security patch fest brings on the ‘bug apocalypse’
This month’s regular round of security patches from Microsoft is likely to cause more than one Patch Wednesday (antipodean time) chronicler to sit up due…
IBM warns AI boom squeezing software budgets
IBM said it had “faltered” in keeping pace with a shift in corporate spending from software to data-centre infrastructure and would take a big earnings…
Australia to establish government AI office
=Australia will create an office at the heart of government to manage the development of AI standards, seeking to balance the need to attract investment…
AI’s Next Challenge Isn’t Models — It’s Managing Data at Scale
Across Asia-Pacific, AI is moving from experimentation into operational use. Governments and enterprises are increasingly focused on how to generate value from AI — not…
AI agents are becoming the enterprise’s most privileged users. And most organisations don’t know it yet
AI agents are rapidly becoming a staple of the enterprise identity landscape. Yet, many organisations are deploying them faster than they can govern them, creating…
Apple-notarised CrashStealer malware poses as macOS crash-reporting app
Researchers have unearthed an Apple macOS malware campaign hidden behind a well-designed veneer of credibility, which uses an unexpected attack vector, namely application crash reporting.…
Mobile telcos cautious on expanding emergency comms beyond voice
Australia’s top mobile carriers have cautiously supported expanding emergency communications beyond voice calls but warned that it will require substantial regulatory change. TPG Telecom, Optus…
Microsoft fixes ‘RoguePlanet’ Defender zero-day as researcher finds new holes
Microsoft said it has closed off RoguePlanet, a privilege escalation flaw in the Windows Defender scanning engine that could let a local attacker spawn a…
State of Security 2026: Application Security
Case Study- Monash Uni Application security teams are facing a widening gap between vulnerability detection and remediation thanks to the rapidly growing use of AI…