Gov anticipates ‘one or two weeks’ of residual issues after mass BSOD event – Security
The federal government is anticipating up to a fortnight of residual issues from a bad cybersecurity update that bricked an estimated 8.5 million Windows devices…
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Oracle reaches US$115 million consumer privacy settlement – Security
Oracle agreed to pay US$115 million ($172 million) to settle a lawsuit accusing the database software and cloud computing company of invading people’s privacy by…
Unlocking Cloud Potential: The Fusion5 Approach to Seamless Migration – Partner Content
There are many reasons to migrate to the cloud, but how an organisation chooses to get there can have major consequences for what it finds…
Torrens University unpacks its digital transformation – Cloud – Software
Torrens University used generative AI to analyse and clean up the ‘look-and-feel’ 60,000 web pages of course content as part of a broader digital transformation.…
Australian police seize devices used to send over 318 million phishing texts – Security – Telco/ISP
Australian police forces have 29 SIM boxes and “thousands” of SIM cards during raids in several states aimed at curtailing smishing – SMS phishing –…
Enablis provides a secure environment with SASE for Afford – Partner Content
Afford, one of Australia’s most established disability service providers, has supercharged its IT infrastructure with Enablis, a leading Australian Managed Security Service Provider, marking a…
CrowdStrike explains update that crippled Windows environments – Security
CrowdStrike has provided its first technical explanation for a file update that bricked Windows machines worldwide. The vendor said in a blog post that a “sensor…
Widespread global IT outages attributed to CrowdStrike – Security – Software
Large-scale IT outages in Australia and globally are being linked to a problem within an endpoint security service made by CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike’s co-founder and CEO…
MediSecure data breach affects about 12.9 million Australians – Security
About 12.9 million Australians are impacted by the breach of defunct electronic prescription provider MediSecure, with 6.5TB of personal and “limited health” data stolen. The…
Google brings AI to US broadcast of Paris Olympics – Software – Cloud
Google will infuse artificial intelligence into the US broadcast of the Paris Olympics, allowing sports commentators to use AI to explain competitions, the tech company…
ANZ examines uneven benefits from AI-augmented coding – Finance – Software
ANZ Banking Group is starting to see some uneven benefits distribution from its use of AI pair programming, with training being offered to drive value…
SolarWinds beats most of US SEC lawsuit over cyberattack – Security
A US judge dismissed most of a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing software company SolarWinds of defrauding investors by concealing its security weaknesses before…