TPG runs 5G network slicing trial for eftpos payments
Key points TPG Telecom trialled 5G network slicing at the Royal Adelaide Show to prioritise digital payment processing traffic. Vendors at last year’s show suffered…
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AI limiting workers’ wage bargaining power
The increased use of AI by euro zone companies could curb workers’ ability to demand higher wages while heavy investment into the new technology may…
iTnews Benchmark Awards now open to entries
For 15 years, the iTnews Benchmark Awards have given end user organisations, their IT leaders and teams an opportunity to gain recognition for their ambition,…
Investigators hunt French supermarket fridge hackers
French investigators are hunting the hackers who seized control of cooling units at hundreds of supermarkets in a cyberattack that underlined the vulnerabilities of connected…
ASD’s Essential Eight replacement moves away from maturity ladder
Key points ASD is replacing the Essential Eight with ASD Essentials, a principles-based framework, though it will likely take a year or two to become…
US raids 40 laptop farms for North Korean IT workers
Key points US authorities have arrested Michael James Bostelle and Juan Cecilio Pena Carillo, accused of hosting company laptops for North Korean IT workers. The…
Microsoft floats “risk cohorts” as patch load hits record size
Key points Microsoft’s October Patch Tuesday fixed 1417 CVEs, 42 percent more than September’s 998 and nearly eight times October 2025’s 180. Microsoft proposed grouping…
TfNSW’s ‘Project Guardian’ senses rail corridor, highway incursions
Key points Transport for NSW has launched a year-long trial of real-time detection and sensing technology at three locations to spot risky behaviours like rail…
Kogan taps AI agent to handle customer service
Key points Kogan has rearchitected its customer service bot using Salesforce’s Agentforce technology after an initial deterministic bot only resolved about six percent of inbound…
Attackers chain three Ivanti VPN zero-days for root access
An unknown threat actor chained three zero-day vulnerabilities to take control of a fully patched Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) virtual private network (VPN) appliance, researchers…
REA Group scales personalisation across both sides of its marketplace
REA Group is using a common data and engagement architecture to transfer learnings and practices from its B2C marketing operation to its B2B customers. The…
Hackers exploit firmware flaw to heat supermarket fridges
Hackers forced the temperature of fridges and freezers in many French supermarket fridges up to 50 degrees Celsius, causing fires and spoiling food at several…